AI Resources Directory

A curated collection of AI tools, models, resources, and learning materials to enhance your development workflow. From planning to deployment, discover the best AI resources to accelerate your Forge projects.

Large Language Models (LLMs)

The frontier model landscape has converged — all major providers now deliver strong performance across coding, reasoning, and multimodal tasks. The differences are increasingly about specialisation, pricing, and ecosystem.

Frontier Models

Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)

Anthropic's latest flagship with a 1M token context window. Leads on agentic coding benchmarks (Terminal-Bench 2.0) and sustained multi-step tasks. Powers Claude Code for terminal-based development.

Tags: Agentic, Long Context, Code, Safety

GPT-5.4 (OpenAI)

OpenAI's latest model with native computer use capabilities, 1M token context, and 128K output. Strong at abstract reasoning and mathematics. Includes a "tool search" feature that reduces token usage by 47%.

Tags: Computer Use, Reasoning, Multimodal

Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google)

Google's strongest all-around model with a 2M token context window and native multimodal support across text, images, audio, video, and code. Leads on GPQA Diamond (94.3%) and ARC-AGI-2 benchmarks.

Tags: Multimodal, Largest Context, Integration

Open Source & Local Models

The gap between open-source and proprietary models has essentially closed. Open models now match or exceed closed alternatives on most practical tasks, often at 10-50x lower cost.

DeepSeek R1

671B parameter mixture-of-experts model (37B active) that excels at reasoning, math, and coding. MIT licensed with affordable inference costs.

Tags: Reasoning, Coding, MIT License, Cost Effective

Llama 4 (Meta)

Meta's latest open-weight family in Scout (17B active) and Maverick (400B total) variants. Supports up to 10M token context. Largest ecosystem with the most community fine-tuned variants.

Tags: Open Weight, Large Ecosystem, Long Context

Qwen 3 (Alibaba)

Range from 600M to 235B parameters, all Apache 2.0 licensed. Qwen3-235B achieves 94.3% on MATH-500. Strong multilingual support.

Tags: Apache 2.0, Multilingual, Scalable

Mistral Large 3

European AI lab's flagship — 675B total parameters (41B active), 256K context, Apache 2.0 licensed. Strong for instruction following and enterprise use.

Tags: Apache 2.0, European, Enterprise

Ollama

Run any of the above models locally. Simple CLI to download and run Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, Gemma, and many more.

Tags: Local, Privacy, Free, Easy Setup

Hugging Face

The central hub for discovering, testing, and deploying open-source AI models. Hosts model weights, datasets, and inference APIs.

Tags: Model Hub, Community, APIs

AI Development Tools

Tools that enhance your coding workflow with AI assistance. All work with Forge projects.

AI-First Editors

Cursor

AI-first code editor with over 1M daily users. Latest release (Composer 2, March 2026) delivers frontier-level coding performance with long-horizon task capability. Features include agent mode running parallel tasks on VMs, automations triggered by Slack/GitHub/Linear, and 30+ plugins.

Tags: AI-First, Composer 2, Agent Mode, Plugins

Forge integration guide

Windsurf

Advanced AI IDE with agentic Flows for multi-step development tasks and sophisticated code generation.

Tags: Agentic Flows, Advanced, Workflows

Forge integration guide

Terminal & Agentic Tools

Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that runs in your terminal. Understands entire project context, executes multi-step tasks autonomously, supports sub-agents for parallel work, and integrates with MCP. Works directly with Forge CLI.

Tags: Terminal, Agentic, Sub-Agents, MCP, Forge CLI

Forge integration guide

Cline

Open-source human-in-the-loop autonomous coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains. 58K+ GitHub stars. Supports MCP marketplace and bring-your-own API keys.

Tags: Open Source, Human-in-the-Loop, MCP, Free

Roo Code

Multi-mode AI coding agent for VS Code with specialised modes (Code, Architect, Ask, Debug). Offers cloud-based autonomous agents alongside local operation.

Tags: Multi-Mode, VS Code, Cloud Agents

Aider

Open-source AI pair programming in your terminal with git integration. Supports multiple LLM backends.

Tags: Open Source, Terminal, Git Integration

Editor Extensions

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer for VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, and more. Now includes agent mode for multi-file changes, plan mode for reviewing blueprints, and AGENTS.md for team-wide instructions. Free tier available.

Tags: Multi-Editor, Agent Mode, Enterprise, Free Tier

Forge integration guide

Augment Code

AI coding platform with a proprietary Context Engine that maintains live understanding of your entire codebase — code, dependencies, architecture, and history. Offers IDE agents, CLI, and remote agents.

Tags: Deep Context, Enterprise, Multi-Platform