deck-outline-first
Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken decks while they're still bullet points. Use when asked start this presentation, structure my deck, why does my deck feel like a data tour, or get sign-off before I build slides. Produces the headline outline, the per-slide evidence notes, the skim test result, and the build rules.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Deck Outline First Skill Decks built slide-first inherit the tool's failure mode: hours of formatting sunk into slides whose *argument* was never designed, discovered broken in rehearsal (or worse, in the room). The outline-first discipline is [outline-before-prose](../outline-before-prose/SKILL.md) for the slide medium: every slide is one **headline sentence** — a claim, not a topic ("Churn concentrates in month two" not "Churn Analysis") — the headlines read in sequence as the complete argument, and the skim test (read only the headlines — does the case hold?) runs before any slideware opens. Slides then become evidence for their headlines, which is all slides were ever supposed to be. ## What This Skill Produces - **The header** — audience, the decision/ask, the time slot (which caps the slide count) - **The headline outline** — one claim-sentence per slide, in argument order - **The evidence notes** — per slide: what will carry the claim (the chart, the number, the quote — noted, not built) - **The skim test + build rules** — the headlines-only read-through, and the rules that keep the build faithful ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The deck's job** — wha
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Outline Rules
- Output Format
- The Headlines (in order)
- The Skim Test
- Review + Build Rules
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the deck-outline-first skill do?
Outline a deck as headline sentences before opening the slide tool — each slide a claim that reads as an argument top to bottom, the audience-and-ask header, and the skim test that catches broken decks while they're still bullet points. Use when asked start this presentation, structure my deck, why does my deck feel like a data tour, or get sign-off before I build slides. Produces the headline outline, the per-slide evidence notes, the skim test result, and the build rules.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill deck-outline-first --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.