Demo Deck - Bold Signal Preset

Design quality is a system, not a prompt

How DeckForge turns any coding agent into a production-quality presentation builder with 1195 lines of structured workflow.

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The workflow footprint
1,195

lines of structured rules that prevent AI slop before it happens

SKILL.md alone - plus 837 lines of theme CSS and a PPTX exporter
What prompt templates get wrong

A prompt cannot enforce design discipline

  • No color theory: prompts produce decks with broken contrast, clashing accents, and no harmony scheme
  • No rhythm rules: five identical-weight slides in a row, audience fatigue by slide 6
  • No canvas math: text overflows, font sizes shrink to fit, content disappears under overflow:hidden
Two approaches to deck generation

Prompt template vs structured workflow

Prompt template

  • One-shot generation, no phases
  • Color is "pick something nice"
  • Layout is improvised per slide
  • No contrast or readability checks
  • No self-check before delivery
  • Output quality: luck-dependent

DeckForge workflow

  • 6 phases: brief, structure, outline, HTML, polish, export
  • Color theory: 60-30-10, harmony, contrast, saturation
  • 10 editorial layout types, page rhythm rules
  • WCAG 4.5:1 contrast enforced at generation
  • 8-point self-check checklist before delivery
  • Output quality: system-dependent, repeatable
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So what does a structured workflow actually look like in practice?

The 6-phase pipeline

Each phase has hard rules and a gate

Phase 0

Brief

Audience, arc, ask, success definition

Phase 1

Structure

Pyramid Principle, assertion headings

Phase 2

Outline

Page type taxonomy, slide types, rhythm

Phase 3

HTML

Canvas scale, viewport fit, budget math

Phase 4

Images

7 named roles, chart anti-patterns

Phase 5-6

Polish + Export

AI tells check, PPTX, PDF delivery

Every slide must have a title that tells the audience what to think, not what the slide is about. If the heading is a topic label, the slide has no point.
DeckForge SKILL.md - Assertion-Evidence Principle
Color theory baked in

31 themes, each with validated color theory

Cobalt Grid

Monochromatic - Cool

Bold Signal

Split-complementary - Warm

Kami Editorial

Neutral + accent - Warm

Deep Space

Analogous - Cool

Paper & Ink

Neutral + accent - Warm

Swiss Modern

Neutral + accent - Neutral

Soft Pastel

Triadic - Warm (soft)

8-Bit Orbit

Complementary - Cool (retro)

Try it now

Stop prompting. Start shipping decks.

Clone the repo, point your agent at SKILL.md, and generate a production-quality deck in minutes. 31 themes, color theory validation, PPTX export. No API keys.

git clone deckforge