'28 AI tools we wish existed' carefully selected by AI tool developers



Sharif Shameem, founder of

Lexica , an AI image generation tool, has listed 28 ideas for 'AI tools I wish existed' on his blog. Shameem explained that the reason for listing these ideas for 'AI tools I wish existed' is that 'there are many excellent AIs, such as Claude Opus 4.1 and GPT-5, so there has never been a better time to develop software.'

The 28 AI tools I wish existed
https://sharif.io/28-ideas-2025



◆1: A camera app that uses Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to make ordinary photos look like they were taken with a Leica.

◆2: A single-purpose AI agent that can adapt to any front-end project and automatically add support for light mode, dark mode, and custom themes. It must be able to detect UI changes using vision and make iterative changes based on the rendered UI.

◆3: A dedicated AI agent that can decompile and debug the minified code and convert it into an interpretable code base. A powerful code generation and debugging loop is required.



◆4: An app like the combination of the training app

Strong and ChatGPT. The AI model accesses the user's workouts and can suggest improvements and provide coaching. Shameem wrote, 'You need to be able to chat with the AI model, assuming you know the details of your workout (down to the time between training sessions).'

◆5: A recommendation engine that analyzes your browser history to see which blogs and articles you spend the most time on, and then searches the web every night for articles you should read but haven't. In the morning, it displays a digest of links, and can provide feedback on which suggestions were good and which were bad to improve the previous day's digest.

◆6: A chat app that tracks calories based on a nutrition database, ideally minimizing the cognitive effort required to track your food intake.

◆7: A minimalist writing app for writing long-form content. Models can highlight sentences and leave comments in the margins. Ideally, you can set up multiple 'personas' to review what you've written.

◆8: An app that lets you build one-off specialized AI agents. By describing a context such as 'I want an agent that can decompile code,' the AI agent will build a super-specialized decompilation agent.

◆9: A minimalist e-reader that can read e-books. It also has a highlighting function, and an AI model can display detailed explanations next to the text and recreate the author's persona. It would be nice if it could be used as an extension of the book, rather than as a separate chat instance.



◆10: Deep research agents capable of running inference over several days, running complex queries, spawning hundreds of subagents, and running inference over three days.

◆11: This app lets you create movies with the same ease as coloring a picture. You brainstorm ideas for short films within the app, have an AI model create a detailed storyboard for you, and then all you have to do is take photos of the shots on the storyboard with your smartphone.

◆12: A local screen recording app that uses a local AI model to create a detailed semantic summary of what users do on their PC every day. For example, it can answer questions like, 'Who did I forget to reply to yesterday?' Shameem wrote, 'I've been using

Rewind for a year, and it's not as useful as I'd hoped.'

◆13: Semantic filters for X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube. If we could write open-ended filters like 'hide posts that are likely to incite outrage,' we might never see outrageous posts in our feeds again.

◆14: An agent that can create a detailed curriculum for a very niche topic. You enter a context like, 'I want to learn everything we know about the science of progress,' and it will search the web for people, blog posts, YouTube videos, essays, textbooks, etc., read all the content, and create a guided curriculum that will take you from beginner to expert.

◆15: An AI agent that asks users about books they have read in the past, their goals, and the types of books they like to read, and then recommends books after fully understanding the user. After the main AI agent suggests books, another AI agent is used to simulate how the user will react, so that only books that the user will truly enjoy are recommended.



◆16: A semantic search engine for TikTok and Instagram Reels, packed with useful information for short videos.

◆17: A sleep fitness app that takes data from Apple Watch, Eight Sleep, Oura Ring, workout apps, etc. and combines it to provide practical advice on improving sleep and recovery. It proactively sends messages like, 'Your HRV (heart rate variability) seems to be dropping this week. You may be overtraining.'

◆18: A large component library designed to be rendered within the context of a chat interface. Many existing component libraries are too low-level with primitive elements, so the ideal solution would be one that is less customizable and implements higher-level widgets.

◆19: A minimalist voice assistant for Apple Watch. There are many questions that are too difficult for Siri to answer, but ChatGPT can answer, so this is what ChatGPT is designed to do.



◆20: An app that searches the web for topics the user is writing about and creates a 'recommended reading list' based on what it thinks will be useful.

◆21: A running app that creates a personalized plan, tracks your running pace and heart rate, and repeatedly adjusts your training program based on actual data.

◆22: A photo editing app powered by Nano Banana that can be used without writing prompts. A super photo editing app with hundreds of templates, allowing you to try out different hairstyles, imagine what your and your partner's children will look like, and even make yourself look like

The Rock .

◆23: An app that lets you search for videos with a similar atmosphere, similar to the visual search engine Same Energy . Enter a URL and similar videos will be displayed.

◆24: A Sony Walkman-like device that allows even children to easily ask questions to large-scale language models (LLMs). 'Ideally, the device should be voice-focused and explanation-focused. The device should ideally have no screen, and offline support would be even better,' Shamim wrote.

◆25: A search engine dedicated to biographies. Enter a query in the form of a questionnaire about the problem you are currently facing, your stage in life, your field, etc., and it will display biographies and autobiographies of great people in history who have experienced similar situations and written about them.



◆26: A screen recording agent that monitors how you use your PC and smartphone. It audits the content you consume every day and provides more detailed information than typical screen time.

◆27: A marketplace designed for AI agents. Shamim wrote, 'I don't believe that existing general-purpose agents are superior to agents designed for specific use cases. I would like to see a catalog of more specialized AI agents, such as AI agents specialized for niche tasks like renting an apartment in San Francisco.'

◆28: A writing app that allows you to request critiques from famous writers.

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