The phrase "devised a tool to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the creation or invention of a tool for a specific purpose or function.
Example: "The researchers devised a tool to streamline the data collection process."
Alternatives: "created a tool to" or "developed a tool to".
Using the data collected from hundreds of online privacy policies, Mr. Brock and his team devised a tool to help mobile application developers create basic policies without the help of a lawyer.
Rather than rely entirely on the human brain, though, Spotify's skunkworks has devised a tool to turn its mere mortal editors into playlist-making cyborgs.
Patrick also devised a tool to detect water pollution by measuring microscopic algae called diatoms.
Monsen and Do originally set out to devise a tool to help medical students learn how to prioritize diagnoses and determine the prevalence of various conditions, since many diseases and ailments share common symptoms.
In answering these questions, they have devised a tool for policy makers to identify the industries that are most affected and which have a central role in the broader economy.
By counting differences in the sequence of units that make up protein and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules, researchers have devised a tool for measuring the degree to which different species have diverged since evolving from a common ancestor.
27 To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that has devised a tool for the reliable and transparent assessment of the relevance of patient reported outcomes to cardiovascular trials.
In 1929, Toland devised a tool that silenced a movie camera's grind-a big problem for talking pictures.
Spotting these rare cells takes a keen eye and good luck, but now researchers have devised a tool that ups the odds of detection.
So he and his colleague, Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, devised a statistical tool to address a basic question: Do investments in health really lead to health improvements?
As a part of AAP NYC's fall Urban Design Studio, second-year M.R.P. and M.L.A. students devised a simulation tool to foster community engagement for increasing affordable housing on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
