Vibe Puddle · Issue #2 · Sat, Oct 31, 2026
Hey builders. This week: see what your agents built, what they cost, and grab some free API credits.
💧 Puddle Pick: Floorplan draws a plain-English map of your app
[Tool] · Free, MIT
Why it matters: Claude Code or Codex reads your codebase and draws an interactive map, giving every part, file and web request a plain-English name. A Health check flags passwords in code and endpoints open without sign-in. No API keys needed.
Try this: Run claude plugin marketplace add haydenschmitty/floorplan, then claude plugin install floorplan@floorplan, and ask "Make me a floorplan of this app."
Why it's the pick: if you vibe-coded an app and can't explain how it fits together, this shows you.
This week's puddle
💳 ChatGPT Pro and Business plans include API credits
[Model/API]
Why it matters: Eligible subscribers can claim up to $500 per month in API credits, no API payment method required. Unused credits expire each billing cycle.
Try this: Claim them in ChatGPT under Settings → Billing, then test gpt-6.1-terra ($1 input / $5 output per 1M tokens).
🔒 MCP reference servers fix eight vulnerabilities
[Tool]
Why it matters: v2.1.0 patches the filesystem, everything and fetch servers, including a symlink trick that could redirect writes outside allowed folders (only partly fixed on Windows).
Try this: Install @modelcontextprotocol/[email protected] explicitly: npm won't offer it over old date versions. v2.2.0 also asks for Node.js 24.22.1+.
📄 PaperPilot: local PDF tools for your agent
[Tool] · Apache 2.0
Why it matters: Your agent can merge, split, OCR and compress PDFs through a local MCP server, with no cloud calls. There's also a CLI, desktop app and browser version.
Try this: Add paperpilot-mcp (from Releases) to your MCP config and ask: "Merge these two PDFs and compress the result."
📋 kanzo: a kanban board your agents can work from
[Tool] · AGPL-3.0
Why it matters: One small program is both a kanban board and an MCP server, so you and your agents share one task list. No account, no server: the board is a folder synced through your own private git repo.
Try this: Run cargo install kanzo, then claude mcp add kanzo --scope user -- kanzo mcp, and say "take the next task from kanzo and do it."
🔍 What Claude Code's background-agent summaries cost
[Workflow]
Why it matters: A gist says Claude Code re-sends each background agent's full transcript about every 30 seconds to fill its status line, which the author measured at 16.4% of their Claude Code spend. A commenter who says he works on Claude Code says only actively working agents do this.
Try this: If you run background agents, read the gist before trying its fix: an unofficial hack that updates can undo.
🏠 Show HN: Hob, a free AI desktop app that runs on your computer
[Launch] · MIT
Why it matters: Hob picks the best open-weight model your computer can run, then works with your files, fills in PDFs and runs code in a sandbox, even offline. It needs at least 8 GB of RAM.
Try this: Download it and hand it a PDF form to fill out.
🤖 Bot Drop
Grok Bot templates worth a look. We read each template page but haven't installed or tested them.
Review Brief by Thuong
Creator: @teeRex247
Paste a pull request and get the reviewer's brief in under 2 minutes: what changed vs the ticket, risky spots with file and line, what to test by hand, and questions for the author.
Try it if... your agent opens PRs faster than you can read them.
iPhone Screenshot Bot by Ryan
Creator: @RyDawg42
Send it app screenshots and get clean iPhone mockups back on the background you choose, with your logo at the bottom if you want.
Try it if... your launch post or App Store page needs better visuals tonight.
Business Name & Domain Check by Jesse
Creator: @JesseHeredia
Screens a business or brand name before you buy the domain: domain checks, a USPTO trademark search, same-name businesses and social handles, then a GO, CAUTION or NO verdict. Research only, not legal advice.
Try it if... you're about to name your next side project.
Product Research Bot by Chase
Creator: @ChaseMc67
Researches the main software products in a category you name and shows what each one is really like: screenshots, step-by-step flows, a comparison table and takeaways in Notion.
Try it if... you want to see what competitors actually ship before you build.
That's the puddle for this week. Hit reply and tell us what you're building. The best projects get featured. If a friend would like this, forward it their way.
Happy building,
The Vibe Puddle team
Curated with help from an AI agent, reviewed by a human editor. · vibepuddle.com