How to use the Executive Deck Builder agent skill

What the executive-deck skill makes the agent do

An agent skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that gives an AI agent specific instructions for one kind of task. This skill covers presentations where the argument should be readable from the slide titles alone. Every slide title states a conclusion, and the deck follows a pyramid, answer-first structure.

The agent starts with a single sentence that gives the answer. That sentence becomes the title of slide 2 and the backbone of the deck. It then supports the answer with three points, a recommendation and next steps, and an appendix. The skill also asks for full speaker notes on every content slide.

• Answer slide: one-sentence conclusion with three supporting points
• One slide per supporting point, with a full-sentence title and one piece of evidence
• Recommendation slide with numbered actions, each with an owner and date where the source allows
• Appendix for detail that is not needed to follow the main story
• Converting an existing document into slides by extracting its main conclusion and strongest supports

Install the executive-deck skill

Download the ZIP for this skill from this page. Unzip it into one of two locations, depending on how you want to use it. Put it in ~/.claude/skills/ to make it available across your projects, or in a project's .claude/skills/ folder to make it available only in that project.

If you use the Claude apps instead, upload the skill under Settings → Capabilities → Skills. The skill's files are SKILL.md; the folder should contain that file.

• Option A: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use everywhere
• Option B: unzip into a project's .claude/skills/ for one project only
• Option C: upload the skill in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need a special command. The skill is meant to apply when you ask for a management update, board deck, status report, business review or a presentation that argues for a decision. It also applies when you ask the agent to turn a document into slides.

Name the audience, the decision or question, and the source material. The skill reads every file you attach or reference in full, and it takes figures, names and dates only from those files.

• "Build a board deck on the Q3 hiring plan from the attached memo."
• "Make a 6-slide status update for senior stakeholders on the onboarding project."
• "Turn this 12-page report into a short presentation that recommends a vendor change."
• "Create a business review deck from these three spreadsheets."

What to provide the agent

The skill needs a presentation app or tool the agent can write slides into, and the source files or data you want the deck built from. It uses the app's default theme and layouts, so you do not need to specify fonts or colours unless you want a specific look.

If the story needs a number that is not in your files, the skill tells the agent to say so on the slide rather than estimate it. You will need to supply that data yourself.

• A presentation app or tool the agent can write slides into
• Source files or data the deck should be built from
• Your audience and the decision or question the deck should support

Check the output before you present it

The skill includes a checklist the agent should follow before it reports back. Read the slide titles from top to bottom and confirm they form an argument that ends in the recommendation. Check that the three points on the answer slide match the following slide titles in wording and order.

Also check that no slide has more than one chart or table, that no slide has more than five bullets, and that every content slide has speaker notes. The agent should also list anything it could not source.

• Read only the titles: do they make a complete argument?
• Confirm the answer slide's three points match the next slide titles
• Verify every number against your source, including its unit, period and footer
• Review the speaker notes and the list of unsourced items

Safety notes: scripts and network

This skill does not run scripts and does not use the network, according to its listing. It is a set of written instructions for how the agent builds slides from your files. You should still review the generated deck, because the agent's wording and figures are only as accurate as the files it was given.

• Runs scripts: no
• Uses network: no