---
title: "Have AI write small tools you'd never write yourself · Lenexa Learn"
description: "One person who doesn't work in software uses ChatGPT to write small tools and scripts they'd never have written on their own."
url: https://www.lenexa.ai/learn/use-cases/have-ai-write-small-tools-you-d-never-write-yourself/
site: "Lenexa Learn"
---

Software & DevOps

# Have AI write small tools you'd never write yourself

One person who doesn't work in software uses ChatGPT to write small tools and scripts they'd never have written on their own.

**Caution.** Test on copies of files first.

## Steps

1. Describe the task.
2. Ask for a script and how to run it.
3. Try it on sample files first.

## Prompt you can copy

```
I'm not a programmer. Write a simple script that [task] on [Windows/Mac], and tell me exactly how to run it.
```

## Tools

- ChatGPT

For Individuals, Small businesses. Added October 12, 2026.

## Source

[hn](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44165665) · June 2025

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