Having a bevy of Custom GPTs, or Bots, available to assist me in my work has been so helpful. It’s even more rewarding to create solutions for others. Here are a few <joke> I’ve created. You will find a short tutorial for how to make each in the appropriate section.

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BoodleBox Bots

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BoodleBox is an AI partner that relies on frontier AI models (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude) or services (e.g. Perplexity, Flux) to provide access to AI tools via API. Given this, you aren’t using the frontier AI model directly but through a go-between who safeguards your data and documents. Read my write-up on their amazing features. Here’s a tutorial about how I made these Bots.

Free BoodleBox Users

1. AI-Powered Plan Analyzer: Generates assessment rubrics, scores District Tech Plans, and guides tech project planning and de-implementation, with specific executive summary utilization and KPI guidance.
2. Compass School AI Policy Builder: An AI guide for schools to help create custom AI policies tailored to unique district needs. It analyzes existing documents and local regulations to propose AI policy templates for K-12 educational settings.
3. Epictetus Guide Bot: A specialized educational assistant focused on making Stoic philosophy accessible and practical. It presents Epictetus’ teachings in clear, modern language, offering concept lessons, quotes, and retrieval practice quizzes about Stoic wisdom.
4. ETHICAL Model Assistant: Applies the ETHICAL Model to novel situations to aid decision-making, helping users navigate complex ethical scenarios.
5. High Yield Strategy Derby: A game where users match high-effect size instructional strategies to specific AI use cases.
6. Instructions Helper Bot: Helps users design custom instructions that go beyond their initial imagination.
7. Library Law Bot: A specialized assistant for Texas librarians navigating state legislation affecting school and classroom libraries, providing guidance on laws like HB 900 (READER Act) and SB 13.
8. Rubric Maker Free: A rubric generator using ChatGPT 4o-mini to create assessment tools.
9. Project Kickstarter Bot: An expert project management assistant that guides users through a step-by-step process to create a foundational plan for any project.
10. PROTECT Privacy Policy Assessments for EdTech and Gen AI: Evaluates educational tech policies using the TCEA PROTECT rubric.
11. Skeptical Thinking Evaluator: Applies critical thinking frameworks to evaluate claims and detect pseudoscience.
12. Step Calculator: Calculates an estimated daily step count for a user’s weight loss goal based on provided personal data.
13. Workshop Designer: Develops a detailed workshop plan given a session title, description, target audience, and optional preferred workshop model/structure.

BoodleBox Unlimited (Pro) Users

1. Avo Healthy Eating Bot for CKD, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure: Need help with eating healthy? Who doesn’t? This one is particularly tailored for anyone suffering from Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, and/or High Blood Pressure. If you don’t suffer from all of those, just mention which one up front to get more specific feedback.
2. Broccy Healthy Eater Bot for NAFLD: Do you suffer from Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)? Many Americans do due to the rich diet. This bot will help you eat healthier and slim down. Of course, please remember that you should ALWAYS double-check bot recommendations with a physician or another source. That said, this one has been extensively trained and vetted.
3. BLUF Pro: An expert communications advisor who rewrites text into the “Bottom Line Up Front” format for busy executive audiences.
4. Coaching Excellence Bot: An assistant that can help you with Instructional Coaching that Clicks.
5. EduSynth Pro: Synthesizes user requests with built-in pedagogical frameworks (Evidence-Based Coaching, Visible Learning, SOLO, etc.) to produce highly structured, practical, and evidence-informed educational materials. It has three core outputs are: 1) Coaching and analysis, 2) Detailed Workshop Plans, and 3) Standardized One-Pagers.
6. HERA: HERA (Historical Evidence & Reasoning Assistant) guides students and educators through a three-phase approach to historical analysis, transforming passive content consumption into active critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning with the help of AI tools.
7. Instructions Wizard Pro: An expert in designing GPT instructions using advanced scaffolding and interaction models.
8. Library Law Pro: An enhanced version of the Library Law Bot, providing specialized assistance for Texas librarians on library-related legislation.
9. MadLibs Creations: Based on custom instructions from Dr. Bruce Ellis, this Bot creates stunning images a la madlibs style. Truly amazing to see this support in BoodleBox.
10. Newsletter Maker Pro: Creates newsletter from content you provide.
11. Outline Helper Pro: Create traditional outlines from content you provide. Great for turning audio transcripts into outlines.
12. Project Kickstarter Pro: An advanced project management assistant that generates foundational plans using PIR analysis, RACI for role clarification, and project timeline (Gantt chart) creation.
13. Rubric Maker Premium: A rubric maker using a premium AI model (Claude 3.x Sonnet) for more sophisticated rubric generation.
14. Start Builder: This will create a menu of content with relative hyperlinks to files and folders given a file list. This bot guides you through the process.
15. Strategy Spotlight: Generates strategy spotlights and one-pagers for high-impact teaching practices.
16. SWOT Linker Pro: Creates comprehensive, well-researched analyses with properly formatted markdown and multiple supporting links for each point.
17. Voice Card Builder: Draft voice cards that match the organization’s tone and standards, and review user-provided instructions or drafts for clarity, consistency, and completeness.

