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  • AI Tools: 10 New Github Repos to Make Money in 19 mins

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQmodmp1To

    Channel: Jack Roberts

    Introduction

    Jack Roberts presents a rapid survey of ten newly popular GitHub repositories that enable AI agents to perform creative, browsing, reverse‑engineering, workflow orchestration, and security‑audit tasks. The video frames these open‑source projects as alternatives to costly SaaS subscriptions and as building blocks for agent‑driven productivity that could help users reduce expenses and increase output.

    What the video covers

    The presentation walks through each repository, highlighting its core functionality, recent traction metrics (stars, views, installations), and a brief demonstration of how an AI agent might interact with the tool. Roberts also ties the tools to his own Claude Code masterclass and Agentic OS setup, suggesting that combining these repos with his training could unlock money‑making opportunities.

    Step‑by‑step walkthrough of the ten repositories

    • OpenCraft Suite – A collection of AI‑controllable creative apps (PhotoCraft, FilmCraft, VectorCraft, etc.) that aims to replicate Adobe Creative Cloud. The suite garnered 39 k+ GitHub stars in ten days and 1.6 million announcement views.
    • Compositor – A 12 MB macOS‑native image editor designed for lightweight AI‑controllable editing. It has attracted ~2.3 million views and roughly 1.7 k stars.
    • Ego Lite – An isolated browser sandbox for AI agents accessible at lite.ego.app, preventing cursor hijacking and preserving user sessions. The project holds 17 k GitHub stars.
    • REA (Letter Run) – A reverse‑engineering tool that extracts UI, logic, and data layers from applications. It rose to 60 k stars in seven days (65 k total) and generated 772 k views on X.
    • 21st.dev MCP integration – Provides production‑ready UI components via the Model Context Protocol, used to build Glaido’s onboarding interface.
    • Skills.sh (Vercel Labs) – A meta‑skill repository that enables agents to discover and install tools, logging over 3.3 million installations.
    • Orca – An orchestrator for parallel agent swarms, holding 89 k stars with about 75 % gained in the last 30 days, and offering a mobile companion app.
    • Zapier MCP Server – Grants agents granular access to thousands of SaaS APIs (Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, etc.) with permission toggles.
    • The Arena Skill – Runs a tournament of 100 Claude instances to identify the best solution, accumulating 4.3 million social‑reel views and 406 GitHub stars.
    • Universal Modder – Automates game modding by reverse‑engineering local game assets and generating playable mods.
    • Cloudflare security‑audit skill – Performs a six‑phase autonomous vulnerability assessment, earning 27 k stars since mid‑September.
    • SlopMonster – Strips AI‑generated “slop” from prose, converting vague copy into concrete, rhythmic marketing language.

    Key tools and metrics

    • OpenCraft Suite: 39 k+ stars (10 days), 1.6 M views.
    • Compositor: 12 MB binary, 2.3 M views, ~1.7 k stars.
    • Ego Lite: 17 k stars, sandbox at lite.ego.app.
    • REA (Letter Run): 65 k total stars, 60 k stars in 7 days, 772 k X views.
    • 21st.dev: MCP integration for UI components.
    • Skills.sh: 3.3 M tool installations.
    • Orca: 89 k stars, ~75 % growth in past 30 days.
    • Zapier MCP Server: API access for SaaS platforms.
    • The Arena Skill: 4.3 M social views, 406 stars.
    • Universal Modder: Game‑asset reverse engineering.
    • Cloudflare security‑audit skill: 27 k stars.
    • SlopMonster: AI‑copy cleanup tool.

    Caveats and hype check

    While the video showcases rapid growth and impressive star counts, it also acknowledges that the revenue potential remains speculative. Roberts promotes his own Claude Code masterclass and Agentic OS setup, implying significant earnings from these tools, but no concrete earnings proof or detailed business case is presented. Claims of making money should therefore be treated as aspirational rather than guaranteed.

    > “Never allow an AI agent to install third‑party community skills without auditing”

    > “The result replaces vague corporate abstractions with concrete, rhythmic, and factual language.”

    Concrete next actions

    • Install PhotoCraft via Claude Code using the OpenCraft Suite repository link.
    • Try Compositor with Homebrew: brew install compositor.
    • Set up the Ego Lite browser sandbox at lite.ego.app for isolated AI browsing.
    • Add 21st.dev to your Claude Code MCP configuration to fetch UI components.
    • Run skills.sh to discover and install needed agent skills, but first audit any unknown skill with an LLM.
    • Deploy Orca orchestrator via Homebrew: brew install orca to run parallel agent tasks.
    • Configure the Zapier MCP Server to grant agents limited SaaS access (e.g., read‑only Gmail).
    • Run the Cloudflare security‑audit skill before pushing any application to production.
    • Use SlopMonster to clean AI‑generated marketing copy and improve conversion.