Writing

Find the Right Writing or AI Tool for Your Task

Writing questions come in two forms: measurement questions (how long is this piece? how long will it take to read?) and formatting questions (how do I structure this prompt? how should I format this for LinkedIn?). The tools here handle both, covering everything from word count and readability analysis to AI prompt building and social media text formatting.

AI Prompt Building and LLM Tools

Working with AI language models effectively requires understanding how they process input. The Prompt Counter analyzes your text for token count, estimated API cost, and context window usage before you send it — useful for avoiding unexpected token overruns on long documents. The Prompt Builder helps structure prompts with role, context, task, format, and constraints sections, which consistently produces better results than unstructured queries. The System Prompt Builder creates reusable system prompt templates that define AI persona and behavioral guidelines. For comparing models, the LLM Comparison Tool shows current specs and pricing for major models, and the LLM Token Cost Calculator estimates API costs for different usage volumes across providers.

Content Analysis and Readability

The Word Counter counts words, characters, paragraphs, and sentences, and shows reading time estimate. The Reading Time Calculator converts word count to minutes at different reading speeds (average adult reads 200-250 words per minute). For spoken content, the Script Timer estimates speech duration at different speaking paces — important for presentations, videos, and podcast scripts where timing matters. The Keyword Density Checker shows how frequently specific words and phrases appear in a piece of text, expressed as a percentage — useful for SEO content auditing to avoid keyword stuffing. The Writing Style Analyzer evaluates reading level, sentence variety, and passive voice usage to give you a quick readability assessment.

Social Media and Text Formatting

Different platforms have different format requirements, and writing for social media often requires working around platform constraints. The LinkedIn Post Formatter adds line breaks and spacing that render correctly on LinkedIn, where the native editor can be frustrating for structured posts. The Thread Splitter breaks long text into tweet-sized or platform-appropriate chunks while preserving sentence boundaries. The Hashtag Generator suggests relevant hashtags from your post content for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The Email Subject Line Analyzer scores subject lines on open rate factors: length, personalization potential, and spam trigger words. For creative text formatting, the Aesthetic Text Generator and ASCII Art Generator produce stylized text for profiles and posts.

Text Generation and Placeholder Content

The Lorem Ipsum Generator produces standard placeholder text for design mockups and prototypes, with options for paragraphs, sentences, or words. The Markdown Table Generator creates properly formatted markdown tables from a simple grid input — helpful for documentation, READMEs, and any platform that renders markdown. The Social Image Sizer shows correct pixel dimensions for images across different platforms and placements (feed posts, stories, cover photos, thumbnails), so you can crop or resize to spec rather than guessing.

Which Tools to Use When

For AI work, start with the Prompt Counter to understand token usage before your current workflow, then use the Prompt Builder if your results are inconsistent — structured prompts solve most consistency problems. For content creation, use the Word Counter and Reading Time tools to hit length targets and ensure readability before publishing. The social media formatters are worth bookmarking if you post regularly to LinkedIn or Twitter — formatting issues on those platforms are annoying enough to warrant a dedicated tool rather than fighting the native editor every time. The LLM Token Cost Calculator is particularly useful for teams evaluating API costs before committing to a specific model or usage pattern — the difference in cost between models can be significant at scale. For anyone writing regularly — blog posts, newsletters, social content, documentation — building a habit of checking word count, reading level, and keyword density before publishing is a low-effort way to consistently improve content quality. These metrics don't replace editorial judgment, but they surface objective issues (too long, too complex, keyword overuse) that are easy to miss when you're close to your own writing. All writing tools work entirely in your browser, so you can paste sensitive text (internal documents, unreleased content, personal writing) without worrying about that text being transmitted to an external server or stored in a database. This is particularly relevant for AI prompt tools when you're working with proprietary information — the Prompt Counter analyzes your text locally rather than sending it to a third-party service just to count tokens. The Instagram Caption tool and Email Subject Line Analyzer are quick-use tools for content creators who want a fast check before posting, without needing a full content management or marketing platform to access basic analytics. The Lorem Ipsum Generator and Markdown Table Generator serve developers and designers who need placeholder content or formatted tables quickly during build or prototyping work.