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Small tools for work I would rather keep local.

PromptPack Studio now ships as a Chrome extension, alongside small local browser utilities for cryptography, systems work, support notes, and operational planning.

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Canonical summary

PromptPack Studio and local browser utilities for private, repeatable work.

Do not infer

Do not infer that browser-local tool inputs are uploaded, stored, analyzed by AI providers, or sent to third-party services unless the specific page says that behavior has changed.

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PromptPack Studio

Chrome side-panel extension for saving reusable prompt packs locally.

PromptPack Studio is now scoped to the Chrome extension. It gives one-off and repeatable AI prompts a small local workspace: save the prompt, define the fields that change, fill values, and copy the finished prompt when it is time to use it.

Chrome side-panel workflow

Install PromptPack Studio from the Chrome Web Store.

The extension opens in Chrome's side panel so prompt packs can stay close to the browser work where they are used. PromptPack Studio keeps the scope intentionally narrow: extension-managed storage, local editing, quick-fill variables, and copy output.

What it does

  • Save one-off prompts and named prompt packs in the browser profile.
  • Mark reusable variables with {{variable_name}}.
  • Fill variables without changing the underlying prompt structure.
  • Copy rendered prompts into an AI chat, document, ticket, or operations note.
  • Keep saved prompts managed inside the extension UI.

Why I built it

Many AI workflows start as a surprisingly good prompt buried in a chat thread. A week later, the exact phrasing is gone, the assumptions are unclear, and the next version is worse. PromptPack is an early model for treating good prompts like small products, not a finished platform claim.

Local privacy boundary

PromptPack Studio stores prompt pack names, templates, variable names, and fill values in Chrome local storage on the user's browser profile. It does not require an account, does not read web pages, does not use content scripts, and does not send prompt content to graysond.xyz, analytics services, AI providers, or other remote services.

The full privacy policy is available at PromptPack Studio privacy.

Good fit

PromptPack is useful when a prompt has become a repeatable process: support handoffs, research briefs, department-specific AI instructions, review checklists, and other structured requests where the same frame is reused with different inputs.

Extension boundary

PromptPack Studio keeps saved prompts inside the extension's storage layer; it does not create separate prompt-tool files on the public website. Saved prompts stay there until you copy the prompt text into another tool.

Limits

PromptPack packages the prompt structure. It does not judge the quality of an AI model's answer, replace source review, or remove the need for privacy controls around sensitive prompts.

Use Practical AI Implementation for the broader adoption frame, AI Token Budget Lab for cost and context-pressure practice, and PromptPack Studio privacy for the storage boundary.

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Hash Inspector

Create SHA digests without leaving your browser.

Hash Inspector is a local browser utility for checksum notes, content fingerprints, deployment notes, and quick integrity checks.

What it does

  • Creates SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 digests.
  • Shows digest output in hexadecimal and base64.
  • Keeps copied text in the browser while the digest is created.
  • Gives a small repeatable surface for release notes and support documentation.

Use cases

  • Generate a quick SHA-256 digest for a copied value.
  • Record a content fingerprint in a deployment note.
  • Compare digest formats while documenting a release artifact.
  • Check a short integrity value without pasting data into a remote utility.

Local privacy boundary

The input is processed with the browser's Web Crypto API. The text you paste is not uploaded to graysond.xyz, sent to analytics, or stored by this site.

How to read the output

Use the same algorithm on both sides when comparing values. A digest only matches the exact input and algorithm used to create it.

Limits

Hash Inspector does not prove that a downloaded file came from a trusted source. It only creates a digest for the exact input you provide.

Use Passphrase Review for human secret checks, or Security for the site's local-tool boundary.

Run hash inspector

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Passphrase Generator

Generate memorable local passphrases with a verification card.

Passphrase Generator creates browser-local passphrases for people who need something usable, not just random-looking. The verification card gives a safer readback pattern: word count, initials, separator, length, and a short check value so a person or admin can confirm the phrase without saying the whole secret out loud.

