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Slides (strategic HTML presentations)

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DemoReal run ยท claude-sonnet-5-5 ยท October 2026
Using the slides skill, plan a 6-slide investor pitch for a fictional B2B SaaS called "Acme Metrics" (usage analytics for finance teams). Give the slide-by-slide plan with the layout and copywriting formula for each slide, then write the HTML for slide 1 only.
Skill: slides
Read: references/create.md
Read: references/layout-patterns.md
Read: references/html-template.md
Read: references/copywriting-formulas.md
Read: references/slide-strategies.md

I couldn't save the HTML to a file because the Write tool is disabled in this session. Slide 1's full HTML is inline below, and you can paste it into acme-metrics-pitch.html.

I used the slides skill's Product Demo and YC Seed structures, condensed to six slides. Its emotion arc runs curiosity โ†’ frustration โ†’ hope โ†’ trust โ†’ urgency. The skill recommends pattern breaks at the 1/3 and 2/3 points, so slides 2 and 4 use full-bleed treatments.

6-slide plan

# Slide Layout Copy formula Emotion Draft headline
1 Title / Hook Title Slide (centered, gradient-glow), animate-fade-up AIDA (Attention) Curiosity "Your finance team is paying for software nobody uses."
2 Problem Problem Statement, full-bleed pattern break, animate-stagger PAS (Problem โ†’ Agitate โ†’ Solution) Frustration "Seats sit idle. Renewals auto-fire. Nobody sees it until the audit."
3 Solution Solution Overview, with a 3-card Feature Grid (animate-scale, then animate-stagger) FAB (Feature โ†’ Advantage โ†’ Benefit) Hope "Acme Metrics shows real usage per tool, so you can cut waste before renewal."
4 Traction Metrics Dashboard (3โ€“4 KPI cards) with a Chart.js MRR line, full-bleed break, animate-stagger-scale Proof Stack Trust "[X] teams, $[Y]K MRR, [Z]% saved at renewal."
5 Market and Business Model Two Column Split: TAM/SAM on the left, pricing tiers on the right, animate-fade-up Value Stack Confidence "Every finance team has a software budget. We price at a fraction of what we save."
6 The Ask CTA Closing (animate-pulse) AIDA (Action) plus Urgency Urgency "Raising $[X] to put usage data in every CFO's renewal calendar."
  • Slide 4 numbers: The traction figures are placeholders. Use real or clearly labeled fictional numbers.
  • Slide 5: I merged Market and Business Model to stay at six slides. Team and Financials are dropped, so add them to the appendix if investors will expect them.

Slide 1 HTML

This is the skill's base template with slide 1 filled in. It includes the navigation, progress bar and responsive breakpoints. The slide counter shows "1 / 1" until the other slides exist.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Acme Metrics โ€” Investor Pitch</title>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/chart.umd.min.js"></script>
    <style>
        :root {
            --color-primary: #FF6B6B;
            --color-secondary: #FF8E53;
            --color-background: #0D0D0D;
            --primitive-gradient-primary: linear-gradient(135deg, #FF6B6B, #FF8E53);
            --typography-font-heading: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
            --typography-font-body: 'Inter', sans-serif;
        }

        * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
        body {
            background: var(--color-background);
            color: #fff;
            font-family: var(--typography-font-body);
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .slide-deck { position: relative; width: 100vw; height: 100vh; overflow: hidden; }
        @media (min-width: 769px) {
            .slide-deck {
                max-width: calc(100vh * 16 / 9);
                max-height: calc(100vw * 9 / 16);
                margin: auto;
                position: absolute;
                inset: 0;
            }
        }

        .slide {
            position: absolute;
            width: 100%; height: 100%;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            text-align: center;
            padding: 60px;
            opacity: 0;
            visibility: hidden;
            transition: opacity 0.4s;
            background: var(--color-background);
            overflow: hidden;
        }
        .slide.active { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; }

        .slide-content {
            width: 100%;
            max-width: 100%;
            max-height: 100%;
            overflow: hidden;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 16px;
        }

        h1, h2 { font-family: var(--typography-font-heading); }
        .slide-title {
            font-size: clamp(32px, 6vw, 80px);
            background: var(--primitive-gradient-primary);
            -webkit-background-clip: text;
            -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
            line-height: 1.1;
            max-width: 16ch;
        }

        /* Title slide: centered column + gradient-glow treatment */
        .slide-title-layout::before {
            content: '';
            position: absolute;
            width: 60%; aspect-ratio: 1;
            background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(255,107,107,0.22), transparent 65%);
            filter: blur(40px);
            pointer-events: none;
        }
        .slide-title-layout .slide-content { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

        .eyebrow {
            font-size: clamp(12px, 1.4vw, 16px);
            letter-spacing: 0.2em;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            color: var(--color-secondary);
        }
        .subtitle {
            font-size: clamp(16px, 2vw, 26px);
            color: #B8B8D0;
            max-width: 38ch;
            line-height: 1.4;
        }
        .byline { margin-top: 24px; font-size: clamp(12px, 1.2vw, 14px); color: rgba(255,255,255,0.45); }

