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Side Reader
✓ verifiedFreemium
Browser extension that adds a PDF viewer/chat sidebar to ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek for reading and querying documents.
341 visits/mo
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AIScriptReader
✓ verifiedPaid
AI screenplay-coverage tool returning structured coverage reports and development notes per script in minutes.
1.5K visits/mo
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Augment Code
✓ verifiedPaid
Agentic coding platform (Cosmos) that runs software-dev agents at org scale, using a codebase context engine to cut token cost.
544K visits/mo
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Valyfy
✓ verifiedFree
Free project-based platform pairing students and new grads with startups to build AI-assisted portfolio projects for job-hunting.
1.0K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (limited uploads and file size)
Lifetime: $29 one-time (higher upload limits, capture-and-ask, custom prompts)
Single Report: $39 per report (coverage or development notes)
Combo Report: $78 per report (both)
Business: $100/mo flat (up to 50 seats, $100 usage included)
Free trial available
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Core features
- ✦Split-screen PDF viewer alongside AI chat
- ✦Zoom and text-copy tools for PDFs
- ✦Upload history tracking
- ✦Capture-and-ask screenshot querying (paid)
- ✦Custom prompt support (paid)
- ✦11-section AI coverage reports
- ✦Scene-by-scene development notes
- ✦AI chat assistant for deeper insights
- ✦Script dashboard and organization
- ✦Results in minutes
- ✦Free screenwriting tools (formatter, character builder)
- ✦Context Engine for codebase understanding
- ✦Agents across the full SDLC
- ✦Model routing / bring-your-own-keys
- ✦Automated code review and test coverage
- ✦CLI, MCP and native tool integrations
- ✦Enterprise security (SOC 2, ISO 42001, SSO)
- ✦Automatic issue labeling using AI
- ✦Customizable instructions for labeling
- ✦Bulk labeling of existing issues
- ✦Real startup project challenges with prizes or internship opportunities
- ✦AI-powered portfolio builder
- ✦AI-based GitHub profile analysis and feedback
- ✦Guided challenges combining AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT
- ✦Access to free AI tool accounts during challenges
- ✦Structured multi-week AI agent building competitions
Use cases
- →Researchers reading and querying PDFs via AI
- →Students studying documents with AI help
- →Professionals reviewing reports using ChatGPT/Claude/DeepSeek
- →Getting screenplay coverage quickly
- →Development notes before rewrites
- →Evaluating scripts for production
- →Iterating affordably on drafts
- →Automating PR code review
- →Raising test coverage
- →Incident investigation and remediation
- →Large-scale migrations and onboarding
- →Automatically categorize and prioritize incoming issues in a GitHub repository.
- →Building a hire-ready portfolio without a formal internship
- →Practicing AI-assisted development on real business problems
- →Getting an AI review of a GitHub profile before job applications
- →Competing in timed AI agent-building challenges for prizes
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