> ## Documentation Index
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# Generate a Presentation

> Create a full presentation deck from a text prompt. The agent handles layout, content, and design.

Describe what your presentation is about. The agent asks clarifying questions, selects the right layouts, and generates every slide.

## How to generate

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select Slides as the artifact type">
    On the home dashboard, click **Slides** from the artifact type shortcuts below the input bar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure your options">
    Before sending your prompt, set:

    * **Slide count** - 4-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20, or 21-24
    * **Theme** - Professional (data-driven) or Visual (graphics-heavy)
    * **Format** - HTML (editable elements) or Image (AI-generated images per slide)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe your presentation">
    Type what you need. Be specific about content, audience, and any data to include.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Answer the agent's questions">
    The agent asks about things you did not specify: audience, tone, specific data points, preferred structure. Answer once.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Watch it generate">
    Slides appear one by one in the side panel. The agent selects the right layout for each slide automatically.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Example prompts

<Prompt description={`Quarterly business review for a small agency`} actions={["copy"]}>
  Create a 12-slide quarterly review deck for my marketing agency, BrightPath Marketing, presenting Q2 results to our client Bright Dental (3 clinic locations). Include: title slide, Q2 performance summary (total ad spend $18,000, leads 340, cost per lead $52, new patients 95), Google Ads breakdown by clinic location (Downtown spent $7,000 got 150 leads, Westside spent $6,000 got 112 leads, Lakefront spent $5,000 got 78 leads), Meta/Instagram campaign performance with best-performing creatives, website traffic overview (sessions up 28% QoQ, bounce rate 42%), SEO progress for "dentist near me" and "teeth whitening" keywords, top 3 wins this quarter, 3 areas for improvement, recommended Q3 strategy with a proposed budget of $22,000, and a next steps slide with action items and deadlines. Professional theme, navy and teal, clean layout.
</Prompt>

<Prompt description={`Sales pitch for a local gym opening a second location`} actions={["copy"]}>
  Create a 10-slide investor pitch for CoreFit Studio, a boutique fitness studio in Austin TX expanding to a second location. Include: title slide with our tagline "Stronger starts here", the problem (Austin fitness market is oversaturated with big box gyms, no boutique options in South Austin), our solution (small group classes, personal training, community-focused), traction (450 active members, 92% monthly retention, $55K MRR, 4.9 star rating on Google with 280 reviews), market opportunity (South Austin population growth, nearest boutique gym is 8 miles away), expansion plan (lease signed at 2200 S Lamar Blvd, 3,500 sq ft, opening Q1 2026), financial projections for 2 locations over 3 years, the team (3 co-founders with bios), the ask ($180K for buildout and first 6 months operating), and a closing slide with contact info. Visual theme, energetic design, charcoal and lime green (#84CC16).
</Prompt>

<Prompt description={`Training deck for new hires at a small accounting firm`} actions={["copy"]}>
  Create a 16-slide onboarding presentation for new hires at Oakridge Accounting. Cover: welcome slide with our logo placeholder and firm values, company overview (founded 2018, 12 employees, serving 400+ small business clients in Denver metro), our services (tax prep, bookkeeping, payroll, advisory), team structure and who to go to for what, client communication standards (response time expectations, email templates, phone etiquette), our tech stack (QuickBooks Online, Gusto for payroll, TaxDome for client portal, Slack for internal), daily workflow and task management process, tax season procedures and deadlines, quality review checklist before sending anything to a client, data security and confidentiality policies, PTO and benefits overview, FAQ from past new hires, and a final slide with key contacts and helpful links. Professional theme, clean and corporate, navy and white.
</Prompt>

## Using templates

If you have an existing presentation style you want to follow, import it as a template.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Import your file">
    Upload a PPTX, PPT, KEY (Keynote), or ODP (OpenOffice) file. The agent converts the slides into template reference images.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Browse templates">
    The agent shows you a visual gallery of available templates. Select the one you want to use as a design reference.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate with template">
    The agent uses your selected template as a style guide for the new presentation. Your content, their design.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  Inspirations are reference images only. The agent uses them for design guidance but generates new content. You cannot edit the template itself.
</Info>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card icon="pen-to-square" href="/edit-slides-html-format" title="Edit slides (HTML format)">
    Click and edit text, drag elements, and resize directly.
  </Card>

  <Card icon="image" href="/edit-slides-image-format" title="Edit slides (Image format)">
    Use text detection and mark & edit for image-format slides.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>