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The best open source AI tools this week: token compression, a NotebookLM alternative, AI agent tools for web access, and a GitHub repo that fixes your AI's terrible design taste. 👉 Link to resources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/github-w... 🤝 Presented by Zapier: https://zapier.com/ Special guest: Peter Cooper X: https://x.com/cooperx86 Personal site: https://peterc.org/ Editor-in-chief at CooperPress: https://cooperpress.com/ Editor of https://javascriptweekly.com/ Andrew Warner and Peter Cooper break down the GitHub repos quietly making AI agents more capable — from context management and markdown organization to physical AI and cleaner LLM inputs. Chapters 00:00 - This Week's Best Open Source AI Tools on GitHub 00:36 - mvanhorn/last30days-skill — Your Agent's Context Window for the Past Month 03:54 - chopratejas/headroom — Cut Token Costs Without Losing What Matters 06:09 - lfnovo/open-notebook — Run NotebookLM Locally With Your Own Voice 09:00 - Zapier MCP — The Middle Layer Every AI Agent Needs 09:54 - Repos Worth Checking 10:03 - helloianneo/ian-xiaohei-illustrations — Turn Any Article Into AI Explainer Graphics 11:15 - refactoringhq/tolaria — Offline Markdown Knowledge Base That Stays Private 12:54 - rbrown101010/rilable — Build a Native App From Your Phone With Claude 15:00 - phuryn/pm-skills — 68 PM Skills and 42 Workflows for AI Project Management 16:48 - openai/plugins — Official Codex Plugins for Figma, Notion, Asana & More 19:21 - Panniantong/Agent-Reach — Give Agents Granular Access to Twitter, Reddit & YouTube 21:27 - NVIDIA/cosmos — Open-Source World Models for Robots and Physical AI 23:06 - GitHub Star Controversies — Fake Engagement Is a Real Problem 24:27 - Leonxlnx/taste-skill — Stop Your AI Websites From Looking Generic 27:18 - apple/container — Is macOS Getting Its WSL Moment? 29:33 - microsoft/markitdown — Convert Any File Into Clean LLM-Ready Markdown 31:21 - Watch This Next

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