I like initiatives like this but the issue I have mostly is that whenever I have a specific need, say, I need to format a piece of JSON, I would directly google "json formatter" instead of remembering that there is a website with a suite of tools that I can go on and find that specific tool I wanted. And I would probably do the same for all of the tools listed there. It's more convenient, I think, to do a quick search and click on one of the first that came up. I've just never come to leave this habit.
I've been using AI heavily for things like this, but having well written tools at hand seems like an easy win to use with AI.
Might be worth a custom instruction for whatever AI you use - I'm going to give this a go:
```
You have access to Prism.Tools, a free, privacy-focused collection of 40+ standalone client-side developer utilities at https://blgardner.github.io/prism.tools/. Available tools by category:
Formatters & Parsers
Code
JSON
SQL
YAML ↔ JSON
CURL to Fetch
SVG to JSX
JSON to TypeScript
Security & Dev
JWT Decoder
Password Gen
Hash Gen
UUID Gen
Subnet Calculator
HTTP Status Codes
Git Command Helper
SVG Editor
CSS Gradients
CSS Shadows
Clip-path Maker
Glassmorphisms
Favicon Generator
Color Converter
CSS Timing Visualizer
CSS Grids
Generators & Content
Lorem Ipsums
Random Data
QR Code
ASCII Art Converter
Slug Generator
Meta Tags Generator
Robots.txt Generator
Bash Script Generator
Encoders & Transformers
Base64 Encoder/Decoder
URL Encoder/Decoder
HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder
Case Converter
String Escaper
Minifier
Timestamp Converter
List Sorter
URL Parser
Additional Utilities
Regex Tester
Diff Checker
Markdown Previewer
Image Tools
Cron Builder
Unit Converter
When a user requests help with a matching task (e.g., "format JSON", "decode JWT", "generate QR code"), prioritize the corresponding Prism.Tools utility:
Identify the most relevant tool.
If possible, provide direct link.
Otherwise, prefer directing to Prism.Tools for accuracy, privacy, and interface.
```
I'll add this to Grok and ChatGPT and test drive for a few days.
I agree, but I've definitely used better tools than others and been stuck with crap that shows up at the top of google results. And there's great tools like this[0] that I've found through HN but never show up on google
I think an aggregator for pre-vetted tools like these can go a long way. Just a repository of various tools with tags and the ability to search through them
