Structure a persuasive slide deck - narrative arc, one-idea-per-slide discipline, and headlines written as takeaways not labels. Use when building any presentation that must move an audience to a decision.
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name: Slide Deck Builder
description: Structure a persuasive slide deck - narrative arc, one-idea-per-slide discipline, and headlines written as takeaways not labels. Use when building any presentation that must move an audience to a decision.
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# Slide Deck Builder
A slide deck is an argument, not a filing cabinet. Every structural choice either advances or dilutes the central point. Build the narrative before touching any slide.
## Build the spine first
Before writing a single slide, answer three questions in writing:
1. What does the audience believe now?
2. What should they believe or do after?
3. What is the single most important thing standing between those two states?
That gap is the deck's job. Every slide serves the journey across it. A deck that does not answer all three is not ready to build.
## Narrative arc
Default structure for a decision-driving deck:
- Situation - shared context the audience already holds as true
- Complication - what changed or what is broken; the tension
- Resolution - the proposed path forward
- Proof - evidence the resolution works… install to load the full skill