Ben Merrill

I'm Ben Merrill. I work as a business analyst and build tools for fun — to solve problems or make things a little smoother.

Everything here started as something I made for myself. I enjoy creating, learning as I go (with a bit of help from AI), and sharing the results — bugs included.

My process? I vision it, design it, let AI do the heavy lifting, and then spend hours debugging.

I keep everything as single HTML files — simple, offline, and easy to share. These projects are what I'd call usable, but they have some bugs, especially Blueprint. I've always got a project or two started. Got ideas? Let's chat.

Always open to feedback. 🙂

My process is pretty straightforward: I come up with an idea, provide the design, and direct the build—then let AI (yep, Cursor AI) do most of the heavy lifting. I ask questions, get code, and tweak things until it works—usually with many rounds of trial and error.

I try to keep things lightweight by building everything as single HTML files. It's fast, portable, and easy to share.

My main tools: Cursor AI, ChatGPT, Grok, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a stubborn willingness to figure things out as I go.

If you're curious about my workflow (or want to swap AI tips), just ask!

Projects

• Blueprint
  A locally hosted, modular toolkit built for business analysts and product managers to plan, manage, and organize work without relying on cloud tools. It features a Kanban board, requirements builder, meeting templates, and mind map builder — all packed into a slick, responsive interface with full dark mode and workspace customization.
• StoryLab
  A context-gathering tool that helps you build detailed prompts for user stories and bug reports. Simply provide your product details, user context, and requirements through the intuitive wizard interface, and StoryLab will generate a ready-to-copy prompt that you can paste into your preferred LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude) to get perfectly structured documentation.
• BAsk: Business Analysis Starter Kit
  A curated knowledge tool built to sharpen business analysis skills through expert-guided prompts. BAsk features 100+ real-world questions organized by theme, each with practical answers, why-it-matters context, actionable steps, and bonus insights — all in a fast, clean interface designed for learning, mentoring, and professional growth.
• Prompt Pilot
  A sleek, local web app for building high-quality LLM prompts across business, technical, and creative use cases. With a three-column layout, live preview, confidence checklist, optional context builder, tone selector, and dark/light mode, Prompt Pilot helps users craft detailed, tailored prompts without relying on templates or AI gimmicks — just smart UX and clean logic.
• More Coming Soon...
  New creations are always in the pipeline.