Slide Builder

Slide Builder Skill

This skill creates professional, engaging presentation slides for teaching AI and prompt engineering.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user:

• Asks to create presentation slides
• Wants to build a slide deck for a lesson
• Needs visual materials for teaching
• Requests slides from an existing lesson plan
• Wants to update or enhance existing slides

What This Skill Does

1. Gathers Requirements:

   • Which lesson to create slides for
   • OR reads existing lesson plan automatically
   • Any specific focus areas or special slides needed
   • Presentation style preferences

2. Invokes the slide-designer Subagent to create:

   • Complete slide deck from lesson content
   • Clean GitHub-flavored markdown formatting
   • Strategic emoji for visual interest (not excessive)
   • One key idea per slide principle
   • Example prompts in formatted code blocks
   • Activity instruction slides with clear steps
   • Presenter notes with timing suggestions
   • Check-for-understanding slides

3. Saves Slides to:

   • prompt-engineering-curriculum/class-XX-title/slides.md

4. Creates Supporting Materials:

   • Student handout version if requested
   • Quick reference appendix
   • Presenter's guide with timing

Slide Design Principles

• One Idea per Slide: Focus prevents overwhelm
• Visual Hierarchy: Clear headers and structure
• Strategic Emoji: 🎯 📚 💡 ✅ ⚡ (purposeful, not excessive)
• Code Block Examples: Formatted prompt examples
• Student-Facing Language: "You will..." not "Students will..."
• GitHub-Ready: Renders beautifully on GitHub

Output Structure

Slide decks include:

• Title slide with learning objectives
• Concept explanation slides (one per concept)
• Demonstration slides with examples
• Activity instruction slides
• Check-for-understanding moments
• Summary and next steps
• Presenter notes throughout

Example Usage

User: "Create slides for the role-based prompting lesson"

This skill will generate a complete, professional slide deck ready to present.