The Tools

Leave knowing exactly how to install every tool

Sixteen tools we mentioned on stage — each with a one-page guide: what it does, who it’s for in NCW, how to install it on your device, pricing (and our AIGOVOPS promo code), a free web-only alternative, and the data-cost warning that matters.

Every tool page includes the official install guide and a short video walkthrough.

ROW EDITION · updated Aug 8, 2026

New for the Row Edition

Four new guides connect the live tool tour to the Spokane-fire labs: Copilot drafts; Scout / Autopilot raises the stakes; ElevenLabs and inVideo make voice and video governable.

Tiers Free tier available Freemium Paid only

All tools

Google Gemini

Google's flagship AI assistant — chat, research, image and document understanding, built into the Google ecosystem.

FreemiumOpen
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NotebookLM

Google's grounded research notebook — upload your own sources and get answers with citations, plus an Audio Overview podcast.

Free tier availableOpen

Perplexity

An answer engine — ask a question, get a synthesized answer with live web citations you can click and check.

FreemiumOpen

ChatGPT

OpenAI's conversational assistant — the tool that started the mainstream AI wave, strong at writing, analysis, and images.

FreemiumOpen

Claude

Anthropic's assistant — known for careful, thoughtful writing, long-document work, and a calm, safety-minded tone.

FreemiumOpen
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Khanmigo

Khan Academy's AI tutor and teaching assistant — built for classrooms, with guardrails kids and parents can trust.

FreemiumOpen

Gamma

AI presentation and document builder — describe what you want and get a polished, on-brand deck or one-pager.

FreemiumOpen

Granola

An AI notepad for meetings — it listens, you jot, and it merges both into clean, shareable notes.

Paid onlyOpen

Wispr Flow

Voice-to-text dictation that works everywhere on your computer — speak naturally and it types clean, formatted text.

Paid onlyOpen

Lovable

Describe an app or website in plain English and Lovable builds a working, deployable web app for you.

Paid onlyOpen

Bolt

In-browser AI that builds and runs full-stack web apps live — prompt it, watch it code, and deploy.

FreemiumOpen

Replit

A full coding environment in your browser with an AI Agent that can build apps for you, from idea to deploy.

FreemiumOpen

Magic Patterns

AI design-to-product tool for teams — generate and iterate on real UI mockups and prototypes from a prompt.

Paid onlyOpen

ChatPRD

An AI product manager in your pocket — turns rough ideas into clear PRDs, specs, and product docs.

Paid onlyOpen

n8n

A visual automation builder — connect apps and AI into workflows that run themselves, with no code.

FreemiumOpen

Glean

Enterprise AI search and assistant — finds answers across all of your organization's apps and documents.

Paid onlyOpen

All installers, one page

The Lab Tools bundle

Mac, Windows, iOS & Android download links for every tool, grouped by platform.

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Keep the receipts

Hint-Logs

The personal-scale way to prove the human stayed in charge of the AI — the receipts side of every tool above.

Learn the method