Storyline Builder
sruthir28/enterprise-ai-skills
McKinsey-style storyline framework for building presentation decks.
When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A.
Install Pitch Deck
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deck --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .claude/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .claude/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deckType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deck --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .agents/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .agents/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deck --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .cursor/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .cursor/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git --path skills/pitch-deck--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deck --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .gemini/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .gemini/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deckInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .github/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .github/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install shawnpang/startup-founder-skills pitch-deck --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pitch-deck .opencode/skills/pitch-deck && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pitch-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/shawnpang/startup-founder-skills/tree/main/skills/pitch-deck into .opencode/skills/pitch-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pitch-deck", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
pitch-deck- GitHub stars
- 343
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 973 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 50
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A.
- Works in 6 steps: Read startup context — Pull from… → Determine deck type — Ask if this is a… → Draft the narrative arc — Before writing… → …
- Wants to create
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, Context Required, Workflow and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Pitch Deck is an agent skill from shawnpang/startup-founder-skills. When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A. Also activates when the user mentions "deck", "pitch", "investor presentation", or "slide structure".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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 Business, Finance & HR, covering Fundraising and pitch decks and Slides and decks. The repository describes itself as: AI agent skills for tech startup founders — fundraising, sales, product, recruiting, engineering, legal, ops, and growth. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any Agent… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Wants to create
- Restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed
- Investor presentation
- Slide structure
Example prompts
- “investor presentation”
- “slide structure”
- “/pitch-deck”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read startup context — Pull from .agents/startup-context.md to populate slide content. Flag any gaps.
- Determine deck type — Ask if this is a live-pitch deck (visual-heavy, 30-40 words per slide max) or a send-ahead deck (can include more…
- Draft the narrative arc — Before writing any slides, outline the story: what is the world like today (problem), what changes with your…
- Write slide-by-slide content — Produce content for each of the 10-12 slides below. Each slide gets a title, key message, supporting…
- Review for investor lens — Check every slide against the question an investor would ask at that point. Flag weak spots.
- Produce final output — Deliver the deck outline as structured markdown. If the user wants a .pptx, chain to the Anthropic pptx skill after…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ad31b4. 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
Pitch Deck loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 973 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 shawnpang/startup-founder-skills at commit 4ad31b4, republished under its MIT licence (© shawnpang). 973 words, ~1,778 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/pitch-deck/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- pitch-deck
- description
- When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A. Also activates when the user mentions "deck", "pitch", "investor presentation", or "slide structure".
- related
- investor-research, data-room, fundraising-email
- reads
- startup-context
Pitch Deck
When to Use
- The founder is preparing a pitch deck for a fundraising round (pre-seed through Series A).
- The founder has an existing deck and wants structural or narrative feedback.
- The founder asks what slides to include or how to tell their story to investors.
Context Required
From startup-context: company one-liner, stage, product description, target customer, business model, traction metrics, team bios, fundraising history, and competitive landscape. If any of these are missing, prompt the founder before drafting slides.
From the user: target round size, target investor type (VC vs. angel), whether this is for a live pitch (fewer words, more visuals) or a send-ahead deck (more self-explanatory text).
Workflow
- Read startup context — Pull from
.agents/startup-context.mdto populate slide content. Flag any gaps. - Determine deck type — Ask if this is a live-pitch deck (visual-heavy, 30-40 words per slide max) or a send-ahead deck (can include more explanatory text, 60-80 words per slide).
- Draft the narrative arc — Before writing any slides, outline the story: what is the world like today (problem), what changes with your product (solution), why now, why this team, and what you need to get there.
- Write slide-by-slide content — Produce content for each of the 10-12 slides below. Each slide gets a title, key message, supporting points, and a suggested visual or data element.
- Review for investor lens — Check every slide against the question an investor would ask at that point. Flag weak spots.
- Produce final output — Deliver the deck outline as structured markdown. If the user wants a
.pptx, chain to the Anthropic pptx skill after content is finalized.
