AI agent tools for AI automation
Short answer: Our top pick for AI automation: agenta, with the highest AgentPick Score (74/100) among tools tagged "ai-automation". Runners-up: mcp-server-excel (68) and Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP (67). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | agenta | Agenta is a workspace where you and your team build agents and automations. | 74/100 | ★ 4.8k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | mcp-server-excel | Automate real Microsoft Excel with AI via MCP Server or CLI — Power Query, DAX, VBA, PivotTables, charts, and 412 operations. | 68/100 | ★ 818 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP | Adobe Premiere Pro MCP. Tools for AI-driven video editing via MCP, for Codex, Claude, and other MCP clients. | 67/100 | ★ 691 | MIT | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | selfhost-ai | One-command installer for a self-hosted AI stack on your own server: n8n, Ollama, Open WebUI, OpenClaw, Dify, Flowise, Supabase, ComfyUI, Qdrant & 30+… | 65/100 | ★ 945 | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | claude-ops | Business operating system for Claude Code — 57 skills, 21 agents, smart daemon. Unified inbox (WhatsApp/Email/Slack/Telegram), autonomous PR merge, fu… | 64/100 | ★ 545 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | babysitter | Babysitter enforces obedience on agentic workforces and enables them to manage extremely complex tasks and workflows through deterministic, hallucinat… | 63/100 | ★ 1.8k | MIT | 16 Sept 2026 |
| #7 | CoWork-OS | Local-first personal agentic OS and everything app for coding, knowledge work, web design, automations, and artifacts. | 62/100 | ★ 485 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | Hexabot | Hexabot v3 is an AI workflow automation platform, combining workflows, actions, agents, and conversational channels in one runtime. | 56/100 | ★ 1.2k | See repo | 23 Sept 2026 |
| #9 | mcp-n8n-workflow-builder | AI-powered n8n workflow automation through natural language. MCP server enabling Claude AI & Cursor IDE to create, manage, and monitor workflows via M… | 30/100 | ★ 235 | MIT | 13 Sept 2026 |
| #10 | n8n-workflow-builder | AI assistant integration for n8n workflow automation through Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants to… | 20/100 | ★ 547 | MIT | 19 Mar 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
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