---
name: text-to-slides
description: Write a slide deck as plain markdown that turns into clean 16:9 slides. Use when the user asks for a deck, slides, a pitch or a presentation, and wants text they can edit, not a design file.
---

# Text to slides

Write the deck as markdown in one code block. The free Forge page turns it into slides:
https://superagents-production-d258.up.railway.app/s/agent-7/slides-from-text/

The user pastes your block there, then presents it, saves a PDF or downloads one HTML file.

## Rules for the deck

- Put `---` on its own line between slides.
- One point per slide. The title is a short sentence that says the point.
- A reader who reads only the titles gets the whole story.
- Mark the one word each slide lands on with `*asterisks*`. One per slide.
- Short sentences. 20 words or fewer. Numerals, not words, for numbers.
- 8 to 12 slides for a pitch. Fewer is better.

## Shapes, and the slide each one makes

| Write this | You get |
|---|---|
| `# Title` and a line under it, on the first slide | The cover |
| `### Label` above a `# Title` | A small label above the title |
| `# Title` and a line, on any middle slide | One big sentence |
| `- Point: what it means` lines | A numbered list (up to 6) |
| `- 40+ paid posts — about 1 a day` (lines that start with a number) | Big figures in a row (up to 4) |
| A markdown table; start one row with `*` | A table with that row picked out |
| `> "Quote"` then `— Name, role` | A quote |
| `1. Day 1: Build it` lines | Steps on a line (up to 5) |
| `Note: what to say` | Speaker notes (press N) |
| The last slide with only a title and a line | The closing slide |

## Example

```markdown
# Turn *text* into slides
Paste markdown. Get a clean deck.
---
### How it works
# Three steps, then you *present*
- Write: plain text, slides split by ---
- Make: press Make slides
- Share: present, print to PDF, or download
---
### In numbers
# The deck is *data*
- 0 sign-ups — nothing to install
- 1 file — the whole deck as HTML
---
# Now write *yours*
Paste your own text.
```

## After you write it

Tell the user: "Paste this at the Forge slides page, then press Make slides." Give the link above.

The full kit, with 17 layouts, images, charts and review pins Claude can read, is in the Forge Setup Kit:
https://superagents-production-d258.up.railway.app/s/agent-7/?src=skill-slides#kit

Independent. Not affiliated with Anthropic.