Tools
We track 61 posts about Tools from 36 engineering blogs. Most active: SitePoint, Atomic Object, Pamela Fox. Latest post: Oct 8, 2026.
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Playwright 1.64 WebMCP Testing: How to Inspect and Call Page Tools (opens on the source site)
Test pages exposing WebMCP tools using the page.webmcp API introduced in Playwright 1.64. Learn how to launch Chromium with the required flag, discover page-registered tools, execute calls, and assert results. Continue reading Playwright 1.64 WebMCP Testing: How to Inspect and Call Page Tools on SitePoint.
CodeSOD: A Tool for You (opens on the source site)
A junior dev on the team had a simple question: in Java, how do I correctly read user input from the CLI and act on it? Now, we can wonder about a junior dev not having such basic knowledge, but maybe they're new to Java specifically. Who knows. But Robert's team has a senior on it who "likes to mentor". This senior has strong opinions about how to write software, extreme confidence in those opinions, and has somehow been around the company long enough that he knows where the bodies are buried and no one will fire him. Here's his sample application for reading input. import…
From Tools to Teammates: How AI Empowered Our UX Team to Level Up (opens on the source site)
Trivago ·
Over the past two years, our UX team has experimented with AI across four disciplines: UX Copy, Localization, Research, and Product Design. What started as scattered manual processes has evolved into an integrated, AI-native workflow where our team orchestrates and AI executes. Three Eras of UX Copy Our UX Copy discipline evolved through three distinct eras. In the pre-AI era, we handled everything manually — iterating on copy in design and documentation tools, creating localization keys one by one (each requiring a description, key name, character limit, and screenshot), and requesting…
AI Gateway adds Browserbase Search and Fetch tools (opens on the source site)
Vercel ·
Browserbase Search and Fetch are now available through AI Gateway. Give your models access to current information, find relevant pages, and retrieve their contents, alongside Browserbase's existing AI SDK and Vercel Marketplace integrations. AI Gateway lets you use Browserbase's tools across model providers with one API key. Add web search and page retrieval to any model that supports tool calling, and keep the same tools when you switch models. These helpers are available in AI SDK 7.0.116 and later. Update with pnpm add ai@latest and set your AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY. To add search and fetch,…
Pipenv: A Guide to the Python Packaging Tool (opens on the source site)
Pipenv is a packaging tool for Python that solves some common problems associated with the typical workflow using pip, virtualenv, and the good old requirements.txt. In addition to addressing some common issues, it consolidates and simplifies the development process to a single command line tool. This guide will go over what problems Pipenv solves and how to manage your Python dependencies with Pipenv. Additionally, it will cover how Pipenv fits in with previous methods for package distribution. Free Bonus: Click here to get access to a free 5-day class that shows you how to avoid common…
Laravel AI SDK 1.0 Adds Classification and Tool Approvals (opens on the source site)
Laravel ·
Laravel AI SDK 1.0 is out with Jev classification, Vercel Chat and AG-UI streaming, approvable tool calls, and per-step agent middleware. The post Laravel AI SDK 1.0 Adds Classification and Tool Approvals appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.
Build OpenJDK container images locally using the standalone S2I tool (opens on the source site)
Red Hat ·
Red Hat provides Red Hat build of OpenJDK to run Java applications in Red Hat OpenShift 4. While OpenShift manages container builds on-cluster, developers can also use the standalone Source-to-Image (S2I) CLI to build and test OpenJDK container images locally before deploying them.The procedures in this guide apply to Red Hat OpenShift 4 and current releases of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK. The post Build OpenJDK container images locally using the standalone S2I tool appeared first on Red Hat Developer.
Optimizing Gemini 3.8 Flash for Autonomous Coding Agents: Thinking Levels and Tool Fallbacks (opens on the source site)
Build a TypeScript harness that routes Gemini 3.8 Flash thinking levels by task complexity while enforcing Zod schema validation and tool-call retries. Continue reading Optimizing Gemini 3.8 Flash for Autonomous Coding Agents: Thinking Levels and Tool Fallbacks on SitePoint.
