Five practical tools for local agents: OCR on your Mac, synced auth, self-hosted files, durable research, and native Mac containers.
Welcome to Dave's Toolbox!
This week: giving local agents better eyes, memory, storage, auth, and dev environments without turning every useful workflow into another cloud account.
Vibe coding can put a UI on screen in minutes. A business app still needs data, logins, permissions, and handoffs. Here is how I build a Client Work Hub in Softr that real clients can actually use.
RobinReach is an AI social media manager on AppSumo. I walked the full setup — accounts, compose, AI tools, scheduling — and the MCP layer that lets my agent run the desk.
I installed HelpLoom on DaveSwift.com — a $99 AppSumo live chat and AI support widget with knowledge base, help center, unlimited agents, and MCP. Here is the full setup and score.
