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Sg Draft by davistroy — Agent Skill

Name: Sg Draft
Author: davistroy

Sg Draft

Draft full slide content (titles, bullets, speaker notes, graphics descriptions) from an outline. Use when you have an outline and want to generate full slide content, draft the slides, or move from structure to full presentation content.

davistroy 2473b42 2.8 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Slide Generator: Draft Step

Draft full slide content from an outline. Uses structured single-call generation (one API call per slide) with batching (groups of 4) for efficiency. Produces a complete presentation markdown with titles, bullets, speaker notes, and graphics descriptions.

Pre-loaded Context

Working directory: !pwd

Available outline files: !ls -la outline*.json 2>/dev/null || echo "No outline files found"

Prerequisites

Preflight: sg --version must succeed before proceeding — if sg is missing, stop and tell the user this requires the private davistroy/slide-generator engine (owner-only; see ADR-0008)
slide-generator package installed
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY set in environment
An outline.json file from the outline step

Input Validation

Required:

<outline.json> - Path to outline file

Optional:

--output <path> - Output file path (default: presentation.md)
--tone <tone> - Content tone: professional, casual, academic, technical (default: professional)
--audience <audience> - Target audience description

Instructions

Verify input: Confirm the outline JSON file exists and is valid

Run draft generation:

sg draft outline.json --output presentation.md

Verify output: Confirm presentation.md was created with full slide content
Report results: Show slide count, total word count, and a sample slide

How It Works

The draft step uses:

Structured single-call: Each slide generated in one API call (not 4 separate calls)
Batch generation: Slides grouped in batches of 4 for efficiency
Inter-slide context: Rolling 5-slide context window for coherence
Temperature 0.5: Balanced creativity for content generation
Research cache: Reuses research findings for factual accuracy

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Fix
`File not found`	Wrong path to outline.json	Check file path
`Rate limit`	Too many API calls in batch	Wait and retry (built-in backoff handles this)
`Content too short`	Outline lacks detail	Re-run outline with more target slides

Output

The draft step produces presentation.md containing:

Full markdown-formatted slides
Titles, bullet points, and detailed speaker notes
Graphics descriptions for each slide (feeds image generation)
Proper frontmatter with metadata

Next Step

After draft completes, run the optimize step:

sg optimize presentation.md

Or use /sg-optimize to continue the pipeline.

---name: sg-draftdescription: Draft full slide content (titles, bullets, speaker notes, graphics descriptions) from an outline. Use when you have an outline and want to generate full slide content, draft the slides, or move from structure to full presentation content.---# Slide Generator: Draft StepDraft full slide content from an outline. Uses structured single-call generation (one API call per slide) with batching (groups of 4) for efficiency. Produces a complete presentation markdown with titles, bullets, speaker notes, and graphics descriptions.## Pre-loaded Context**Working directory:**!`pwd`**Available outline files:**!`ls -la outline*.json 2>/dev/null || echo "No outline files found"`## Prerequisites- **Preflight:** `sg --version` must succeed before proceeding — if `sg` is missing, stop and tell the user this requires the private `davistroy/slide-generator` engine (owner-only; see ADR-0008)- `slide-generator` package installed- `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` set in environment- An `outline.json` file from the outline step## Input Validation**Required:**- `<outline.json>` - Path to outline file**Optional:**- `--output <path>` - Output file path (default: `presentation.md`)- `--tone <tone>` - Content tone: professional, casual, academic, technical (default: professional)- `--audience <audience>` - Target audience description## Instructions1. **Verify input**: Confirm the outline JSON file exists and is valid2. **Run draft generation**: ```bash sg draft outline.json --output presentation.md ```3. **Verify output**: Confirm `presentation.md` was created with full slide content4. **Report results**: Show slide count, total word count, and a sample slide## How It WorksThe draft step uses:- **Structured single-call**: Each slide generated in one API call (not 4 separate calls)- **Batch generation**: Slides grouped in batches of 4 for efficiency- **Inter-slide context**: Rolling 5-slide context window for coherence- **Temperature 0.5**: Balanced creativity for content generation- **Research cache**: Reuses research findings for factual accuracy## Error Handling| Error | Cause | Fix ||-------|-------|-----|| `File not found` | Wrong path to outline.json | Check file path || `Rate limit` | Too many API calls in batch | Wait and retry (built-in backoff handles this) || `Content too short` | Outline lacks detail | Re-run outline with more target slides |## OutputThe draft step produces `presentation.md` containing:- Full markdown-formatted slides- Titles, bullet points, and detailed speaker notes- Graphics descriptions for each slide (feeds image generation)- Proper frontmatter with metadata## Next StepAfter draft completes, run the optimize step:```bashsg optimize presentation.md```Or use `/sg-optimize` to continue the pipeline.

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