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Tools & Resources

Free, open-source tools and guides for public data research and AI workflows. Something here for every level of experience.

Just Use It

Level Up Your AI Work

Practical guides and patterns. No setup required.

AI & Content Processing

AI Image Generation

Generate photorealistic images of real people with identity preservation. Includes a mannequin-based hairstyle library with 63 styles.

Gemini Vision OCR

OCR and handwriting transcription with Gemini. Model selection, compression pipeline, and batch processing patterns.

Large Document Processing

Strategies for reading and analyzing large documents within AI context limits. Scout-before-reading, chunking, and checkpoint patterns.

Data

Data Deduplication Patterns

Exact and fuzzy matching strategies for cleaning duplicate records across CSV, Airtable, and BigQuery.

Airtable Bulk Operations

Batch updates, project consolidation, filterByFormula patterns, and silent failure debugging.

Infrastructure

DNS & Email Authentication

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC setup patterns for Google Workspace and Mailchimp.

Google Drive Operations

Google Workspace MCP patterns: decision flowchart, Shared Drive operations, and common gotchas.

Campaign Tech

SMS Marketing Compliance

TCPA, CTIA, TCR, and carrier compliance requirements. Registration flow and website checklist.

Archival & Digitization

Physical Media Archive

Systematic approach to digitizing CDs, DVDs, and USB drives with tiered deduplication and verification.

Build Your Own

Open-source MCP servers and system architecture.

How I Taught AI to Work Like a Team

What happens when you stop treating AI as a chatbot and start building it into a team -- with specialists, standard procedures, and shared memory that compounds over time.

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API Cost Dashboard

Track AI API spending across OpenAI, xAI/Grok, Google Gemini, and OpenRouter in a single dashboard. Pulls actual billed amounts from each provider. Self-hosted with SQLite.

sc-elections-mcp

18 tools

South Carolina campaign finance, elections, and public official disclosures.

sc-legislature-mcp

17 tools

SC legislative tracking: bills, committees, hearing videos, schedules, and member data. Direct links to ~15,000 hearing recordings.

tn-elections-mcp

22 tools

Tennessee elections: county campaign finance across 14 counties, state-level filings, and Secretary of State candidate data.

gc-property-search

13 tools

Greenville County property, tax, deeds, historical court records (1780s-present), and GIS data.