Juicebox vs SeekOut: A tool your team runs, or a service that runs for you? (opens on the source site)
Juicebox vs SeekOut: is your AI sourcing platform software you operate, or a done-for-you service run by someone else's recruiters? Here's the real difference. Continue reading Juicebox vs SeekOut: A tool your team runs, or a service that runs for you? on SitePoint.
Helix: The internal tool powering our Shopify app's native migration (opens on the source site)
Shopify ·
We built Helix to help LLMs rebuild the Shopify app in Swift and Kotlin, using small checkpoints and strict quality gates to keep the code shippable.
Securing AI Agent Tool Execution with TypeScript AST Sandboxes (opens on the source site)
Build a TypeScript middleware that parses agent-generated bash and SQL into ASTs, blocking prompt-injection escapes and destructive operations before tool execution. Continue reading Securing AI Agent Tool Execution with TypeScript AST Sandboxes on SitePoint.
Don’t Stick a Laser In Your Face (A Parable): Power Tools & Ignorance (opens on the source site)
Imagine this… A company unveils a brand new, high-tech laser cutter. It’s cutting-edge technology (if you’ll pardon the pun): incredibly strong, incredibly practical, incredibly easy to use. People are fascinated; this is so cool! People start cutting out their designs in the laser cutter. They see what everyone else is doing and get ideas. They […] The post Don’t Stick a Laser In Your Face (A Parable): Power Tools & Ignorance appeared first on Atomic Spin.
Juicebox vs Pin: Which AI sourcing tool fits your team? (opens on the source site)
Juicebox vs Pin: compare team-scale AI sourcing against a solo recruiter's end-to-end assistant to find the tool that matches the shape of your team. Continue reading Juicebox vs Pin: Which AI sourcing tool fits your team? on SitePoint.
AI Agent Tool Manifests: Building a Unified TypeScript JSON Schema (opens on the source site)
Create a unified, vendor-agnostic JSON Schema specification for AI agent skills and tools, complete with a TypeScript runtime adapter that compiles declarations for Claude Code, OpenAI function calling, and custom agent loops. Continue reading AI Agent Tool Manifests: Building a Unified TypeScript JSON Schema on SitePoint.
8 Keyword Research Tools Compared by API and Automation (2026) (opens on the source site)
Compare 8 keyword research tools by API access, rate limits, and MCP support for AI agents. See which fits your automation stack and read the full matrix below. Continue reading 8 Keyword Research Tools Compared by API and Automation (2026) on SitePoint.
New tools: how to get more out of your GoCardless partnership (opens on the source site)
Written by Reviewed by Last editedSep 20261 min read We've spent years growing our partner ecosystem - 350+ partners now build, integrate and refer business with us. What hasn't kept pace is the toolkit behind those relationships. That’s changing. We're rolling out two new pieces of partner infrastructure: the Partner Portal, a self-serve home for everything you need to work with us, and a revamped Partner Directory, our public showcase for merchants looking for GoCardless in the platforms they already use. What's new? The Partner Dashboard already gives you visibility into your integration…
8 competitor analysis tools, mapped to the workflow that actually uses them (2026) (opens on the source site)
Compare 8 competitor analysis tools mapped to each stage of the SEO workflow - from competitor discovery to AI-answer tracking. Read the full breakdown. Continue reading 8 competitor analysis tools, mapped to the workflow that actually uses them (2026) on SitePoint.
Mindset Map: Hostinger’s in-house tool giving us new lens on talent (opens on the source site)
Success in the workplace depends not only on hard skills and experience, but also on the combination of personal values, attitudes, motivation, and ways to adapt. Moreover, the sa… The post Mindset Map: Hostinger’s in-house tool giving us new lens on talent appeared first on Hostinger Blog.
