Platypus Tools

Supercharging the Platypus Economics workflow

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Operational

Clip2Quip Live

Transforms your short-form video clips into scroll-stopping social media posts faster than you can say "engagement metrics." Because typing is so last century.

YouTuber Live

Speaks fluent Algorithm so you don't have to. Generates YouTube titles, descriptions, and tags that make the recommendation gods smile upon your content.

Transcriber Live

Upload a video or audio file and get an AI-powered transcript with speaker recognition. Automatically identifies Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson by voice, color-codes speakers, and lets you copy the formatted transcript with one click.

DataCharter Live

Interactive charting tool for FRED economic data. Search for any series, customize colors and styles, add annotations and overlays, create computed variables with a Stata-inspired formula engine, and export publication-ready graphics.

Corpus Live

Writing corpus manager that gathers content from multiple sources — Bluesky, YouTube, FreakEconomics, NYT, and research papers — and lets you upload your own custom corpuses. Analyzes writing style and generates LLM instructions for voice replication.

CORS Proxy Live

A server-side proxy that lets browser-based apps fetch data from external APIs that don't send CORS headers. Append any URL to the proxy address and it fetches the resource on your behalf, returning it with permissive CORS headers. Used by DataCharter and the Data Explorers to reach government statistics APIs. Usage: https://platypus-tools.onrender.com/cors/https://api.example.com/data
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Experimental

QuoteDesk Beta

AI-powered tool for drafting email responses to journalist inquiries, using OpenAI's file search over archived YouTube transcripts and Bluesky posts. Because "no comment" is never as fun as a zinger.

The Producer Beta

Your AI co-producer for Justin Time Economics. Chat with GPT to brainstorm ideas, structure episodes, and write fully-formatted teleprompter scripts — complete with speech-to-text input, rich export to Word/RTF/HTML, and a built-in teleprompter.

YouTube TV Recorder Chrome Extension

Record YouTube TV content at various resolutions (480p to 4K). A Chrome extension that captures video using the tabCapture API to work around DRM restrictions. Click for download and installation instructions.

Data Explorers Local

Interactive data exploration tools for major statistical databases. Search for series, filter by parameters, and visualize with charts.

  • ABS (Australia)
  • BEA (US Commerce)
  • BLS (US Labor)
  • Financial Markets
  • IMF
  • Kalshi (Prediction Markets)
  • OECD
  • World Bank

Teleprompter In Progress

Web-based teleprompter with AI-powered listening mode. Uses speech-to-text and semantic matching to track your speech and auto-advance through scripts. Supports rich text formatting from Google Docs and riff detection.

PNGtoSVG Local

Converts raster images (PNG/JPG/WebP) to SVG using algorithmic tracing or Claude vision API for intelligent vectorization.

Editing Justin Concept

Co-writing and co-editing app with LLMs tuned to Justin's voice. Supports multiple genres (research papers, columns, video scripts), editable style prompts, multi-suggestion editing, and web research integration.