---
name: slides-design-system
description: Generates presentation design systems with consistent slide templates, typography rules, and color schemes mapped to Universal Design System palettes. Use when the user asks for slide design, presentation design, or deck templates.
version: 0.4.0
triggers:
  - presentation design
  - slide design
  - slide deck
  - pitch deck
  - keynote
  - powerpoint
  - google slides
  - slide template
  - presentation template
  - deck design
  - presentation palette
  - slide layout
---

# Slides Design System — Claude Code Skill

Generate consistent presentation design systems with slide templates, typography rules for large-screen readability, data visualization colors, and animation recommendations — all driven by Universal Design System palettes.

## How This Skill Works

### Step 1: Determine Presentation Context
Classify the presentation:
- **Pitch Deck** — Startup fundraising, investor meeting
- **Product Demo** — Feature showcase, sales deck
- **Conference Talk** — Technical talk, keynote
- **Internal Report** — Team update, quarterly review
- **Educational** — Workshop, training, lecture
- **Marketing** — Brand presentation, case study

### Step 2: Select Palette
Map context to Universal Design System palette:

| Context | Palette | Reasoning |
|---------|---------|-----------|
| Startup Pitch | `gradient-startup` | Energy, bold, memorable |
| Enterprise Sales | `corporate` | Trust, professionalism |
| Tech/AI Demo | `ai-futuristic` | Innovation, cutting-edge |
| Education | `illustration` | Friendly, approachable |
| Brand/Luxury | `apple-minimal` | Premium, refined |
| Analytics Report | `dashboard` | Data-focused, clean |
| Creative Agency | `bold-lifestyle` | Bold, impactful |
| Professional Services | `minimal-corporate` | Subtle, authoritative |

### Step 3: Generate Slide Templates

#### 7 Core Slide Types

**1. Title Slide**
- Company logo (top-left or centered)
- Large headline: `--text-display-xl` equivalent (48-72pt)
- Subtitle: `--text-body-lg` equivalent (24-28pt)
- Date/presenter name: `--text-body-sm` equivalent (16-18pt)
- Background: palette primary or gradient

**2. Content Slide**
- Section title: 36-44pt, font-weight 700
- Body text: 24-28pt, font-weight 400, max 6 bullet points
- Rule: Maximum 40 words per slide
- Left-align text, generous margins (10% of slide width)

**3. Comparison Slide**
- Two-column layout with divider
- Column headers: 28-32pt bold
- Comparison items: 20-24pt
- Use brand-primary vs neutral for contrast

**4. Data/Chart Slide**
- Single chart per slide, large (70% of slide area)
- Chart title: 28-32pt
- Axis labels: 16-18pt
- Use palette chart colors (8-color distinguishable scale)
- Source citation: 14pt, bottom-right

**5. Quote Slide**
- Large quotation marks in brand-accent color
- Quote text: 32-40pt italic
- Attribution: 20-24pt, right-aligned
- Minimal background, generous whitespace

**6. Section Divider**
- Full-bleed background color (brand-primary or gradient)
- Section number: 120pt, semi-transparent
- Section title: 48-60pt, white or on-brand text
- Optional subtitle: 24pt

**7. Closing/CTA Slide**
- Clear call-to-action: 36-44pt
- Contact info or next steps: 20-24pt
- Company logo
- Social links/QR code (optional)

### Step 4: Typography Rules for Slides

| Element | Size | Weight | Line Height |
|---------|------|--------|-------------|
| Hero Title | 48-72pt | 800 | 1.1 |
| Section Title | 36-44pt | 700 | 1.2 |
| Subtitle | 28-32pt | 600 | 1.3 |
| Body Text | 24-28pt | 400 | 1.5 |
| Caption | 16-18pt | 400 | 1.4 |
| Footnote | 14pt | 400 | 1.3 |

**Rules:**
- Never go below 18pt for any projected text
- Maximum 3 font sizes per slide
- One font family for headings, one for body (from typography.csv pairings)
- Use font-weight contrast instead of size contrast where possible

### Step 5: Slide Dimensions & Safe Areas

| Format | Dimensions | Safe Margin |
|--------|-----------|-------------|
| 16:9 (standard) | 1920x1080px | 96px (5%) all sides |
| 4:3 (classic) | 1024x768px | 51px (5%) all sides |

### Animation Guidelines

| Transition | When to Use | Duration |
|-----------|-------------|----------|
| Fade | Default, between any slides | 300ms |
| Slide Left | Sequential content flow | 400ms |
| None | Data-heavy slides, formal | 0ms |
| Scale In | Emphasis reveals | 250ms |

**Rules:**
- One transition type per presentation
- Never use: spin, bounce, fly, zoom, flip
- Build animations: fade-in items one by one (60ms stagger)
- Charts: animate data points sequentially

## Example Output

### "Create a pitch deck design for an AI startup"

**Palette:** `gradient-startup` with `ai-futuristic` accents
**Typography:** Space Grotesk (headings) + Inter (body)
**Slides:** 10-12 slides for a seed pitch

1. Title — Company name + tagline + gradient background
2. Problem — Single stat or bold statement
3. Solution — Product screenshot + 3 bullet points
4. How It Works — 3-step visual flow
5. Market Size — TAM/SAM/SOM chart
6. Traction — Key metrics, growth chart
7. Business Model — Revenue streams diagram
8. Competition — 2x2 matrix
9. Team — Headshots + titles
10. The Ask — Funding amount + use of funds
11. Closing — Contact + CTA

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