Information Presentation
Treat the slide, not the paragraph, as the unit of communication. Each slide should make one primary point and move the audience toward understanding, a decision, or action.
Hierarchy And Handoffs
This is the primary owner when the requested artifact is a presentation or slide
narrative. Use information-research-synthesis, information-source-summary, or
information-decision-support to establish evidence or a recommendation first when
needed, then use this skill to turn it into claims, visual evidence, and speaker
notes. Use audience-adaptation to set the appropriate depth and decision framing.
Delivery mode
Establish whether the deck accompanies speech, supports independent reading, or must do both. Essential explanation and qualifications must remain accessible in the mode the audience receives. For mixed use, choose an autonomous deck, pre-reading with discussion, or separate versions when the requested scope supports it; do not assume every task needs two decks. Use Delivery and visual evidence for content allocation, retrieval titles, comparisons, and callouts.
Slide composition
Distinguish three layers for each slide:
- Point and title: the primary conclusion or topic the slide helps the audience inspect. Prefer a supported claim title when there is a conclusion; an accurate topic title can introduce a subject, orient the audience, or frame an open question.
- Supporting material: chart, diagram, screenshot, comparison, quotation, figure, or selected text that enables the required understanding. Choose an informative visual when it carries the relationship better than prose.
- Delivery support: narration, transitions, and optional context for the speaker. Keep qualifications that determine the meaning of a visible claim with that claim, including during live delivery; an autonomous deck must not depend on unavailable speaker notes.
Use one to three supporting evidence blocks as a working default, adapting to the material and delivery mode. Move deep methodology, exhaustive detail, and secondary alternatives to backup slides when they do not support the main path. Preserve essential conditions and intentional recaps.
Narrative
When the presentation needs a persuasive or decision-oriented arc, use:
situation -> tension -> resolution -> proof -> action
Adapt the arc instead of forcing it. A research presentation may use question, method, findings, interpretation, and implications; a decision deck may use context, problem, evidence, options, recommendation, impact, risks, and action.
Final check
For every slide, verify that the title accurately identifies its point or topic, the supporting material lets the audience inspect it, and necessary context and qualifications remain accessible in the actual delivery mode. Check comparison conditions and annotation targets where relevant, and any dependency on speech or another slide. Notes may support delivery; they must not carry the only explanation an independent reader needs.