Charlie HillsGuide · AI Tool Stacks
How I Use All 42 AI Tools
My August 2026 tier list, with the one job each of the 42 models and tools actually holds in my business. Plus the twelve I dropped this year and how to connect each type.
Added 26 August 2026. Free.
What’s inside
- Download
- The board
- S · Runs every day
- A · Weekly, earns it
- B · Good, with a reason
- C · One job only
- D · I would not
- How this actually runs
- The twelve I dropped this year
- How to hook them up
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