Start with the task
The library is organized around what a person is doing—not which product name they already happen to know.
About the builder
Tools should make the work easier to inspect.
I’m Jonathan Kyle Hobson—a UX researcher, product strategist, teacher, game master, and AI-tool builder. I build narrow tools around repeated work: reviewing evidence, shaping a draft, checking an interface, preparing a table, or closing a handoff.
Working principles
The boundary is part of the design.
A useful AI tool does not need to pretend it can do everything. It needs a clear job, known inputs, visible limits, and a result someone can check.
Show the evidence
Public downloads, release status, checksums, source boundaries, and preview states appear before the action.
Keep judgment human
The tools can structure, surface, compare, and question. The person using them remains responsible for the choice.
Background
Research, design, storytelling, and emerging technology.
My work crosses UX research, product strategy, facilitation, teaching, games, and AI-assisted workflows. That mix matters here: these are working materials shaped by actual constraints, not a claim that one method fits every setting.
The older Compass products remain available, but “Working Tools” is the public frame now. It connects those downloads with Humanizer, field guides, and six skill packs that another person can actually open and use.