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ZHANG YICHI
ZHANG YICHI

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How I built a free, open-source library of AI slide-deck prompts (120+, by use case)

Every time I needed a deck, I'd open an AI image model and rewrite the same "make me a pitch deck" prompt from scratch — and the output was hit-or-miss. So I started saving the prompts that reliably produced good slides, and eventually organized 120+ of them by use case (pitch, QBR, research, sales, education) and visual style (minimal, dark, corporate, editorial). Every prompt has a preview image.

It's free and open-source. Here are three that consistently work:

**1. Minimal SaaS pitch deck

Create a 10-slide minimal SaaS startup pitch deck. White background, electric blue #0066FF accent. Slide 1: bold product name + one-line tagline, logo placeholder top-left. Slide 2: Problem — 3 pain points with thin line icons. Slide 3: Solution — UI mockup placeholder, 3 labeled callouts. Slide 4: Market Opportunity — TAM/SAM/SOM nested circles with $ values. Slide 5: Business Model — 3-column pricing table, recommended tier highlighted with a badge. Slide 6: Traction — MoM active users line chart, milestone markers. Slide 7: Competitive Landscape — 2x2 positioning matrix vs 4 named competitors. Slide 8: Team — 4 headshot cards, name/title/one-line bio. Slide 9: 3-Year Revenue Forecast — grouped bar chart, CAGR annotation. Slide 10: Close — full-bleed CTA, funding ask amount, contact email. Font: Inter throughout. Consistent header bar with logo + slide number on every slide. Tone: confident, data-driven, investor-ready.

Why it works: it names every slide's job (problem, solution, TAM/SAM/SOM, traction, ask) and locks one accent color + one font, so the 10 slides read as a system instead of 10 unrelated images.

**2. Dark-mode dev-tool launch keynote

Design a 12-slide dark-mode developer tool launch keynote. Background #0D0D0D, neon green #00FF87 accent. Slide 1: full-bleed hero, product name in JetBrains Mono. Slide 2: Problem — terminal-style error messages as bullet points with red # markers. Slide 3: Product reveal — large screenshot with glowing border and subtle particle effect placeholder. Slides 4-7: four feature slides, alternating code-snippet left / result screenshot right layout. Slide 8: Architecture diagram — dark nodes, luminous connecting arrows, system labels in monospace. Slide 9: Benchmark bar chart — dark bg, green bars vs grey competitor bars. Slide 10: Pricing — 3 dark tier cards, Pro highlighted. Slide 11: GitHub star + Discord join CTA. Slide 12: Launch date countdown closer, full-screen gradient. Font: JetBrains Mono for code elements, Inter for prose. Tone: authoritative, technical, exciting.

Why it works: the alternating code-left / screenshot-right rhythm and a single neon accent give it a real keynote cadence; monospace for code vs. Inter for prose keeps hierarchy clean.

**3. Marketing QBR

Build a 14-slide Marketing Quarterly Business Review (QBR) deck. Corporate style: white background, bold teal #00BFA5 accents, dark grey header bars. Slide 1: Executive Summary — 6-KPI dashboard cards (MQL, SQL, CAC, LTV, Revenue, NPS). Slide 2: Channel Performance — heat map table, red/amber/green coding. Slide 3: Campaign ROI table sortable by spend. Slide 4: SEO & Organic Traffic — waterfall chart showing channel contributions. Slide 5: Social Media Engagement — dual-axis trend chart (reach vs. engagement rate). Slide 6: Paid Ads — ROAS by channel stacked horizontal bar. Slide 7: Email Funnel — conversion funnel diagram. Slide 8: Competitive Share-of-Voice — pie chart comparison. Slide 9: Wins & Learnings — 2-column table. Slides 10-11: Next Quarter OKRs with quarterly milestone timeline. Slide 12: Budget Request — waterfall bar. Slide 13: Team Highlights. Slide 14: Appendix placeholder. Font: Helvetica Neue. Tone: data-driven, executive-ready.

Why it works: it front-loads a 6-KPI executive summary and assigns a specific chart type per slide (heat-map, waterfall, funnel, stacked bar), which is what makes a review deck feel data-driven instead of decorative.

How to use: copy any prompt → paste into your image model or SurgePix → generate → then edit (swap a chart, retitle a slide, recolor all 12 to match) rather than regenerating and hoping.

Browse the full library (120+, with previews)

Source (open, MIT): github.com/SurgePix/ai-ppt-prompts

Contributions welcome — open a PR with a prompt + its output.

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