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Escouade Tools
Escouade Tools, at https://tools.escouade.io, brings together thirteen office tools that open in the browser, with nothing to install. They are included in every size, Free included, and what they produce is saved in Escouade’s Library.
The thirteen tools
| Tool | What it does | What it opens, among others | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read, annotate, combine, split and secure your PDFs. | PDF, PNG, JPEG | Alpha | |
| Photo | Retouch, crop and lighten your images, layers included. | PSD, PNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG, TIFF, HEIC | Alpha |
| Vector | Logos, diagrams and illustrations, in vector. | SVG, PDF, AI, EPS, DXF, images | Alpha |
| Layout | Posters, sheets and brochures, laid out for print. | IDML, PDF, images, DOCX | Pre-alpha |
| Text | Write, review and format your documents, Word-compatible. | DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, Markdown | Alpha |
| Spreadsheet | Calculate, sort and analyse your sheets, Excel-compatible. | XLSX, XLS, ODS, CSV | Alpha |
| Slides | Design and present your slide decks, PowerPoint-compatible. | PPTX, images | Alpha |
| CAD | Draw and dimension your plans, DWG and DXF compatible. | DXF, DWG, SVG | Pre-alpha |
| Mockups | Design the screens and flows of your apps and sites. | FIG, SVG, images | Alpha |
| Develop | Develop and correct your photos, RAW included, without touching the original. | RAW (DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW…), JPEG, PNG, TIFF | Alpha |
| Video | Edit your videos: cuts, titles, sound and grading. | MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, audio, SRT subtitles | Alpha |
| Effects | Animate titles and graphics, composite your visual effects. | Videos, images, SVG, PSD, PDF, AI | Alpha |
| Audio | Edit and mix your sound, voices and podcasts. | WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, MIDI, MusicXML | Pre-alpha |
The maturity is what each original project says of itself. The tools come from free software (MIT or Apache-2.0 licences); their projects, versions and licences are credited in Tools.
In the browser
All the computing happens in your browser: the server only serves the tools’ files. The tools run in an isolated frame, on a different address from your session’s: their code never sees your sign-in. Tools uses nothing from your allowance and keeps nothing.
You enter through the Escouade account, as everywhere in the family. The language follows your account’s, otherwise your browser’s. Most tools pick it up on their own; a few are set in their own menu, and Audio only exists in English.
Saving to the Library
What a tool saves goes by default to your organisation’s Library, in the "Tools" folder, under your rights; each tool reopens its files from there. The tools’ own formats are kept as they are. The file only passes through the Tools server, in memory, without being written or logged.
With no Library connected, or if it refuses the file, it downloads to your computer.
Tools’ MCP server
Address: https://tools.escouade.io/mcp. Your assistant reads the tools and the Library there, and drops files there, in your name and under your rights. The tools run in your browser: the connector does not run them, it gives the link that opens one.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
tools_catalogue | The list of tools and what they do. |
tools_ouvrir | The link that opens a tool, empty or with a document from the Library. |
tools_documents | The Library documents the tools can open. |
tools_dossiers | The Library folders. |
tools_enregistrer | Drops a file into the Library, through the same door as saving from a tool. |
It connects like the family’s other servers (see The family’s MCP servers): an address, then signing in with your Escouade account. Dropping a file needs a separate permission (tools:write): the assistant asks for it on the first drop. The organisation is never a parameter: it is the one you chose when signing in. A message carries at most 4 MiB, enough to drop a 3 MB file.