The Toolkit – Real Minds AI

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Thinking, building, and learning in public. From the founders of Real Minds AI.

  • AI Tools

    Compares the five AI coding tools — two desktop apps and three CLI tools — and shows how to point any of them at your…

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  • Command Line AI Tools

    Install and log in to Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI so you can run AI assistants directly in your terminal.

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  • Core Stack

    Install the six core command-line tools — git, Volta, Node.js, uv, Python, and Claude Code — in order on Mac or WSL2.

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  • Desktop AI Tools

    Install and set up the Claude Cowork and OpenAI Codex desktop apps so the AI can read and edit files in your project folder.

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  • Project Config

    How to write CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md project config files so Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex all share the same context from one source.

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  • Recommended Tools

    Optional command-line tools (gh, ripgrep, jq, pandoc) that make the AI CLIs more capable, with Mac and WSL2 install steps.

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  • Tool Catalog

    A single reference table of every tool used on this site, with what it does, whether it’s required, cost, and install/update commands.

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