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How to use the Bold Poster Series A Deck agent skill
Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data
The Bold Poster Series A Deck skill gives an AI agent a ready-made visual template for a single-file HTML slide deck with large display type, a red accent and poster-style decorations. This guide explains what the skill does, how to install it, how to trigger it with everyday requests and what to check before you use it. By the end you will be able to ask an agent for a Series A style deck built on this template and fill it with your own content.
Bold Poster Series A Decknexu-io/open-design · Apache-2.0 Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Get the skill ZIP from this page.
- 2Choose an install location. Pick ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or a project's .claude/skills/ folder for one project.
- 3Unzip or upload. Unzip the file into the chosen folder, or in the Claude apps go to Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills and upload it.
- 4Make your request. Ask for a Series A pitch deck or HTML slides, and include your audience, decision target and key numbers.
- 5Answer the agent's questions. The agent asks only for missing essentials such as source materials, deadline and must-keep numbers.
- 6Review the output. Open the generated HTML file in a browser and check every headline and figure.
What the Bold Poster skill makes the agent do
An agent skill is a folder of instructions and files that an AI agent can load when a task matches it. This one is named html-ppt-zhangzara-bold-poster and is built around a template called Bold Poster: an editorial poster look with a massive display typeface and a single fire-engine red accent.
When you ask for a Series A pitch deck, the agent copies the example file, replaces the placeholder headlines, numbers and section labels with your own, and keeps the design intact. It can also add or duplicate slides to match how much content you have, and design new layouts in the same style. The output is one self-contained HTML deck.
- Starts from example.html as the working file
- Swaps in your headlines, body copy, numbers, names, dates and section labels
- Keeps the fonts, palette, corner brackets, paper grain and other decorations unchanged
- Duplicates or removes slides to fit your content length
Install the skill from the ZIP or the Claude apps
Download the ZIP for this skill from this page. You have two ways to install it.
For a personal setup, unzip the download into ~/.claude/skills/. To limit it to one project, unzip it into that project's .claude/skills/ folder instead. In the Claude apps, you can also upload the skill under Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills.
- Personal: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/
- Single project: unzip into the project's .claude/skills/ folder
- Claude apps: Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills, then upload
~/.claude/skills/Trigger the skill with natural requests
You do not need to name the skill. Ask for a deck in plain words that match the skill's triggers, such as a Series A pitch deck, a fundraising pitch, an investor deck or an HTML deck or HTML slides. The more you tell the agent about your audience and the decision you want, the better the result.
The skill's example prompt asks the agent to first request only what is missing: audience, decision target, source materials, deadline and the numbers that must stay. Give those up front to save a round trip.
- Make a Series A pitch deck in HTML for our seed-to-A story. Keep the bold poster look.
- Turn these five points into an HTML slide deck for investors, one big statement per slide.
- Build a short founder vision deck as HTML slides with a poster feel.
- Make an investor deck for Series A partners using my numbers exactly as I give them.
Examples of what you can build
The template suits short decks where a few words carry the slide. It fits founder vision decks, manifesto-style presentations and designers who want a fixed poster-style HTML template to fill in. The skill's own notes say it is built for a few large statements, not paragraphs of detail per slide.
If your content is long, let the agent duplicate slides of the closest layout rather than forcing text into one slide. The agent is told to design a missing layout from the same fonts, palette and spacing rather than switch to another template.
- A 10-slide demo-length deck with one headline and one number per slide
- A longer deck where the agent duplicates the content slide layout
- A founder manifesto with quotable statements on each page
Check what the skill needs and what it does not do
The listing lists no requirements, the skill does not run scripts and it does not use the network. It only shapes the presentation.
It will not verify traction numbers or investor logic. The agent uses whatever figures you supply, so check every number and claim yourself before you send the deck to anyone.
- Requirements: none listed
- Runs scripts: no
- Uses network: no
- Verification: none of your figures or arguments are checked
Tips for a better deck
Give the agent your exact numbers and labels, and tell it which ones must not change. Ask it to keep the template's layout grid and decorations, since the skill's workflow says to preserve the design system and not swap fonts or recolor the palette.
Keep each slide to a few large statements. Dense tables or long financial text per slide work against the template's design.
- List must-keep numbers in your first message
- Ask for one statement per slide for the strongest poster effect
- Review the HTML deck in a browser before sharing it
What people use it for
- Founders drafting a short Series A story with a bold, quotable look
- Designers filling in a fixed poster-style HTML slide template
- Teams preparing a founder vision or manifesto-style presentation
Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Bold Poster Series A Deck skill?
Download the ZIP from this page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder for one project. In the Claude apps you can instead upload it under Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills.
What does the skill require?
The listing shows nothing required. The skill does not run scripts and does not use the network, so it only changes how your presentation is shaped and styled.
Is the Bold Poster skill free to use?
The listing states the licence is Apache-2.0. The skill's own notes say the vendored template comes from an MIT-licensed upstream project and that its licence file must be kept with copies of the template files.
Can the skill check my traction numbers?
No. The skill only shapes the presentation. The agent uses the figures you provide, so verify all traction numbers and investor logic yourself before sharing the deck.
Is this a good alternative for a dense financial deck?
Probably not. The skill notes say the layout is built around a few large statements, so dense financial decks with lots of text or tables per slide are a poor fit. Choose a more text-friendly template for those.
Why doesn't the agent use my other slide templates?
The skill tells the agent to stay inside this one template because mixing layouts breaks its visual system. If a slide needs a new layout, the agent designs it in the same style.
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Our verdict
Use this skill if you want a bold, quotable HTML deck for a Series A pitch, a founder vision or a manifesto-style talk, and you will supply and check your own numbers. Pick a different option if your deck needs dense text, tables or detailed financial analysis per slide.
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