Tools for Thought
Better thinking through AI
A People-Centric AI Project
Tools
Promptions
November 2025
Promptions is a simple, flexible dynamic prompt middleware technique for AI that uses ephemeral UI. From a single, simple prompt, the system helps users steer the AI by suggesting parameterized choices as dynamically generated, ephemeral UI components. As users click on choices, the…
People
The Tools for Thought team is interdisciplinary, mixing experts in social science, computer science, engineering, and design. The team is co-lead by Richard Banks and Sean Rintel.
Members
Sean Rintel
Senior Principal Research Manager
Richard Banks
Principal Design Manager
Advait Sarkar
Senior Researcher
Pratik Ghosh
Senior Research Designer
Martin Grayson
Principal Research Software Development Engineer
Britta Burlin
Principal Design Manager
Lev Tankelevitch
Senior Researcher
Payod Panda
Design Engineering Researcher
Viktor Kewenig
Cognitive Science Researcher
Collaborators
Abigail Sellen
VP/Distinguished Scientist
Siân Lindley
Senior Principal Research Manager
Jack Williams
Senior Researcher
Christian Poelitz
Senior Research Engineer
Jake Hofman
Senior Principal Researcher
Jenn Wortman Vaughan
Senior Principal Research Manager
Past Contributors
Xinyue Chen
Past Intern
Emily Doherty
Past Intern
Ian Drosos
Past Resident
Gonzalo Ramos
Past Researcher
Ava Scott
Past Intern
Rishi Vanukuru
Past Intern