Tool briefs · 29 published

Does it pass the next-work-session test?

One AI tool a day, reviewed through a specific role's lens. Not feature lists — what it costs, where it breaks, and whether it helps you in your next work session.

Does it pass the next-work-session test?

Three Flash variants, one agent loop: picking between Gemini 3.6, 3.5-Lite, and Flash Cyber

Three new Gemini Flashes: which one goes in your agent loop

Three Flash-tier Geminis land: what a developer actually picks

EU Commission's Article 50 Transparency Guidelines: What In-House and Outside Counsel Actually Need to Read Before August 2

Clifford Chance's 'Knowledge Bank': what a bespoke AI KM build actually means for the rest of us

Kimi K3 for the agent loop: is a 2.8T open-weight model actually usable in your pipeline?

GPT-Red: Self-Play Automated Red-Teaming for Developer

GitHub Copilot's MCP trust layer in Visual Studio: what changes for agent-loop developers

ChatGPT Work for sales: does OpenAI's new playbook change your next pipeline review?

Gemini 3.5 Flash GA and Managed Agents preview: what changes for a developer this week

GPT-5.6 in Microsoft 365 Copilot: what changes for finance

GPT-Live for sales reps: does full-duplex voice actually change your next call?

Gemini API Managed Agents: background tasks and remote MCP, from a dev's chair

Claude Sonnet 5 for the agent loop: cheaper tokens, more of them

Profound Aim: does an always-on citation agent actually change your Monday?

Claude Science Beta for Healthcare: Is it Ready for Clinical Literature Work?

Kimi K2.7 Code in GitHub Copilot: worth switching the model picker for?

Claude Science for Healthcare: an R&D workbench, not a clinical tool

GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna: which tier survives your next agent sprint

Gemini 3.5 Flash hits GA: a Flash-tier model you can actually point an agent loop at

Gemini 3.5 Flash's computer use, judged by a founder's calendar

Gemini 3.5 Flash's built-in Computer Use: one less moving part in your agent loop

CUGA: IBM's agent harness, judged by a developer who actually has to ship one

Samsung's ChatGPT + Codex rollout: what it actually means for developers

BlackLine put an AI agent on your journal entries. Does it pass the next-work-session test?

ChatGPT Enterprise spend controls: finally something a procurement lead can use

Junie hits GA: what changes for a developer who lives in the agent loop

GitHub Copilot CLI slash commands: control the agent loop from your terminal

Fin (post-Salesforce acquisition): what Sales & Marketing ops should do Monday morning