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Two guides under one roof. Use AI to write decks & edit text, or set up the CLI for full local control.

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Prompting ChatGPT & Claude

Ask your favorite AI to write your slides in deckhost markdown format. The syntax is so simple it works on the first try. Copy any of the prompts below into ChatGPT, Claude, or your favorite assistant.

Pitch deck

"Write a 10-slide pitch deck for an EV charging startup in deckhost markdown format. Include: title slide, problem, market size, our solution, traction so far, business model, team, ask. Use --- between slides and ^^^ to reveal bullet points one at a time."

Team training

"Create a 5-slide internal training on customer support tone-of-voice in deckhost markdown. Include real example phrases. Use a colored background (::: #1a1a2e), animate bullets with ^^^, and highlight the most important word in each example using **>>red**word**>>**."

Quarterly review

"Write a 7-slide Q3 board update in deckhost markdown: revenue, product launches, hiring, lessons learned, and what's next. Use a clean gradient background, animate every list, and end with a "Thank you, questions?" slide."

Lecture / workshop

"Make a 12-slide intro-to-machine-learning lecture in deckhost markdown for a non-technical audience. Use $ ... $ for math, ``` for code, and step-by-step animations (^^^). Add a definition list (Term\n: Explanation) for key concepts."

Click any prompt to select it, then paste into your AI of choice.
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Writing Slides 101

The AI gives you a text file. Editing it is no harder than writing an email. Three things to know:

Title

Lines that start with # become big slide headings.

Bullets

Lines that start with - become bullet points.

New slide

Triple-dash --- on its own line starts a new slide.

my-deck.md · a complete 2-slide deck Try copying this 
# Welcome to My Talk

This is the title slide.

---

## The Problem

- Users are frustrated
- Tools are slow
- We can do better
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Simple Animations

Make bullets appear one-by-one as you press the spacebar. Add a small symbol after the bullet: 

## Key Metrics

- ^^^ Revenue grew 42% year-over-year
- ^^^ Customer base doubled
- ^^^ Net retention hit 130%

Animation cheat sheet

^^^ Fade up
vvv Fade down
---> Fade right
<--- Fade left
+++ Grow
~~~ Strikethrough
>> Basic fade-in
>>red Red highlight
>>green Green highlight
::: #hex Slide background
$x$ LaTeX math (inline)
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Publishing

Save your file, publish it, share the link. Your audience opens it in a browser โ€” no downloads, no software.

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Save as .md

Save your AI's response in any text editor. The filename ends in .md.

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Publish to deckhost.com

Drop your file into the editor at deckhost.com. Free accounts get 5 published decks.

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