pitch-deck-builder

name	pitch-deck-builder
description	Transform rough ideas, bullet points, or text outlines into professional PowerPoint pitch decks. Create investor presentations, sales decks, or business proposals with proper structure and design. Use when the user mentions pitch deck, investor presentation, PowerPoint from notes, startup pitch, or wants to create slides from ideas.

Pitch Deck Builder

What This Skill Does

This skill transforms rough notes, bullet points, or text outlines into polished PowerPoint presentations suitable for investor pitches, sales presentations, or business proposals. It automatically structures content into standard pitch deck format with professional layouts and design elements.

When to Use

Invoke this skill when the user:

• Mentions creating a pitch deck or investor presentation
• Has rough notes or ideas they want turned into slides
• Asks for help creating a PowerPoint presentation
• Needs a startup pitch, sales deck, or business proposal
• Wants to convert text outline into professional slides
• Mentions Y Combinator, investors, pitch, funding, or presentations

How It Works

Step 1: Parse Input and Structure Content

# Read the input file containing rough notes/outline
with open('startup_outline.txt', 'r') as f:
    content = f.read()

# Standard pitch deck structure
deck_structure = [
    'Title Slide',
    'Problem',
    'Solution',
    'Product/Demo',
    'Market Size',
    'Business Model',
    'Traction',
    'Competition',
    'Team',
    'Financial Projections',
    'Ask/Closing'
]

Step 2: Create PowerPoint with python-pptx

from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches, Pt
from pptx.enum.text import PP_ALIGN
from pptx.dml.color import RGBColor

# Create presentation
prs = Presentation()
prs.slide_width = Inches(10)
prs.slide_height = Inches(7.5)

# Define color scheme (professional blue)
PRIMARY_COLOR = RGBColor(31, 71, 136)  # Dark blue
SECONDARY_COLOR = RGBColor(79, 129, 189)  # Medium blue
ACCENT_COLOR = RGBColor(155, 187, 89)  # Green
TEXT_COLOR = RGBColor(51, 51, 51)  # Dark gray

# === SLIDE 1: TITLE ===
slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[6])  # Blank layout

# Add background color
background = slide.background
fill = background.fill
fill.solid()
fill.fore_color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

# Company name
title_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1), Inches(2.5), Inches(8), Inches(1))
title_frame = title_box.text_frame
title_frame.text = "YourStartup"
title_para = title_frame.paragraphs[0]
title_para.font.size = Pt(60)
title_para.font.bold = True
title_para.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(255, 255, 255)
title_para.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER

# Tagline
subtitle_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(), Inches(), Inches(), Inches())
subtitle_frame = subtitle_box.text_frame
subtitle_frame.text = 
subtitle_para = subtitle_frame.paragraphs[]
subtitle_para.font.size = Pt()
subtitle_para.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )
subtitle_para.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])  
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

content = slide.placeholders[]
tf = content.text_frame
tf.text = 


 point  [
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.level = 
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

content = slide.placeholders[]
tf = content.text_frame
tf.text = 

 point  [
    ,
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.level = 
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR


left = Inches()
top = Inches()
width = Inches()
height = Inches()
txBox = slide.shapes.add_textbox(left, top, width, height)
tf = txBox.text_frame
tf.text = 
tf.paragraphs[].alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER
tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
tf.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR


left_start = Inches()
top_start = Inches()
box_width = Inches()
box_height = Inches()
spacing = Inches()

markets = [
    (, , ),
    (, , ),
    (, , )
]

 idx, (label, value, description)  (markets):
    left = left_start + idx * (box_width + spacing)

    
    shape = slide.shapes.add_shape(
        ,  
        left, top_start, box_width, box_height
    )
    shape.fill.solid()
    shape.fill.fore_color.rgb = SECONDARY_COLOR  idx ==   (ACCENT_COLOR  idx ==   PRIMARY_COLOR)
    shape.line.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )

    
    tf = shape.text_frame
    tf.text = 
    tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
    tf.paragraphs[].font.bold = 
    tf.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )
    tf.paragraphs[].alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER

    
    desc_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(left, top_start + box_height + Inches(), box_width, Inches())
    desc_tf = desc_box.text_frame
    desc_tf.text = description
    desc_tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
    desc_tf.paragraphs[].alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

content = slide.placeholders[]
tf = content.text_frame
tf.text = 

 point  [
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.level = 
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

content = slide.placeholders[]
tf = content.text_frame
tf.text = 

 point  [
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.level = 
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])  
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR


comp_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(), Inches(), Inches(), Inches())
tf = comp_box.text_frame
tf.text = 
tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()

 point  [
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = 
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
title.text_frame.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = PRIMARY_COLOR

content = slide.placeholders[]
tf = content.text_frame
tf.text = 

 point  [
    ,
    ,
    ,
    
]:
    p = tf.add_paragraph()
    p.text = point
    p.level = 
    p.font.size = Pt()


slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[])  


background = slide.background
fill = background.fill
fill.solid()
fill.fore_color.rgb = ACCENT_COLOR


ask_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(), Inches(), Inches(), Inches())
tf = ask_box.text_frame
tf.text = 
tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
tf.paragraphs[].font.bold = 
tf.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )
tf.paragraphs[].alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER


use_box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(), Inches(), Inches(), Inches())
tf = use_box.text_frame
tf.text = 
tf.paragraphs[].font.size = Pt()
tf.paragraphs[].font.color.rgb = RGBColor(, , )
tf.paragraphs[].alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER


prs.save()
()

Required Libraries

• python-pptx

Example Usage

User prompt: "Create a 10-slide investor pitch deck from these notes about my AI SaaS startup"

Claude will:

1. Read the user's rough notes/outline
2. Extract key information (problem, solution, market, etc.)
3. Structure content into standard pitch deck format
4. Create professional PowerPoint with:
   • Title slide with company name
   • Problem slide highlighting pain points
   • Solution slide with key benefits
   • Product/demo placeholder
   • Market opportunity (TAM/SAM/SOM)
   • Business model and pricing
   • Traction and metrics
   • Competitive landscape
   • Team overview
   • Funding ask and use of funds
5. Apply professional design with consistent colors and fonts
6. Output ready-to-present .pptx file

Output files:

• pitch_deck.pptx - Complete 10-slide presentation

Tips for Best Results

• Provide clear information about your:
  • Problem and solution
  • Target market and size
  • Business model and pricing
  • Current traction (users, revenue, growth)
  • Team background
  • Funding ask
• The more details you provide, the more customized the deck
• Claude will use industry-standard pitch deck structure
• You can request specific slides to be added or modified
• Works for: investor pitches, sales decks, product presentations, business proposals

Customization Options

Users can request:

• Different color schemes (corporate, tech, creative)
• More or fewer slides
• Specific slide types (timeline, roadmap, financial projections)
• Industry-specific templates (B2B SaaS, consumer apps, hardware, etc.)
• Speaker notes for each slide