Tool: Claude Why This Tool: Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant that now goes far beyond chatting, with Claude Opus 4.5 (released November 2024) being the world's best model for coding and agentic tasks, plus new features like infinite conversation length, memory that remembers your context across chats, web search with citations, and the ability to create and edit files, spreadsheets, and presentations directly in the chat. Best For: Professionals juggling complex projects who need deep research and analysis, entrepreneurs building business strategies and content, developers writing and debugging code, teams collaborating on documents and presentations, anyone who wants an AI that actually remembers your preferences and past conversations Cost: Free plan available, Pro at $20/month, Team and Enterprise plans available (check claude.ai/pricing for current rates) Website: https://claude.ai/ Quick Win Prompt: "Start a new chat with Claude and ask it to help you with a recurring task you do weekly (like drafting client emails, analyzing data, or creating reports). As you work together, Claude will automatically remember the details about your preferences, your business, and your workflow. Next time you need help with a similar task, Claude will already know your context and style. Try the new extended thinking feature by asking Claude to solve a complex problem step-by-step and watch it show you its reasoning process in real-time." New Things Claude Can Do: - Claude Code for developers: Delegate entire coding tasks from your terminal or use the web-based IDE to link GitHub repos, write code, run tests, fix bugs, and generate pull requests using natural language commands (now with improved security reviews) - Create files and presentations: Generate Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs directly in chat, then download them immediately without switching to other apps (available to Pro and Max users) - Web search with citations: Claude can search the web for current information and cite its sources, perfect for research, fact-checking, and staying current on topics beyond its training data - Infinite conversations: The new "Infinite Chats" feature means you never hit context limits, Claude automatically summarizes earlier parts of long conversations so you can keep working on complex projects without starting over