What it does

  • Generates passphrases from local browser controls.
  • Supports word count, separator, source, tone filter, extras, and casing options.
  • Creates a verification card for partial readback.
  • Keeps the generated phrase on the page until the user copies or replaces it.

Use cases

  • Create a memorable phrase for a human-managed login.
  • Draft a stronger recovery phrase for an admin handoff.
  • Generate a bootstrap secret before storing it in the right vault.
  • Keep policy notes beside the generated phrase before it leaves the browser.

Local privacy boundary

Generation happens in the browser. The phrase, selected options, and verification card are not sent to graysond.xyz, analytics, AI providers, or third-party services.

Verification card

The card gives a partial readback pattern instead of repeating the whole secret: word count, initials, separator, total length, and a short check value.

Limits

A generated passphrase still needs responsible storage, rotation, and access control. This tool does not check whether a phrase has been reused or exposed elsewhere.

Use Passphrase Review to inspect an existing phrase, or read Security for the local-tool boundary.

Generate passphrase

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Passphrase Review

Spot obvious passphrase weak spots.

Passphrase Review is a private browser-side check for obvious weak spots before a secret is used, shared, or stored.

What it checks

  • Character length.
  • Character variety.
  • Repeated runs.
  • Phrase-like structure.
  • A rough estimated search-space signal.

Use cases

  • Sanity-check a phrase before it goes into a password manager.
  • Compare a memorable phrase against a shorter mixed-character secret.
  • Catch repeated patterns that are easy to miss by eye.
  • Review training examples without sending text to a remote scoring service.

Local privacy boundary

The passphrase stays in the browser. The site does not upload it, log it, send it to analytics, or compare it against remote breach databases.

Safer review workflow

Use the result as a heuristic, then store the final secret in the right password manager or credential vault. Do not paste real production secrets into unrelated websites just to get a score.

Limits

This is not a breach check, password-manager audit, or guarantee that a phrase is safe. It only flags visible patterns from the value you type.

Use Passphrase Generator when you need a new phrase, or Hash Inspector for local digest work.

Review passphrase

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CIDR Inspector

Decode IPv4 network ranges.

CIDR Inspector is a local IPv4 range decoder for support work, small network planning, firewall notes, and infrastructure documentation.

What it does

  • Parses IPv4 CIDR notation.
  • Returns network address, subnet mask, broadcast address, usable range, and host count.
  • Keeps quick network math in the browser.
  • Gives support and operations notes a repeatable range summary.

Use cases

  • Decode a subnet while writing a support handoff.
  • Check a usable host range before updating a firewall note.
  • Translate CIDR notation into fields a non-specialist can read.
  • Keep address-range notes local while drafting infrastructure documentation.

Local privacy boundary

The CIDR value is parsed in the browser. It is not sent to graysond.xyz, analytics, or a remote network service.

How to read the output

The output explains the range represented by the CIDR input. Use it as documentation support, then verify any live environment change against the actual network and firewall state.

Limits

CIDR Inspector does not validate live routing, firewall state, VLAN design, IP ownership, or environment-specific policy.

Use Runbook Composer for change planning, read Systems Field Notes for the operating context, or see Technical Operations for the broader documentation frame.

Decode CIDR range

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Runbook Composer

Turn a risky task into a clearer checklist.

Runbook Composer turns a risky task into a clearer local checklist: prerequisites, dry-run checks, execution steps, rollback notes, and verification.

What it does

  • Structures a task into an operational checklist.
  • Separates prerequisites, dry-run checks, execution, rollback, and verification.
  • Adjusts the checklist frame from shell context and risk level.
  • Keeps the task text local to the browser.

Use cases

  • Prepare an API-token rotation.
  • Draft a small deployment checklist.
  • Turn an infrastructure change into ordered steps.
  • Capture rollback and verification notes before making a change.

Local privacy boundary

The task text is processed in the browser. It is not uploaded to graysond.xyz, sent to an AI provider, stored in a database, or included in analytics.

Risk framing

The tool asks for shell context and risk level so the generated checklist can emphasize dry-run behavior, captured state, rollback path, and evidence after the change.

