COW RULES - BUILT BY THE IDEAS SHED

WHAT COUNTS AS A COW TOOL?

A reusable prompt, a check, a reviewer, a tiny utility or a simple workflow.

A Cow Tool does not need to be software. If a copyable prompt solves the problem, the prompt is the tool.

Some tools are working products. Others are patterns being tested through real builds. Nothing gets listed merely because it sounds clever.

DON'T ADD ANOTHER BLOODY TOOL UNLESS IT HELPS. Simple ideas do not need unnecessary applications merely to look sophisticated.

THE INITIAL COW TOOLS

COWLECT

A working private founder dashboard for Stripe/Wise links and product payment setup status.

Available

MARK SPARK'S HOMEWORK

A stronger AI reviews work produced by a faster/cheaper AI and checks whether it actually followed the brief.

Coming soon

BUILD BRIEF GENERATOR

Turns messy human thinking into one complete, focused implementation brief for an AI builder.

Coming soon

SHIP CHECK

Checks whether the stated changes actually reached the live product and whether the canonical URL shows the correct current build.

Coming soon

SCOPE POLICE

Checks whether the AI wandered beyond the brief or changed things it was not asked to change.

Coming soon

UX COW CHECK

Checks important interactions for visible feedback.

If I click it, something should happen.

Coming soon

NERD STUFF CHECK

Asks whether infrastructure, services or technical complexity can be removed or simplified.

Coming soon

PICK THE BRAIN

Helps choose an appropriate AI model for a task based on both the complexity of the work and the consequences of getting it wrong.

Don't optimise for the cheapest model per minute. Optimise for the cheapest route to a correct result.

SIZE THE BRAIN TO THE CONSEQUENCE, NOT JUST THE TASK.

Being tested

This is the home where Cow Tools will gradually appear as they are discovered, tested and refined through real builds.