        .animate-fade-up > * { opacity: 0; animation: fadeUp 0.6s ease-out forwards; }
        .animate-fade-up > *:nth-child(1) { animation-delay: 0.05s; }
        .animate-fade-up > *:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: 0.2s; }
        .animate-fade-up > *:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: 0.35s; }
        .animate-fade-up > *:nth-child(4) { animation-delay: 0.5s; }
        @keyframes fadeUp {
            from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(30px); }
            to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
        }

        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .slide { padding: 32px 24px; }
            .slide-title { font-size: clamp(28px, 5vw, 48px); }
        }
        @media (max-width: 480px) {
            .slide { padding: 24px 16px; }
            .slide-title { font-size: clamp(22px, 6vw, 36px); }
            .nav-controls { bottom: 16px; gap: 12px; }
            .nav-btn { width: 32px; height: 32px; font-size: 14px; }
        }

        .progress-bar {
            position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; height: 3px;
            background: var(--color-primary);
            transition: width 0.3s; z-index: 1000;
        }
        .nav-controls {
            position: fixed; bottom: 30px; left: 50%;
            transform: translateX(-50%);
            display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 20px; z-index: 1000;
        }
        .nav-btn {
            background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1); border: none; color: #fff;
            width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%;
            cursor: pointer; font-size: 18px;
        }
        .nav-btn:hover { background: rgba(255,255,255,0.2); }
        .slide-counter { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6); font-size: 14px; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="progress-bar" id="progressBar"></div>

    <div class="slide-deck">

        <!-- Slide 1: Title / Hook (AIDA โ€” Attention) -->
        <div class="slide slide-title-layout active">
            <div class="slide-content animate-fade-up">
                <span class="eyebrow">Acme Metrics</span>
                <h1 class="slide-title">Your finance team is paying for software nobody uses.</h1>
                <p class="subtitle">Usage analytics that show finance teams which tools earn their budget.</p>
                <p class="byline">Seed round ยท Investor presentation</p>
            </div>
        </div>

        <!-- Slides 2โ€“6 to be added -->

    </div>

    <div class="nav-controls">
        <button class="nav-btn" onclick="prevSlide()">โ†</button>
        <span class="slide-counter"><span id="current">1</span> / <span id="total">6</span></span>
        <button class="nav-btn" onclick="nextSlide()">โ†’</button>
    </div>

    <script>
        let current = 1;
        const total = document.querySelectorAll('.slide').length;
        document.getElementById('total').textContent = total;

        function showSlide(n) {
            if (n < 1) n = 1;
            if (n > total) n = total;
            current = n;
            document.querySelectorAll('.slide').forEach((s, i) => {
                s.classList.toggle('active', i === n - 1);
            });
            document.getElementById('current').textContent = n;
            document.getElementById('progressBar').style.width = (n / total * 100) + '%';
        }
        function nextSlide() { showSlide(current + 1); }
        function prevSlide() { showSlide(current - 1); }

        document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
            if (e.key === 'ArrowRight' || e.key === ' ') { e.preventDefault(); nextSlide(); }
            if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft') { e.preventDefault(); prevSlide(); }
        });
        document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
            if (!e.target.closest('.nav-controls')) nextSlide();
        });

        showSlide(1);
    </script>
</body>
</html>
  • Tokens: I used the skill's default coral/dark palette and font fallbacks inline. The design-system scripts (embed-tokens, search-slides.py) weren't available, so no brand tokens were generated. If Acme Metrics has real brand colors, swap them into :root.
  • Chart.js: The script tag is already loaded for the traction slide on slide 4.

I can write slides 2โ€“6 next, or save the file once Write access is available.

Real run in an isolated folder with only this skill installed. Only the Skill and Read tools were enabled; the model tried to save the HTML file, was refused, and printed it inline instead. It opened the skill's reference files and ran no scripts. The investor-pitch company is invented for the test.

What it does

Helps the model build a pitch deck or marketing presentation as a single HTML file. It picks a deck strategy (for example investor pitch or product demo), plans an emotional arc across the slides, chooses a layout and a copywriting formula for each slide, and uses a base HTML template with keyboard and click navigation, a progress bar, responsive breakpoints and Chart.js for data slides.

How it works

  1. The create subcommand loads the matching instructions from references/create.md.
  2. The model opens four reference files on demand: slide strategies, layout patterns, copywriting formulas (PAS, AIDA, FAB and others) and the HTML template.
  3. It returns a slide-by-slide plan and the HTML, with design tokens as CSS variables.

Good for

Investor pitches, product demos, marketing and sales decks, and data-driven slides. It is a pure instruction package, so it does not generate images or export PowerPoint files.

Notes & risks

Pure instructions: no scripts, and it does not write files by itself (the model decides whether to save the HTML you ask for). The HTML template loads Chart.js from the jsDelivr CDN, so generated slides need internet access when opened in a browser. No account or key needed. SKILL.md mentions project files and scripts that are not in this package (such as `docs/brand-guidelines.md` and `assets/design-tokens.json`), so without them the model falls back to the skill's default colors and fonts. Check the numbers and claims the model puts on slides.