ChatGPT Custom GPTs for Work

These are Custom GPTs I created in my work with TCEA on an account they pay for. Here’s a tutorial on how to make Custom GPTs. I found Claude AI (v4.6 Sonnet/Opus) to be a better tool that ChatGPT in getting work done.

Critical Thinking

1. Skeptical Thinking Evaluator (6/2025)
2. Critical Thinking Analysis Tool (2024)
3. HERA: HERA (Historical Evidence & Reasoning Assistant) guides students and educators through a three-phase approach to historical analysis, transforming passive content consumption into active critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning with the help of AI tools.

Coaching and Instruction

1. Evidence-Based Teaching Coach v2 (short link: https://tinyurl.com/tceaebtc2)
2. TCEA Strategy Coach (2025)
3. Texas Curriculum Evaluator (5/2025)
4. Coach: Building Relationships That Matter
5. ALDO Coach
6. TCEA Strategy Spotlight
7. TCEA Essential Learning Expectations (ELEs) Alignment Assistant
8. TCEA Rubric Designer
9. Rubric Forge (2025)
10. TCEA EIIR Coaching Cycle

Technology Governance/Policy/AI

1. TCEA AI Strategist
2. TCEA Strategic Insights (5/2025)
3. TCEA Beacon (2/2025)
4. Compass School AI Policy Guide
5. TCEA PROTECT: Student Privacy Shield
6. TCEA AI-Powered Technology Plan Analyzer
7. AI Adoption Phase Assessor

Fun Tools or for Professional Learning Projects/Sessions

1. BookSort
2. CloudCrafter
3. Diagram Generator (5/2025)
4. Dona Quixote StoryMaker (6/2025) (CENSORED)
5. Instruction Designers Whiz (CENSORED)
6. Library Law Bot, a Custom GPT
7. Prompt Guide Educator
8. Social Media Maestro
9. Travel Agent AI

ChatGPT Custom GPTs for Personal

I discontinued my personal ChatGPT account due to privacy concerns, unethical behavior, etc. on OpenAI’s part.

Google Gemini Gems

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Google Gemini has a huge context window (1M). It’s wonderful to also be able to interact via voice chat with it. This list is for my own reference. When I wrote this (6/2025), Gems could NOT be shared with others for them to use. You can view my tutorial on creating GEMs.

Local AI with Google Gemma 3 on Ollama/PageAssist

I’ve set up my own 1 GPU-powered local AI chatbot using Ollama via PageAssist. It runs several models, but Google Gemma 3 (free open source model) works fairly well. At least, I relied on it during an internet outage, and it was handy. I set up knowledge banks with custom system prompts (a.k.a. custom instructions) and it works. Watch or read my tutorial.

Perplexity Spaces

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