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One SKILL.md (the playbook) + one starter template. A preview:

Editable Visual Deck

When to use

• Your decks keep coming back as flat images or PDFs that nobody can edit without rebuilding from scratch
• You need a deck that a teammate can update (swap numbers, change a chart, fix a typo) without design skills
• You are building a template deck — sales, pitch, lesson, report — that many people will reuse with different content
• Your current deck looks good on slide one and falls apart by slide ten because every slide was built by hand
• You want visuals (diagrams, charts, icons) that stay crisp and changeable instead of screenshots pasted onto slides

Workflow

1. Define the story and the slide count (input: topic + audience → output: deck outline)
   Write the deck's one-sentence story, then outline one slide per idea — title, problem, evidence, solution, proof, ask is a solid spine for most decks. Cap the outline at 12 slides for a talk and 20 for a read-alone deck. If two slides say the same thing, merge them. A deck outline fits on one page; if it doesn't, the story isn't settled yet.
2. Build the master layouts (input: deck outline → output: master set)
   Build 4–6 master layouts before any content: title, section divider, one-column text, two-column, full-bleed visual, and chart/diagram. Each master fixes the fonts, colors, margins, and where the footer sits. Every slide in the deck uses a master — no hand-positioned text boxes. This is the whole secret of editability: change a master once, and every slide using it updates.
3. Fill the slides with editable visuals (input: master set → output: drafted deck)
   Write the content into the masters using native, editable elements: real text boxes (not text baked into images), charts built from the slide tool's chart feature (not chart screenshots), diagrams drawn with the tool's shapes and connectors, and icons from a vector icon set. Every number in a chart must come from an editable data table behind it. If a visual can't be edited inside the deck, it doesn't belong in the deck.
4. Add speaker notes and check the read-alone version (input: drafted deck → output: finished deck)
   Write speaker notes for every slide: what to say, in plain sentences, plus any number or source the presenter might be asked about. Then read the deck with notes hidden — it must still make sense to someone reading it alone. If a slide only works when someone talks over it, add the missing sentence to the slide.

Template preview

Editable Visual Deck — Deck Template

Build masters first. Every slide uses a master — no hand-positioned text boxes.

Story

One-sentence story: {story} Audience: {audience} Deck type: {talk (max 12 slides) / read-alone (max 20 slides)}

Deck outline (one slide per idea)

Master set (4–6 masters)

• Title: {fonts, colors, margins, footer}
• Section divider: {layout}
• One-column text: {layout}
• Two-column: {layout}
• Full-bleed visual: {layout}
• Chart / diagram: {layout}

Fonts: headings {font}, body {font} Colors: {palette — small set, used everywhere}

Editable visuals checklist

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