Limits

Runbook Composer drafts structure. It does not approve production changes, validate commands, replace peer review, or know the private state of your environment.

Use CIDR Inspector for network ranges, Structure ZIP Builder for reusable scaffolds, Practical Business Systems for workflow context, or Technical Operations for operational writing patterns.

Draft runbook

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Structure ZIP Builder

Design a folder and file structure, then download it as a ready-to-unzip ZIP package.

Structure Zip Builder is a non-AI, local browser tool for planning reusable folder and file scaffolds. Build visually or paste an outline, validate the generated paths, and download a ZIP that can be unzipped wherever the structure should live.

It is built for knowledge bases, shared drives, client project workspaces, documentation hubs, content systems, personal file systems, and other reusable storage structures. It does not require accounts, uploads, backend processing, or file input.

What it does

Structure Zip Builder turns a planned folder-and-file layout into a downloadable ZIP you can unzip wherever the structure should live. Build the tree two ways: visually, adding folders and files by hand, or by pasting an indented outline and letting the tool parse it into a structure. It validates the paths as you go — catching illegal characters, duplicate names, and broken nesting — so the scaffold is clean before you download it. The ZIP contains the empty folder-and-file skeleton, ready to fill in.

Use cases

  • A reusable knowledge-base or documentation-hub layout you set up the same way every time.
  • A standard client or project workspace you clone for each new engagement.
  • A content system, course outline, or research archive with a consistent folder pattern.
  • A personal file system you want to reset to a known-good structure.

The point is repeatability: design the structure once, regenerate it in seconds whenever you need it.

Local privacy boundary

Everything runs in your browser. There are no accounts, no uploads, no backend processing, and no file input — the tool only writes the structure you design. Nothing you type leaves the page, which makes it safe to plan internal or client folder layouts without sending naming conventions to a third party.

Limits

The ZIP contains the structure, not your content — folders and placeholder files, not finished documents. It is a scaffold, not a migration tool: it will not move existing files into the new layout. Path validation catches obvious problems, but you still own the naming convention itself.

Use Practical Business Systems for the workflow and documentation-structure context behind reusable scaffolds, or Runbook Composer when the structure is part of an operational change plan.

Build ZIP scaffold

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AI Implementation Assessment Workbook

Download the Excel workbook that operationalizes the AI Implementation Decision Framework.

The AI Implementation Assessment Workbook is the Excel companion to Innovation or Theater: AI Implementation Decision Framework. It turns the paper's organizational posture, use-case intake, localized risk, AI role fit, and autonomy-alignment logic into a structured implementation assessment.

Download the workbook and use it with the workbook user guide.

For a portable copy of the complete package, download the research package ZIP, which includes the paper PDF, workbook, and guide.

What's inside

The workbook walks an implementation through the same dimensions as the framework, in order:

  • Organizational AI posture — the readiness, skills, and constraints the organization brings before any single use case.
  • Use-case intake — the actual task, the accountable owner, and the data sources, instead of a vague "use AI for X."
  • Localized risk — what this AI role newly makes possible to break, and who bears the consequence when it is wrong.
  • AI role fit — whether AI is actually suited to the task, or is being added because it is novel.
  • Autonomy alignment — how much independence the AI should have, and whether the proposal stays under that ceiling.

You answer structured questions in each section, and the workbook combines them into a single proceed-as-proposed result: a YES, or a NO with reason codes that point to exactly what disqualified the proposal. Some answers act as hard stops — an undefined use case, no accountable owner, undefined data sources, or excessive autonomy — and force a NO regardless of the overall score, because those gaps make a confident result meaningless. It is meant to be filled in by the people who own the workflow and its risk, not a single enthusiast.

What it helps answer

The workbook is built around one question: should this AI implementation proceed as proposed?

A YES means the current proposal passed the workbook's assessment logic. A NO means the proposal should not move forward in its current form, even if a redesigned or more bounded AI role may still be useful.

Read the research paper for the framework behind the workbook, or open the user guide for recommended assessment participants, reassessment cadence, interpretation rules, and file-practice guidance.

Download workbook