I had 90 minutes to build a 30-slide deck.
For a meeting I forgot was today.
I used to panic in this exact situation. Open PowerPoint. Pick a template. Stare at slide 1. Quit. Make coffee. Repeat.
Last week I tried something different.
12 minutes later I had a finished deck. Not a draft. A finished one.
Why most people use Claude wrong for presentations:
They ask for slide ideas.
Claude gives them a list of 10 topics. They paste it into PowerPoint. Then spend 3 hours formatting boxes.
That's not building a presentation. That's still doing all the work.
The real move: have Claude build the entire deck structure, content, speaker notes, and transitions in one shot. Then you just paste.
Here are the 7 prompts that do it.
Run them in order. Each one feeds the next.
1. Audience Decoder (figures out what the room actually wants to hear)
Most decks fail because they're built for the speaker, not the audience.
Fix that in 60 seconds.
The prompt:
You are my audience analyst. I'm presenting to [DESCRIBE THE AUDIENCE:
ROLES, INDUSTRY, SENIORITY, SIZE, CONTEXT].
The topic is [YOUR TOPIC]. The goal of this meeting is [DECISION, BUY-IN,
UPDATE, PITCH, TRAINING].
Tell me:
1. What this audience actually cares about (not what I think they care about)
2. The 3 questions they'll be asking in their head the whole time
3. The objections that will kill the deck if I don't handle them
4. The 1 thing they need to walk out remembering
5. The tone they respond to (data-heavy, story-led, blunt, formal)
Don't be generic. Be specific to this group.You now know what to put in the deck before you build it.
2. Slide Architect (designs the full deck structure in one prompt)
This is where most people waste an hour. Claude does it in 90 seconds.
The prompt:
You are my presentation architect. Use the audience analysis above.
Build me a [NUMBER] slide deck structure for [YOUR TOPIC].
For each slide, give me:
1. Slide number and slide title (under 8 words)
2. The one job this slide does (hook, proof, agitation, solution, CTA, etc.)
3. The single takeaway in one sentence
4. Visual suggestion (chart, photo, quote, diagram, table, full-bleed text)
5. Speaker notes in 2 to 3 lines
Follow this flow: hook the room, define the problem, show the stakes,
present the solution, prove it works, handle objections, give a clear next step.
No fluff slides. Every slide must earn its place.You now have the full skeleton. Every slide accounted for.
3. Content Generator (writes the actual words on every slide)
Skeletons don't present themselves. You need words on slides.
The prompt:
You are my slide copywriter. Take the deck structure above.
For each slide, write the actual on-slide content following these rules:
1. Maximum 6 words on title slides
2. Maximum 3 bullet points per content slide
3. Each bullet under 9 words
4. Use specific numbers, names, and dates wherever possible
5. No corporate words: synergy, leverage, ecosystem, etc.
6. No filler: "this slide will cover," "as you can see," etc.
Format the output like this for each slide:
SLIDE [#]: [TITLE]
[Bullet 1]
[Bullet 2]
[Bullet 3]
Speaker note: [What I'll actually say out loud]
Make every word fight for its spot.Copy. Paste into PowerPoint or Google Slides. Done.
4. Story Spine (replaces boring slides with one story they'll remember)
Data convinces. Stories stick.
Drop one in the middle of the deck and the whole room wakes up.
The prompt:
You are my story builder. Find the strongest story I can tell in this deck.
Pull from my background: [PASTE A SHORT BIO OR LIST 3 RELEVANT EXPERIENCES].
Build the story using this structure:
1. The setup in 2 sentences (when, where, what was at stake)
2. The complication in 2 sentences (what went wrong)
3. The decision in 1 sentence (what I did)
4. The outcome in 1 sentence (what happened)
5. The takeaway in 1 sentence (why this connects to the deck)
Keep the whole story under 90 seconds spoken. Tell me which slide to drop it on.
If I don't have a good personal story, suggest a famous example I can use
that fits the same structure.One story makes the deck 10x more memorable. Especially in slide 4 or 5.
5. Data Presenter (turns ugly numbers into slides people can read)
Most data slides look like spreadsheets that got lost.
This prompt fixes them.
The prompt:
You are my data visualization advisor. I'll paste you raw numbers, stats,
or research [PASTE DATA].
For each data point, do this:
1. Tell me which slide in the deck it should go on
2. Recommend the best visual format (bar, line, table, big number, comparison)
3. Write the chart title (what the data PROVES, not what it shows)
4. Write a one-line caption that lands the point
5. Cut any data that doesn't directly support the deck's main argument
Don't include data just because it's interesting. Only include data that moves
the audience closer to my goal.You now have visuals that argue, not decorate.
6. Objection Killer (writes the slides that handle pushback before it happens)
Every audience has 2 to 3 objections that kill decks.
You either handle them on a slide or get destroyed in Q&A.
The prompt:
You are my objection handler. Use the audience analysis from prompt 1.
Build me 3 "objection slides" that go near the end of the deck.
For each objection:
1. Name the objection in the audience's exact words
2. Write a slide title that disarms it (not defensive, not arrogant)
3. Give me the 3 strongest counter-points with one piece of proof each
4. Write what I'll say out loud for 30 seconds per objection
Anticipate the objection people are too polite to say in the room
but will say after I leave. Handle that one too.The deck no longer dies in Q&A.
7. Closer (writes the final slide and the line they'll remember)
Most decks end with "Thank you" or "Questions?"
That's where they lose the room.
The prompt:
You are my close writer. The deck's main goal is [DECISION, BUY-IN, ACTION].
Write me 3 closing options:
1. The single-sentence line I say right before the last slide
2. The text on the final slide (max 10 words)
3. The exact next step the audience should take in the next 24 hours
4. A backup line in case the room goes silent
Each version should feel different: one direct, one emotional, one provocative.
Tell me which one matches the audience tone from prompt 1.
End strong. Decks are remembered for the last slide and the first slide.
Nothing in the middle.The room remembers the close. Make it land.
Setup (15 minutes, one deck):
Open Claude.ai. Create a new project called "Decks"
Run prompt 1. Paste output as project knowledge
Run prompt 2. Paste output as project knowledge
Run prompts 3 to 7 in order. Each one builds on the last
Open PowerPoint or Google Slides
Paste each slide's content into a clean template
Drop in visuals where prompt 5 told you to
12 minutes if you move fast. 30 if you're picky.
The compound effect:
Deck 1: You save 2 hours and ship a better deck than usual.
Deck 5: You stop dreading presentations entirely.
Deck 10: You're the person at work who builds decks faster than anyone, and yours actually convince people.
Deck 20: You've built a "Decks" project in Claude with your voice, your stories, your past slides, your audience patterns. Every new deck takes 10 minutes.
That's the shift.
Most people open PowerPoint and panic. You open Claude and ship.
Cheers,
Matas Jonaitis Founder,
Daily Prompter