Tutorials · Chapter B (2/4) · ~8 min

Pick the right AI tool

Try it → see it → read → next

Chat, search, image, and agents are different instruments — choose for the job.

Try yourself

Playground

Model chooser

Turn on what you need. Watch the recommendation reorder — no hype required.

1
Swift Mini
Great for autocomplete & short drafts.
cheapfast
2
Local Open
Runs on your machine — privacy first.
privatecheap
3
Balanced Pro
Solid daily driver for most chat tasks.
smartfast
4
Frontier Max
Hardest reasoning — slower & pricier.
smart

Best match floats to the top

Recap

What you just did

You thought in playbooks: match the tool to the workplace task. Same habit for personal use.

Teach

How it works

Quick chooser:

| Job | Prefer | | --- | --- | | Draft / brainstorm / rewrite | Chat LLM | | Fresh facts / “what happened today” | Search-augmented AI or real sources | | Edit a photo / generate art | Image tool | | Many steps across apps | Agent / automation (with supervision) | | Private spreadsheet math | Spreadsheet or local code — not a chat guess |

Rule of thumb: if truth matters more than fluency, add search or a human check.

Use it

When you'd use this

Before paying for five apps — start with one chat + one search habit.
At work — know which tools are approved.

Watch out

“Agent” demos can look magical and still mis-click. Keep a human in the loop for purchases, emails, and deletes.

Try next

Try this next

Write three tasks from your week and label the best tool type from the table.