AI
The models people use, and the tools that do the work.
Model leaderboard
- 1Claude Opus 5.5Anthropicclosed$4.00 / $20.00/1M1M ctx
- 2GPT-6 SolOpenAIclosed$2.00 / $10.00/1M1.1M ctx
- 3Claude Sonnet 5Anthropicclosed$2.00 / $10.00/1M1M ctx
- 4Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleclosed$0.75 / $3.75/1M1M ctx
- 5GLM 5.3Z.aiopen$1.40 / $4.40/1M1.3M ctx
- 6DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeekopen$0.46 / $1.39/1M1M ctx
- 7Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seedclosed$0.50 / $3.00/1M262k ctx
- 1Claude Fable 5.1Anthropicclosed$10.00 / $50.00/1M1M ctx
- 2GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAIclosed$10.00 / $50.00/1M1.1M ctx
- 3GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAIclosed$2.00 / $10.00/1M1.1M ctx
- 4Grok 4.7SpaceXAIclosed$1.60 / $4.80/1M500k ctx
- 5Qwen3.8 Max PrimeQwenclosed$4.00 / $12.00/1M1M ctx
- 6Kimi K3MoonshotAIopen$3.00 / $15.00/1M1M ctx
- 7DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeekopen$0.46 / $1.39/1M1M ctx
- 1MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomiopen$0.14 / $0.28/1M1M ctx
- 2Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrismMLopen$0.07 / $0.50/1M262k ctx
- 3Schematron V2 TurboInference.netopen$0.03 / $0.15/1M128k ctx
- 4Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionAIopen$0.06 / $0.18/1M262k ctx
- 5DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeekopen$0.15 / $0.60/1M1M ctx
- 6Granite 4.2 8BIBMopen$0.06 / $0.25/1M131k ctx
- 7Qwen3.8 FlashQwenopen$0.15 / $0.47/1M1M ctx
- 1Ling 3.0 FlashinclusionAIopen$0.02 / $0.06/1M262k ctx
- 2Granite 4.0 MicroIBMopen$0.02 / $0.11/1M131k ctx
- 3Qwen3.7 FlashQwenclosed$0.03 / $0.13/1M1M ctx
- 4Schematron V2 TurboInference.netopen$0.03 / $0.15/1M128k ctx
- 5Laguna XS 2.1Poolsideopen$0.06 / $0.12/1M262k ctx
- 6Mercury 2.5Inceptionclosed$0.04 / $0.15/1M260k ctx
- 7Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistralopen$0.10 / $0.10/1M131k ctx
- 1Ember-1Fireworksclosed$3.00 / $15.00/1M1M ctx
- 2GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.aiclosed$2.80 / $8.80/1M1M ctx
- 3Qwen3.8 Max PrimeQwenclosed$4.00 / $12.00/1M1M ctx
- 4Aion 3.5 MiniAionLabsclosed$0.70 / $1.40/1M262k ctx
- 5Solar Mini 4Upstageclosed$0.05 / $0.20/1M524k ctx
- 6Command A+Cohereclosed$0.30 / $1.50/1M192k ctx
- 7GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAIclosed$0.10 / $0.50/1M1.1M ctx
prices via OpenRouter models API · September 24, 2026 · USD per 1M tokens, input / output
Official skills
Agentic tools
DESIGN.mdHundreds of community-made design systems as DESIGN.md files your AI coding tools can read — with an MCP server and CLI.Vibe CodingFree
ScrolltideA library of 120+ full build prompts for scroll-driven and 3D websites — each a complete design brief for Claude, Cursor or v0; four are free, the rest need a subscription.Vibe CodingFreemium
VibePromptA library of UI layout prompts with ready-to-paste Tailwind code for every page section — heroes, pricing, dashboards and more.Vibe CodingFree
SkillsA registry of agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and the rest — browse what people actually install, then add one by command.Vibe CodingFree
Career OpsOpen-source AI job search that runs inside your coding CLI — scans job portals, scores listings, tailors your CV, and tracks applications.Vibe CodingOpen source
MCP servers & plugins
Published by the vendors themselves — the ones you can point an agent at today.- GitHub MCP ServerMCPGitHubOfficialRepositories, issues, pull requests and Actions, exposed to an agent as tools.SiteRepository
- Sentry MCP ServerMCPSentryOfficialQuery issues, events and releases, and hand an agent the stack trace it needs.SiteRepository
- Cloudflare MCP ServersMCPCloudflareOfficialA server per product — Workers, D1, R2, KV, analytics — rather than one that does everything.SiteRepository
- Supabase MCP ServerMCPSupabaseOfficialManage projects, run SQL and inspect schemas from the agent instead of the dashboard.SiteRepository
- Notion MCP ServerMCPNotionOfficialRead and write pages and databases, so notes and specs stay where the team already keeps them.SiteRepository
- Vercel MCPMCPVercelOfficialA hosted endpoint for projects, deployments and logs — no local server to run.Site
- Linear MCPMCPLinearOfficialIssues, projects and cycles, hosted — the agent files the ticket it just wrote the fix for.Site
- Stripe Agent ToolkitPluginStripeOfficialPayments as agent tools, with an MCP server and SDK plugins in the same package.SiteRepository
Reading
Simon WillisonMy obituary for programming
- Import AIImport AI 477: In which I tell the IMF the Singularity has begun
- OpenAIAdvancing coding in low‑resource programming languages
- Hugging FaceTorchNeuron: running HF models on AWS Trainium is easier than ever
- Simon Willisonllm-tools-datasette 0.1.1
- Simon Willisonllm-echo 0.5
- Simon WillisonInline rendering with document.currentScript
- Simon Willisonweb-edit 0.1a2
- Latent Space[AINews] High Taste Testers Ep. 1
From the blog
- Free Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text APIs: 8 Free Tiers ComparedFree text-to-speech and transcription APIs to prototype on: ElevenLabs, Polly, Deepgram, AssemblyAI and more — limits, card rules and resets.September 19, 20268 min read
- Free AI API Tiers That Actually Last: 13 Options for 2026Thirteen free AI and LLM API tiers that reset monthly or never expire, most with no credit card: what each gives you, the limit, and who it suits.September 19, 20269 min read
- 5 Best AI Tools for Developers to Get Ahead in 2026The AI stack worth learning this year: Claude, the Anthropic API, Ollama, Hugging Face, and LangChain — what each one is actually for, and when to skip it.August 14, 20263 min read