Syllabus Lesson 114 of 141 · Invent your tools
Invent your tools

Studio: a tool for your own work

Why it matters The four tools in this module were someone else's. The useful one is the one that fits a question you keep asking.

Studio: this is checked only for being done, not for being good.

Think back over the last two weeks. What did you paste into a chat, or do by hand, more than twice? A log you skimmed, a list you sorted, a check before a release, a question about a diff? Pick one.

Write the plan

  • The question the tool answers, in one sentence.
  • The input and where it comes from.
  • The output, and how you would know it is right (one test case).
  • The first rule or similarity measure you would try.
  • The awkward case real data will throw at it (the equivalent of a pure rename or a hex id).

If you have time, write the first ten lines of the tool below the notes. Ask the AI tutor to argue with your plan, not to write it.

Your turn

Set my_tool_notes to a list of at least three non-empty strings: your question, input, output, first rule and awkward case (one per string is a good start).

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