AI Loadout Daily, Oct 15, 2026: 17 AI setups go live

Published Oct 15, 2026

The AI Loadout launches with 17 task setups. Each one names the best tool, model, agent skills and bot persona for the job, with sources and a dated changelog.

• Coding: Claude Code with Claude Opus 5.5, which leads Terminal-Bench 4.0 as of mid October. See the setup
• Assistant to pay for: ChatGPT Plus for most people, Claude Pro for writers and coders, Google AI Pro for Workspace users. See the setup
• Image generation: ChatGPT Images 2.5, now first on several blind-vote leaderboards. See the setup
• Meeting notes: Granola, for bot-free notes on your own device. See the setup