Agent skill

Deck Outline First

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken…

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Deck Outline First

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills deck-outline-first --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deck-outline-first .claude/skills/deck-outline-first && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
deck-outline-first
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
701 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken…

  • Works in 5 steps: Headlines are claims: every slide title… → The sequence is the argument: headlines… → The skim test is the gate: read only the… → …
  • Asked start this presentation
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: The Outline Rules and Output Format, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Deck Outline First is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken decks while they're still bullet points. Use when asked start this presentation, structure my deck, why does my deck feel like a data tour, or get sign-off before I build slides. Produces the headline outline, the per-slide evidence notes, the skim test result, and the build rules.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Slides and decks. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked start this presentation
  • Structure my deck
  • Why does my deck feel like a data tour
  • Get sign-off before I build slides

Example prompts

  • “/deck-outline-first”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Headlines are claims: every slide title is a full sentence asserting something — "Q3 missed because two enterprise deals slipped"…
  2. The sequence is the argument: headlines read top-to-bottom as the complete case — context claim → problem claim → cause claim → proposal…
  3. The skim test is the gate: read only the headlines aloud — a listener who hears just those should get the entire argument and the ask…
  4. Evidence is noted, not built: each headline gets one line of what will prove it ("the cohort chart, month-2 spike") — slides needing three…
  5. The outline gets reviewed, then the build stays faithful: the five-minute outline review with the key stakeholder replaces the slide-48…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Deck Outline First loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 701 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~124
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 701 words, ~1,331 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/deck-outline-first/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
deck-outline-first
description
Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken decks while they're still bullet points. Use when asked start this presentation, structure my deck, why does my deck feel like a data tour, or get sign-off before I build slides. Produces the headline outline, the per-slide evidence notes, the skim test result, and the build rules.

Deck Outline First Skill

Decks built slide-first inherit the tool's failure mode: hours of formatting sunk into slides whose argument was never designed, discovered broken in rehearsal (or worse, in the room). The outline-first discipline is outline-before-prose for the slide medium: every slide is one headline sentence — a claim, not a topic ("Churn concentrates in month two" not "Churn Analysis") — the headlines read in sequence as the complete argument, and the skim test (read only the headlines — does the case hold?) runs before any slideware opens. Slides then become evidence for their headlines, which is all slides were ever supposed to be.

What This Skill Produces

  • The header — audience, the decision/ask, the time slot (which caps the slide count)
  • The headline outline — one claim-sentence per slide, in argument order
  • The evidence notes — per slide: what will carry the claim (the chart, the number, the quote — noted, not built)
  • The skim test + build rules — the headlines-only read-through, and the rules that keep the build faithful

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The deck's job — what the audience should decide or do at the end (meeting-prep-pack walk-away logic applies to the presenter too); decks without asks are documentaries
  • The audience and the time slot — 10 minutes with executives is 6–8 slides; the slot arithmetic caps ambition before the outline overcommits
  • The material — the findings/evidence available; headlines claim only what evidence can carry (evidence-grading keeps the claims honest)
  • The reviewer — who would restructure this in review; they see the outline, not the finished deck

Framework: The Outline Rules

  1. Headlines are claims: every slide title is a full sentence asserting something — "Q3 missed because two enterprise deals slipped" — disagreeable at outline stage, which is the point. Topic titles ("Q3 Results") defer the thinking to the room, live.
  2. The sequence is the argument: headlines read top-to-bottom as the complete case — context claim → problem claim → cause claim → proposal claim → evidence-of-feasibility claim → the ask. Reordering costs one drag now; one rebuild later.
  3. The skim test is the gate: read only the headlines aloud — a listener who hears just those should get the entire argument and the ask. Where the skim stumbles (a leap, a missing step, two claims in one slide), the outline gets fixed — this test at bullet-stage catches what rehearsal catches at 10× the cost.
  4. Evidence is noted, not built: each headline gets one line of what will prove it ("the cohort chart, month-2 spike") — slides needing three pieces of evidence are two slides; headlines with no available evidence are wishes, and the outline is where wishes get caught (chart-choice picks the form later, from this note).
  5. The outline gets reviewed, then the build stays faithful: the five-minute outline review with the key stakeholder replaces the slide-48 restructuring; the build rules — one headline per slide, the evidence note becomes the body, nothing new spawns without re-passing the skim test — keep the deck the outline's child rather than its replacement.
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Output Format

Deck Outline: [deck] — for [audience] to [ask] · [T] min → ≤[N] slides

The Headlines (in order)

  1. [Claim sentence] — evidence: [what carries it]
  2. … [The ask slide explicit at the end]

The Skim Test

[The headlines read as one paragraph — does the argument hold? · the stumbles fixed]

Review + Build Rules

[Outline reviewer + the one question · build: headline-per-slide, evidence-as-body, no silent spawns]

Quality Checks

  • Every slide title is a disagreeable claim sentence
  • The headline sequence survives the skim test as a complete argument
  • Each headline's evidence exists and fits one slide
  • The slide count fits the time slot's arithmetic
  • The outline was reviewed before slideware opened

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not open the slide tool first — formatting is where broken arguments hide from their authors
  • Do not title slides with topics — topics defer the argument to the live room
  • Do not stack claims on one slide — one headline, one slide, or the skim test lies
  • Do not headline what evidence can't carry — the outline is where overclaims are cheap to fix
  • Do not let the build drift from the outline — every silent new slide re-breaks the tested argument

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Start this presentation."
  • "Structure my deck."
  • "Why does my deck feel like a data tour?"
  • "Get sign-off before I build slides."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/deck-outline-first of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Deck Outline First

What does Deck Outline First do?

Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken…. Deck Outline First is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken decks while they're still bullet points.

When should I use Deck Outline First?

Deck Outline First fits situations like: asked start this presentation; structure my deck; why does my deck feel like a data tour; get sign-off before I build slides.

How do I install Deck Outline First in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deck-outline-first in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/deck-outline-first in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deck Outline First in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deck-outline-first in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/deck-outline-first in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deck Outline First in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deck-outline-first, .gemini/skills/deck-outline-first, .github/skills/deck-outline-first and .opencode/skills/deck-outline-first in your project.

What does Deck Outline First need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Deck Outline First is instructions for the agent only.

Does Deck Outline First access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Deck Outline First safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Deck Outline First use?

Deck Outline First is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Deck Outline First use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Deck Outline First?

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Who maintains Deck Outline First?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.