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Building Playful Community Tools with Pickaxe

RJ Redden
RJ Redden
Pickaxe Expert & Creative Strategist of Black Belt Bots
"Anything is possible with Pickaxe. Just almost absolutely anything's possible."
Use Case:Building no-code engagement tools for online communities.

The Challenge

RJ is a creative entrepreneur who builds fun, engaging digital experiences for communities.

Before Pickaxe, building these kinds of tools typically meant:

  • Wrestling with complex chatbot platforms
  • Writing (or hiring) code
  • Spending too much time on tech instead of creativity

RJ wanted a way to:

  • Launch new ideas quickly
  • Make her tools more interactive and personalized
  • Give her audience experiences they couldn’t get anywhere else

The Solution

With Pickaxe, RJ found a platform that matched her creative energy.

She used Pickaxe to build multiple tools, including:

  • Awesome Email Signoffs: A playful tool that helps users generate creative email endings
  • Worldbuilding Creator: An interactive assistant for storytellers and game masters
  • Troll Emergency Response Bot: A bot that helps creators handle trolls and tough online situations

Each tool is designed not just to solve a problem, but to delight users along the way.

Pickaxe’s no-code builder and flexible prompt system allowed RJ to:

  • Turn ideas into working tools in hours instead of weeks
  • Iterate based on community feedback
  • Host everything in one place while maintaining her brand voice

The Results

One of RJ’s users became so engaged with her tools that they generated 500 pages of content—a powerful signal that her creations were landing.

Her Pickaxe tools have helped her:

  • Deepen engagement in her community
  • Offer unique, value-packed resources to her audience
  • Build a reputation for imaginative, highly usable AI tools

Why It Works

RJ’s strength is in understanding what makes people feel seen, supported, and entertained online.

Pickaxe gives her:

  • A playground for experimentation
  • A stable platform for hosting her tools
  • The freedom to focus on creativity instead of infrastructure

As a Pickaxe Expert, she’s also able to help others imagine and build their own tools.

The Takeaway

RJ’s story shows how Pickaxe is perfect for creative strategists and community builders who want to make tools that people genuinely love using.

If you’ve got big ideas and a playful streak—but don’t want to get bogged down in code—Pickaxe gives you everything you need to bring those ideas to life.

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