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The make my slide prompt
Teach Claude the design of a deck you already like, then get fresh slides that follow it.
The one-page prompt from this issue: turn a deck you like into DESIGN.md, three checked slides and a personal slide-making skill.
The first part is open below. The download adds: the prompt, ready to paste, what to keep.
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What's inside
- What to upload, and what to take out of it first
- The five step prompt, from reading the design to packaging the skill
- What to keep at the end, and what to check before you share a deck
Stop describing your design every time
You already have a deck whose design you like. The point of this is to save that design once, in a file, so the next deck starts from it instead of from "make this look professional".
Use a deck you are allowed to upload, and take out anything private first. An editable PowerPoint is best; a PDF export helps Claude see the design. Turn on code execution and file creation in Claude before you start.
Then work in this order: read the design, write it down, test it on three fresh slides, correct those, and only then make a whole deck.
Still to come, in the download
- The prompt, ready to paste
- What to keep
Free. The link shows here and lands in your inbox. Nothing else.
Who's behind it
Matt Hertel. An engineer who has also run the company. Built and sold apps solo. Fractional CTO in startups. Every Sunday, one job start to finish, in No Manual Yet.
Every Sunday, one job start to finish. Read No Manual Yet
It goes with this issue
Issue 06 · 30 Aug 2026: We need an unsubscribe button for work.
More to take
- Make My Slide Skill helper
Let Claude walk you through it: upload a deck you like, answer a few questions, keep the skill it packages.
- The one proper job prompt
Turn the work that keeps landing back on your desk into one job AI can run, before you buy another tool.
- Rethink one process: the helper skill
Work through one chosen process with an AI assistant that asks for the missing facts before it proposes a change.