Phil Topness

I build tools at the intersection of AI, real-time data, and delightful UX — mostly to scratch my own itch, often ending up as something others can use too.

Projects
CrowdHum
CrowdHum Live Beta

Live audience engagement — physics-animated polling where votes become glowing spheres, plus dynamic word clouds with AI clustering. No app install — scan a QR code and watch results materialize on screen. Built for speakers, facilitators, and storytellers.

MCP Station
MCP Station Live Beta

Generate mock MCP servers from a prompt, sample data, or OpenAPI spec — and browse a catalog of pre-built servers and agent recipes. Deploy to Copilot Studio, Claude Desktop, or Cursor. Free for anyone to use at hackathons.

ReplayLane
ReplayLane Live Beta

Turn any screen recording into an interactive click-through demo. Upload a video and get back a shareable HTML simulation — viewers click through each step at their own pace instead of watching a video. Perfect for product walkthroughs, training guides, and documentation.

KilnSense
KilnSense Live Beta

Real-time kiln monitoring for ceramic artists at kilnsense.com. Sign in with your KilnAid account to track temperature, firing schedule, and kiln status from any browser.

WordSync

An interactive German language learning tool that turns Deutsche Welle's slowly-spoken news into a tap-to-translate reading experience with word-by-word audio highlighting. Powered by Whisper + DeepL, updated daily via GitHub Actions, hosted entirely for free.

AdoptionPulse

An interactive AI adoption maturity assessment that guides organizations through a decision-tree questionnaire to evaluate their AI readiness across a three-phase model — Empower, Reshape, and Reinvent.

FlightView
FlightView Repo

A Raspberry Pi kiosk app that tracks aircraft overhead in real time using OpenSky Network data. Features two display themes — a vintage Solari split-flap board and a modern Heathrow-style signage — designed for 7″ and 10″ touchscreens.

TodoIQ

A local AI-powered task manager that scans Microsoft 365 (Teams chats, meetings, flagged emails) to surface actionable to-dos. Runs as a system-tray app on Windows with a web dashboard, backed by Claude and WorkIQ MCP.