Pick the tool that matches the work in front of you.
A storefront for local-first AI tools that help you critique writing, improve prompts, ground research, prepare games, build job packets, and audit UX work — without turning every task into a giant system prompt.
Critical Compass, Prompt Compass, UX Heuristics Compass, and Job Application Compass Skills are the current public beta downloads. The alpha tools are listed so the suite has a home, but their public downloads stay locked until their pages, packages, and privacy boundaries are ready.
Pressure-test claims before they travel.
A critical-thinking assistant for auditing evidence gaps, assumptions, framing risks, missing voices, and report-ready next steps.
Plugin Zip. Use this if you already work in Claude Code or Claude Cowork.
Download and Open GuideMCPB/Desktop Extension. Use this if you already have Claude Desktop installed.
Download and Open GuideTurn rough asks into usable AI instructions.
A prompt-engineering assistant for diagnosing, improving, comparing, targeting, and preflighting prompts before they hit a model.
Plugin Zip. Use this if you already work in Claude Code or Claude Cowork.
Download and Open GuideMCPB/Desktop Extension. Use this if you already have Claude Desktop installed.
Download and Open GuideSpot usability problems before an interface ships.
A structured UX audit assistant for screenshots, app screens, bounded captures, severity, and stakeholder-ready audit reports.
Plugin Zip. Use this if you already work in Claude Code or Claude Cowork.
Download and Open GuideMCPB/Desktop Extension. Use this if you already have Claude Desktop installed.
Download and Open GuideSpark better sessions. Stay in the flow.
An inspiration engine for AI-using game masters: hooks, NPCs, locations, stores, encounters, rules trust rails, and live-session sparks.
Public page and downloads are pending package review.
Read Suite OverviewRoute research questions before the answer gets too confident.
A grounding layer for research-shaped questions: pattern recommendations, source-lane routing, evidence checks, and private-note boundaries.
Public page and downloads are pending release packaging and boundary checks.
Read Suite OverviewCraft career materials without inventing claims.
A skills-only public release for evidence-grounded resumes, cover letters, portfolio cases, and career communication. The private MCP and packet engine remain local-only.
Plugin Zip. Use this if your host supports plugin-style imports and you want all four public skills together.
Download and Open GuideNot sure what to download?
Most public Compasses offer plugin, extension, skill, and source formats. Skill-only releases publish only the prompt guidance layer and keep private local tooling locked.
Codex can work with these local packages and source zips, but this storefront does not provide a one-click Codex install path. Use the product page or source files if you are setting one up manually.
The Compass Suite is a family of local-first AI helpers. Each Compass gives an AI assistant a bounded job, a clearer workflow, and a stronger standard for when to ask, retrieve, validate, or stop.
These tools favor narrow workflows, local files, clear install paths, conservative claims, and validation before polished output. They are designed to help a host AI work more carefully instead of simply sounding more confident.
They do not replace human judgment, guarantee truth, or make private material public. Alpha products may change quickly, so this suite page describes them lightly until their public contracts settle.
Each Compass has its own home page and release notes. This page gives the suite a single front door so people can choose the right tool without learning every project history first.
Use it when the question is whether a text should be trusted, revised, verified, reframed, or handled with more care.
Use it when an AI instruction is vague, brittle, too broad, missing constraints, or aimed at the wrong model or surface.
Use it for structured heuristic reviews of screens, captures, visible usability issues, severity, and stakeholder-ready audit output.
Use it for session sparks, table-ready creative material, and support that keeps rules and prep from breaking the flow.
Use it to frame a research-shaped question, choose the right evidence lane, and keep private notes separate from public sources.
Use the public skills to craft resumes, cover letters, portfolios, and career communication from supplied evidence. The private MCP packet engine remains locked.
Job Application Compass now publishes only scrubbed generic skills. The private MCP, personal profile, source register, sample packets, contact details, application history, private links, and local-only evidence files remain unpublished.
Most Compass tools ship in a few formats. Pick the one that matches how you use AI today. These screenshots show the tested UI. If your app does not show this path, stop and use the product diagnostic prompt instead of improvising.
The screenshots below reflect the Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Desktop surfaces available during testing. Claude's install UI can differ by platform, account, and version. Local MCP/plugin and Desktop extension installs are not claimed for Claude.ai in a web browser.
Do not hand-edit Claude config, or let an assistant rewrite it, unless it first backs up the file, reads existing server names, merges only the Compass you are installing, writes UTF-8 without a BOM, and verifies that no existing MCPs disappeared.
Use this packaged plugin zip for Claude Cowork or Claude Code when you want the full tool connection.
If you only see Skills and Connectors, and Connectors only accepts a remote MCP URL, stop. That is not the plugin upload path.
Use the MCPB or extension file when you already have Claude Desktop installed.
If your Claude Desktop build does not show Settings → Extensions, do not hand-edit config as a beginner workaround. Use the product diagnostic prompt.
Use this when you want the prompt-only version or when the host does not support the MCP connector yet.
Use the skill when the MCP/plugin path is unavailable, or keep it as a prompt-only fallback alongside the tool connection.
Use this for source review, technical install, or local inspection before trusting a package.
get_started or overview tool.Do not improvise in Connectors unless that surface clearly accepts the exact file type you downloaded. Use the skill/reference path or the product diagnostic prompt instead.
Restore the latest config backup or remove only the Compass entry you added from mcpServers. Never reset the whole config to fix one install.
Host apps change their exact plugin and extension flows. The dedicated Compass pages remain the authority for product-specific steps, checksums, examples, and troubleshooting.
Codex can work with local Compass source packages when configured manually, but this suite page does not provide one-click Codex install instructions.
Plain-language answers for people who are still mapping the AI tooling landscape.
MCP means Model Context Protocol. It is a way for an AI host to connect to tools, local data, and structured workflows. In plain terms: it lets the AI ask a local tool to do a bounded job instead of improvising everything in chat.
AI Basics explains the bigger landscape in plain language: what a model is, how products like ChatGPT and Claude wrap models, what interfaces change, and why agent systems feel different from ordinary chat.
A skill is a packaged instruction set the AI can read and follow. It is usually lighter than an MCP because it may not expose local tools or databases, but it can still guide the AI through a workflow.
Claude Desktop is Anthropic's desktop app for using Claude on your computer. It can work with local extensions and MCP connectors when those are installed and approved.
Codex is a coding-oriented AI environment. It is useful when a Compass needs local files inspected, packages validated, tests run, or source installs handled carefully.
Claude is the AI model family. Claude Desktop is an app for using Claude on your computer. Codex is a coding-agent environment with strong local file and command-line workflows.
Local-first means the product is designed to run from files and tools on your machine when possible. It reduces dependence on hosted services, but you still need to review any third-party package before installing it.
Alpha products change quickly. A download appears here only after the product has a public-safe page, package, checksum, and private-data boundary review. Job Application Compass currently publishes only its scrubbed public skills, not its private MCP.
No. Public download buttons point directly to release files. GitHub is where the public files are hosted.