Juicebox vs Gem: Which AI recruiting tool fits your team in 2026? (opens on the source site)
Compare Juicebox and Gem for AI recruiting in 2026 - sourcing approach, time to value, stack fit, and AI governance - to find the right fit for your team. Continue reading Juicebox vs Gem: Which AI recruiting tool fits your team in 2026? on SitePoint.
Review: Codex Tools for Improving Accessibility (opens on the source site)
Recently, I was met with a situation that you do not wish to run into as a software developer. I was playing a game of baseball, and due to a wild pitch, I broke my wrist. This resulted in being put into a cast (and for a moment a sling) that made it very difficult […] The post Review: Codex Tools for Improving Accessibility appeared first on Atomic Spin.
Quiz: Build Your Own Face Recognition Tool With Python (opens on the source site)
Check your understanding of face detection, face recognition, face encodings, bounding boxes, and model validation in Python.
Building an MCP Tool Definition Quality Score Linter in TypeScript (opens on the source site)
Build a TypeScript validation and scoring script to evaluate Model Context Protocol tool schemas, descriptions, and argument definitions. Continue reading Building an MCP Tool Definition Quality Score Linter in TypeScript on SitePoint.
Build Your Own Face Recognition Tool With Python (opens on the source site)
In this tutorial, you'll build your own face recognition command-line tool with Python. You'll learn how to use face detection to identify faces in an image and label them using face recognition. With this knowledge, you can create your own face recognition tool from start to finish!
AI Visibility Tools for B2B Marketers: Track – and Improve – Your Visibility in AI Search (opens on the source site)
Compare 10 AI visibility tools for B2B marketers - HeyAmos, Peec AI, Profound, Scrunch, and more, to track and improve visibility in AI search. Continue reading AI Visibility Tools for B2B Marketers: Track – and Improve – Your Visibility in AI Search on SitePoint.
Skills or Commands and How To Use Them (opens on the source site)
New agent commands and skills are being created all over the interwebs. Most of the daily emails I subscribe to have become a deluge of new agent workflows promising to supercharge my productivity. Until recently, I hadn’t spent much time creating my own agent tools, so in a lot of ways I simply hadn’t grasped […] The post Skills or Commands and How To Use Them appeared first on Atomic Spin.
Different Ways of Leveraging AI as a Developer: Creating Developer Tools (opens on the source site)
I’ve developed a set of tasks where I typically leverage AI. Those are things like generating a test, explaining an unfamiliar corner of a codebase, or answering the little questions that used to cost me a browser tab and 15 minutes of an afternoon. But I’ve started to notice that other developers and I here […] The post Different Ways of Leveraging AI as a Developer: Creating Developer Tools appeared first on Atomic Spin.
New in Confluent Intelligence and AI Tools: Making Agents Native to the Stream, Expanded Model Support, New Agent Skills, and Copilot (opens on the source site)
Explore new AI features and AI tools: support for IBM Granite Time Series models and TimesFM models (EA), enhanced Real-Time Context Engine experience, new Agent Skills, Confluent Copilot
Build a Phone Number Intelligence Tool with Twilio Lookup on Replit (opens on the source site)
Twilio ·
Learn to quickly create a phone number intelligence app using the Twilio Lookup v2 API and Replit. See how to validate numbers and reduce fraud.
Best Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code Tools in 2026 (opens on the source site)
Pulumi ·
There is no single best Kubernetes infrastructure as code tool, because “Kubernetes IaC” actually spans three different jobs. For provisioning the cluster and its cloud dependencies, Pulumi and Terraform (or OpenTofu) are the strongest general-purpose options. For templating and packaging workloads, Helm and Kustomize dominate. For continuous reconciliation once things are running, Argo CD and Flux lead the GitOps category. The right stack usually combines one tool from each layer, not a single tool that claims to do all three. What counts as infrastructure as code for Kubernetes? Kubernetes…
sbx: Sandboxed Claude, complete with PHP and tools (opens on the source site)
A practical walkthrough for running Claude Code inside Docker's new sbx sandbox, with a custom PHP setup and extra tools for open source work. Benjamin also explains why sandboxing AI coding agents is the sensible default. Read more
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