Output Format
Structured markdown with one H3 per slide. Each slide section contains:
- Title: The slide headline (concise, assertion-style, e.g., "Healthcare billing wastes $200B annually")
- Key message: The one thing the audience should remember from this slide
- Content: Bullet points or narrative text
- Visual suggestion: What chart, image, screenshot, or diagram belongs here
- Investor question this answers: The implicit question in the VC's mind
Frameworks & Best Practices
The 10-12 Slide Framework
| # | Slide | Purpose | Common Mistakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Title / Hook | Company name, one-liner, and a memorable hook stat or image | Burying the one-liner; using a generic tagline |
| 2 | Problem | Make the pain visceral and specific to your ICP | Being too abstract; citing a problem everyone already knows |
| 3 | Solution | Show what you built and how it eliminates the pain | Feature-dumping; not connecting back to the problem |
| 4 | Demo / Product | Screenshot, GIF, or live product walkthrough | Showing the admin panel instead of the user-facing magic |
| 5 | Market Size | TAM/SAM/SOM with a credible bottoms-up calculation | Using only top-down "the market is $X trillion" numbers |
| 6 | Business Model | How you make money, unit economics, pricing | Not showing actual or projected unit economics |
| 7 | Traction | The chart that goes up and to the right | Vanity metrics; hiding the Y-axis; mixing timeframes |
| 8 | Competition | Why you win — positioning matrix or comparison table | Claiming "no competitors"; using a 2x2 where you magically own the top-right |
| 9 | Team | Founders + key hires, relevant backgrounds | Listing every employee; not explaining founder-market fit |
| 10 | Go-to-Market | How you acquire customers today and at scale | Saying "we'll go viral" without a concrete channel strategy |
| 11 | Financials / Ask | How much you're raising, use of funds, key projections | Not specifying what milestones the money unlocks |
| 12 | Closing / Vision | The big dream — where this goes in 5-10 years | Being too conservative; forgetting contact info |
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Narrative Arc Rules
- Slide 1-3: Establish tension. The audience should feel the problem before you show the answer.
- Slide 4-7: Build credibility. Prove you have a real product with real traction in a real market.
- Slide 8-10: Prove defensibility. Show you can win against alternatives and scale.
- Slide 11-12: Make the ask and paint the vision. End with ambition, not logistics.
Stage-Specific Guidance
- Pre-seed / Seed: Emphasize problem depth, founder-market fit, and early signals (waitlist, LOIs, design partners). Financial projections can be lighter.
- Series A: Emphasize repeatable go-to-market, unit economics, and a clear path from current traction to 3-5x growth. Investors expect real revenue data.
Principles
- Every slide title should be an assertion, not a label. "We grew 30% MoM for 6 months" beats "Traction".
- Remove any slide that does not advance the narrative. If you cannot articulate why a slide exists, cut it.
- The deck should be understandable by a partner who reads it at 11pm on their iPad without you presenting.
- Use no more than 3 fonts and 2 brand colors. Clutter kills credibility.
- Data beats adjectives. Replace "fast-growing" with "3x YoY".
Related Skills
investor-research— use before building the deck to tailor the narrative to specific investor interestsdata-room— prepare the backup materials investors will request after seeing the deckfundraising-email— write the outreach email that accompanies the deck
Examples
Example prompt: "Help me build a seed deck. We're raising $3M for an AI-powered contract review tool for mid-market legal teams. We have $40K MRR and 12 paying customers."
Good output snippet (Problem slide):
Slide 2: Problem
Title: Mid-market legal teams review 500+ contracts/month with 1990s tools Key message: Contract review is the #1 time sink for legal teams at companies with 200-2,000 employees, costing $180K+/year in paralegal hours per company. Content:
- 73% of mid-market companies still use manual redlining in Word
- Average contract review takes 45 minutes; 30 minutes is repetitive clause checking
- Errors in reviewed contracts cost companies 2-5% of deal value annually Visual suggestion: Side-by-side showing a paralegal buried in Word docs vs. your product highlighting risks in seconds Investor question this answers: Is this a real, painful, expensive problem?
Example prompt: "Review my existing deck — I keep getting passed on after the first meeting."
Good output approach: Read the deck, identify which of the 12 slides are missing or weak, check if the narrative arc has tension, and test every slide against the investor-question framework. Deliver specific rewrites, not vague advice.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/pitch-deck of shawnpang/startup-founder-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ad31b4
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Questions about Pitch Deck
What does Pitch Deck do?
When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A. Pitch Deck is an agent skill from shawnpang/startup-founder-skills. When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A.
When should I use Pitch Deck?
Pitch Deck fits situations like: wants to create; restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed; investor presentation; slide structure.
How do I install Pitch Deck in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pitch-deck in shawnpang/startup-founder-skills) into .claude/skills/pitch-deck in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Pitch Deck in Codex?
Run `npx skills add shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pitch-deck in shawnpang/startup-founder-skills) into .agents/skills/pitch-deck in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Pitch Deck 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 shawnpang/startup-founder-skills --skill pitch-deck -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pitch-deck, .gemini/skills/pitch-deck, .github/skills/pitch-deck and .opencode/skills/pitch-deck in your project.
What does Pitch Deck need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pitch Deck is instructions for the agent only.
Does Pitch Deck 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 Pitch Deck 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 Pitch Deck use?
Pitch Deck 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 Pitch Deck use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
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Who maintains Pitch Deck?
shawnpang (a GitHub user) maintains it in shawnpang/startup-founder-skills, which has 343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 50 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 16, 2026.
Source: shawnpang/startup-founder-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.