Claude does not write slide text anymore. It builds the file.
Not an outline you paste into PowerPoint slide by slide. Not a list of bullet points with "Slide 3:" in front of them. An actual .pptx you download, open, and present. Formatted, styled, speaker notes included.
Most people never see this because they ask the wrong way. They type "make me a presentation" and get a wall of text they still have to build from scratch. One instruction changes that: ask for the file.
Here are the 6 prompts. The first one alone replaces an afternoon.
Before you start:
Claude needs file creation switched on to hand you a .pptx. Open Settings, find the Code Execution and File Creation toggle, and turn it on. Takes ten seconds and you only do it once. Without it Claude gives you text. With it, you get a download link.
1/ Build The Deck
The instruction that matters is asking for the file. Skip it and you get text you have to rebuild yourself.
The prompt:
Build me a presentation on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE], and give it to me as a downloadable .pptx file.
Before you build anything, ask me the 5 questions you need answered so this is not generic. Wait for my answers.
Then build the complete deck:
- Every slide fully written. No placeholder text, no "insert content here."
- A clear narrative arc so the deck argues something instead of just listing information
- Maximum 6 lines of text per slide. If a slide needs more, split it.
- One idea per slide, stated in the headline itself, so someone reading only the headlines understands the whole argument
- Clean and modern design. Generous white space, consistent type sizes, one accent color. No clip art, no stock-photo energy, no default template look.
When you are done, tell me the strongest slide, the weakest slide, and the one thing you would add if I gave you more time.The five questions are what stop it being generic. Most people skip that and wonder why the output feels like it was written for nobody.
2/ Turn A Document Into A Deck
You already wrote the thing. A report, a proposal, a long email. Do not rewrite it as slides. Hand it over.
The prompt:
Here is a document I already wrote: [UPLOAD OR PASTE IT].
Turn it into a presentation and give it back to me as a .pptx file.
Do this:
- Pull out the actual argument buried in the document. Do not summarize it section by section, restructure it into something worth presenting.
- Cut everything that works in writing but dies on a slide
- Turn dense paragraphs into single-idea slides with headlines that state the point
- Where the document has numbers, build them into a simple chart or a large stat slide instead of a bullet
- Add an opening slide that earns attention in the first 10 seconds and a closing slide with a clear ask
Then tell me what you cut and why, so I can push back if you removed something I need.The document already has the thinking. This just converts it into a format people will actually sit through.
3/ Match Your Brand
Stops it looking like the template everyone else in the room is using.
The prompt:
Rebuild that deck in my brand and send back the updated .pptx.
My brand:
- Colors: [PASTE YOUR HEX CODES, OR DESCRIBE THEM]
- Font: [FONT NAME, OR TELL ME WHAT FITS]
- Feel: [MINIMAL / BOLD / CORPORATE / WARM]
Apply it properly:
- Use the accent color sparingly, for emphasis and hierarchy, not on everything
- Keep lots of white space. Cramped slides look cheap.
- Consistent type scale across every slide so headings and body text always relate the same way
- Build a title slide, a section divider, and a closing slide that all feel like the same family
- Make sure every text and background combination is actually readable from the back of a room
Tell me the design decisions you made and why.Branded decks get taken more seriously than default ones, and nobody can explain why. It is consistency. This does it in one pass.
4/ Fix An Ugly Deck
The one that saves you rebuilding something from scratch at 11pm.
The prompt:
Here is an existing deck: [UPLOAD IT].
Rebuild it so it looks and works like something a professional made. Give me the new .pptx.
Do this:
- Cut every slide that does not earn its place. Be ruthless. Tell me what you removed.
- Fix every slide with too much text. One idea per slide.
- Rewrite the headlines so each one states a point instead of naming a topic. "Q3 revenue" becomes what actually happened to Q3 revenue.
- Fix the visual mess: inconsistent fonts, random sizes, clashing colors, misaligned elements
- Reorder anything that is in the wrong place for the story
- Turn any wall of numbers into something readable at a glance
Then tell me what you changed and why, and which slide was doing the most damage before.Most decks do not need to be rebuilt. They need half the slides deleted and the rest fixed. This does both.
5/ Speaker Notes
So you are not standing there reading your own slides out loud to a room that can already read.
The prompt:
Write speaker notes for every slide in that deck and add them into the file.
For each slide give me:
- What I actually say out loud, roughly [45] seconds worth, written how a person talks, not how a report reads
- The one point I must land on that slide even if I rush everything else
- The transition line into the next slide so the deck flows instead of jumping
Then separately:
- The 3 questions I am most likely to get asked, and a short honest answer for each
- The 2 slides where I am most likely to lose the room, and what to do about it
Do not just read the slide back to me. The notes should say the things the slide cannot.The slides are for them. The notes are for you. Getting both right is the difference between presenting and reciting.
6/ The Investor Deck
Built to the structure investors expect, then attacked before they get the chance.
The prompt:
Build me an investor pitch deck as a .pptx for [MY BUSINESS], raising [AMOUNT].
Here is the context: [WHAT YOU DO, WHO PAYS YOU, ROUGHLY WHERE YOU ARE: revenue, users, traction, whatever is real].
Use the structure investors actually expect: problem, solution, why now, market size, product, traction, business model, competition, team, the ask and what the money does.
Rules:
- Every claim I make needs to be one an investor could verify or push on. Flag anything I have left vague.
- Traction slide leads with real numbers, not adjectives
- Keep each slide to one point. Investors skim.
- No hype language. Confidence comes from specifics.
Then, separately from the deck, tell me:
- The 3 slides an investor would push back on hardest, and exactly what they would ask
- What I need to add or prove before the meeting
- The single weakest part of this pitch, honestlyThe deck gets you the meeting. The second half of that prompt is what gets you through it.
Start tonight. Run prompt 1 on the deck you have been putting off. Answer the five questions. Download the file.
While everyone else spends an afternoon dragging text boxes around, you will have the finished file open in front of you.
🚨 Reply "BIZ" and I will send you my 30-prompt business pack. The prompts that get customers, close sales, and run the boring parts for you. Copy, paste, get a real result tonight.
Cheers,
Matas Jonaitis
Founder, DailyChatGPT (@dailyprompter)
