Board update deck drafted in one session

VC-backed founders (Seed through Series B) who run quarterly board meetings and own the full prep process themselves · Assemble in ~10 min; first deck draft in <45 min once inputs are staged.

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step 1connector

Stage raw inputs

⚡ bring your own tool

step 2ready

Extract and parse PPTX content

pptx

step 3ready

Build the board narrative spine

board-deck-narrative14 alts

step 4ready

Assemble multi-role board deck draft

board-deck-builder

step 5ready

Strip AI-isms from the narrative

avoid-ai-writing

step 6ready

Adversarial board prep — hard-question anticipation

board-prep

step 7ready

Export final deck to PPTX

pptx

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What you get

▸15-slide board update deck draft with slide-by-slide content and speaker notes (Markdown + PPTX export)
▸Voice-cleaned narrative stripped of AI-isms, written in founder voice
▸Hard-question prep sheet — anticipated board challenges with prepared answers
▸Prior-deck delta summary — what changed vs. last quarter and why

tools: No paid data tools required — all inputs are files you already own

tokens: ~$2-5 per full deck run (4-5 long-context skill invocations on a 15-slide deck)

≈ $3-10/mo if run quarterly; negligible at one session per quarter

What stays yours

· Apply brand template and adjust visual layout in Google Slides, Keynote, or PowerPoint before sharing with the board
· Validate all metrics in the draft against the source data — the AI can misread or misformat numbers from unstructured exports
· Own the narrative judgment: approve or rewrite the framing of any challenge, miss, or ask before it goes to your board

✓ Last verified 2026-06-11claude-sonnet-4-6 (subagent, test-mode fixtures)

✓ step 1 · Stage raw inputs

✓ step 2 · Extract and parse PPTX content

✓ step 3 · Build the board narrative spine

✓ step 4 · Assemble multi-role board deck draft

✓ step 5 · Strip AI-isms from the narrative

✓ step 6 · Adversarial board prep — hard-question anticipation

✓ step 7 · Export final deck to PPTX

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step 2 · Extract and parse PPTX content

# Prior Deck Content — Parsed & Structured
## Source: Q1 2026 Board Update Deck (Nexus AI, Inc.)
## Extracted for pipeline use by: pptx skill

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## Deck Metadata

| Field        | Value                         |
|--------------|-------------------------------|
| Company      | Nexus AI, Inc.                |
| Period       | Q1 2026 (Jan–Mar)             |
| Presented    | April 2, 2026                 |
| Presenter    | Elena Vasquez, CEO            |
| Total Slides | 10 (+ appendix)               |
| Format       | PPTX → text extraction        |

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## Slide-by-Slide Content Inventory
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step 3 · Build the board narrative spine

# Board Narrative Spine — Q2 2026 Board Update
## Nexus AI, Inc. | June 2026
## Produced by: board-deck-narrative skill

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## Framing Principle

Lead with retention proof, then surface the miss clearly, then show the GA launch unlocking the next chapter. The runway number appears in its proper place — financials — spoken plainly. The Series A ask is the close. Every slide earns trust before making a request.

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## Slide-by-Slide Narrative Structure (15 slides)

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### SLIDE 1 — Cover
**Purpose:** Set tone and context
**Narrative intent:** Signal professionalism; make the date and compa…

step 4 · Assemble multi-role board deck draft

# Q2 2026 Board Update — Full Draft
## Nexus AI, Inc. | July 8, 2026 | Confidential
## Assembled by: board-deck-builder skill (CFO / CTO / CMO perspective integration)

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## SLIDE 1 — Cover

**Q2 2026 Board Update**
Nexus AI, Inc. — Confidential
July 8, 2026

Elena Vasquez, CEO
Board of Directors — Quarterly Update

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## SLIDE 2 — Quarter in Three Lines

**What happened in Q2:**

- **ARR $2.74M** (+31% QoQ) — missed $3.0M plan by $260K; Cobalt Enterprises ($150K ACV) is in customer legal review, not lost; expected close June 30
- **NRR 121%** — Forma Group, Celaris, and Onden D…

The problem

When I have a board meeting in two weeks, I want an AI to ingest my KPI data, last quarter's deck, and my bullet-point notes and produce a draft 15-slide board update, so that I stop spending 6-10 hours assembling slides and can spend that time on the actual narrative.

Cybernetic layers

Memorybyo

Quarter-over-quarter context (metric trends, prior board decisions, open action items) lives in the founder's notes and prior deck files — not in a persistent agent memory store. Bring those inputs to step 1. A recurring context file in Notion or local markdown is the practical substitute.

Background / schedulingbyo

This is a batch session job, not a continuous loop. No background scheduling needed. Run 10-14 days before the board meeting. A calendar reminder or a Claude Code cron is sufficient to trigger the run.

Harnessready

Claude Code is the runtime. Install board-deck-narrative (316), board-deck-builder (1598), avoid-ai-writing (978), board-prep (1601), and pptx (1254) into ~/.claude/skills/ and invoke each in sequence.

Click any step to see what fills it — and the ranked alternatives you can swap in.