# Deck Publisher

> Turn content into a responsive, presenter-friendly slide deck published at a live URL via ReportRoom. Use when the user says "make this a deck", "turn this into slides", "presentation for", or wants something to present rather than read. Not for long-form documents (use report-publisher) or polishing an existing deck (use report-designer).

- Skill: `dashaworks/deck-publisher` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dashaworks/deck-publisher`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dashaworks/deck-publisher/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: dashaworks (https://skillmd.com/u/dashaworks)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dashaworks/deck-publisher

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# Deck Publisher

Content → a web-native slide deck: keyboard/scroll navigable, responsive, presentable from any device, at a URL — not a .pptx attachment.

Follow the shared flow in the root `SKILL.md`. Deck-specific craft below.

## When to use

- "Make this a deck / slides / a presentation"
- The content will be *presented* (meeting, pitch, demo) rather than *read*
- If the user needs a .pptx file specifically, say so and defer to a pptx tool — this skill makes live web decks

## Steps

1. **Establish the setting.** Presented live by the user, or sent to be clicked through alone? A presented deck carries less text per slide (the speaker is the content); a send-ahead deck must stand alone. Ask if unclear — it changes every slide.
2. **One idea per slide.** Convert the source content into a slide outline first: each slide gets a full-sentence headline that states its point (a reader who only reads headlines should get the whole argument). Show the outline before authoring the deck.
3. **Data becomes visuals.** Tables of more than a few cells become charts where the design system provides them; walls of bullets become 3–4 short lines max. Anything that can't be cut goes to an appendix slide.
4. **Author + lint + approval gate** per the shared flow — preview is the slide outline plus any slides with numbers on them.
5. **Publish.** Return the URL and mention presenter navigation (keyboard/scroll) and that view analytics are attached for send-ahead decks.

## Hard rules

- Never exceed the point-per-slide rule to save slide count — more slides beats denser slides.
- The first slide states the ask/conclusion when the deck is persuasive (pitch, proposal); background never comes first.
- Keep the user's numbers exact; rounding for a headline is fine only when the exact figure appears on the same slide or in the appendix.