Before You Use These Tools
Evaluate tools before using them with sensitive information
MAIN does not endorse any tool in this directory. These tools are shared for learning and general awareness only. Always evaluate any tool against your institution’s policies, data privacy requirements, procurement rules, accessibility expectations, and responsible AI guidelines before use.
Protect data
Do not paste confidential, student, employee, customer, patient, or proprietary information into AI tools unless your organization has approved that use.
Verify outputs
AI-generated content can be incomplete, inaccurate, biased, or out of date. Review outputs before acting on them or sharing them.
Use local guidance
Follow your institution’s AI guidance, academic integrity expectations, security rules, and approved tool lists.
Tool Directory
Browse AI tools by use case
Start with the category that matches your task, then compare tools against your own policies and needs.
Chat
General AI Tools for Productivity
Tools that help with writing, research, brainstorming, summarization, coding, and everyday work.
Education
AI Tools for Education
Tools that support lesson planning, feedback, assessments, study support, classroom coaching, and educator productivity.
Creative
Tools for Creative Work
Tools that generate or edit images, audio, video, and design assets for communications, presentations, and creative projects.
Work
Work, Research, and Coding Tools
Tools for meeting notes, translation, writing support, code generation, developer workflows, and research discovery.
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