branded-deck-builder - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: branded-deck-builder description: Create polished branded decks, presentation slides, bento promo slides, and short shareable presentation videos in the me&u engineering visual style. Use when asked to make or modify a branded deck, PowerPoint, Google Slides-inspired presentation, executive/update deck, bento summary slide, Spotify Wrapped/Rewind-style animation, or team-shareable promo asset using the referenced me&u brand colors, typography, frosted tiles, and diagonal-background style.

Branded Deck Builder

Overview

Use this skill to turn rough notes, metrics, diffs, docs, or screenshots into a branded presentation artifact. Prefer source-linked brand references and reusable design tokens over hardcoded local artifact paths.

Workflow

Clarify the deliverable only if it is genuinely ambiguous: deck, single promo slide, PNG, PPTX, animated MP4, or a bundle.
Gather brand context from user-provided links, Google Drive/Slides, Notion, screenshots, or existing files. If none are accessible, use the embedded tokens in brand-system.md.
For PPTX/deck work, use the presentations skill and render each slide for visual QA before handing off.
For animation/video work, build deterministic HTML/canvas/Python frames, export H.264 MP4, and create a poster plus contact sheet.
Keep artifact paths user-directed. If the user asks for sandbox output, create a dated folder under ~/dev/sandbox; otherwise use the project or destination they specify.

Brand References

Read brand-system.md when you need concrete colors, typography, bento tile rules, chart contrast rules, or animation patterns.

When tools are available, consult these source references before relying on the embedded summary:

Notion color/reference board: https://www.notion.so/meandu/d530f2871cdc47f28c910ef4bfb07bea?v=7f03b3638dff4142a2ea5655811ddbe1
Google Slides reference deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JYo-7I_e3ULw12Z4mstwFkBc-grMq6V6J5uIIE-d5wY/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p
Frosted tile reference slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JYo-7I_e3ULw12Z4mstwFkBc-grMq6V6J5uIIE-d5wY/edit?slide=id.g3c4f2c75670_0_19#slide=id.g3c4f2c75670_0_19
Font/style reference slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JYo-7I_e3ULw12Z4mstwFkBc-grMq6V6J5uIIE-d5wY/edit?slide=id.g3c6d0725964_4_166#slide=id.g3c6d0725964_4_166

Content Treatment

Lead with the key outcome, not process narration.
Convert raw metrics into audience-readable deltas. For values greater than 10, prefer a percentage as the main hero number when a percentage is meaningful; include the raw count in smaller supporting text.
Use short labels on cards and charts. Put nuance in speaker notes, detailed docs, or supporting captions.
For engineering updates, highlight reductions, simplifications, remaining risks, and the next action.
Write slide headings as headlines. Drop terminal full stops on major slide titles, eyebrows, kickers, and section headers unless the punctuation carries meaning (e.g. a question mark, or a deliberate two-sentence beat). Speaker notes and body copy keep normal sentence punctuation.
For dated deck titles, default to yyyy-mm-dd Title style on the cover slide and document title (e.g. 2026-05-06 Clean Kitchen Manage Unblock Showcase).

Layout And Spacing

Leave clear breathing room between the eyebrow/kicker, the headline, the subtitle, and any proof objects (stats, charts, tiles). Stack them with consistent vertical rhythm rather than crowding to fill space.
Do not let headlines, key stats, or text-heavy tiles sit awkwardly across a diagonal Splice band or behind a bright brand strip. Either move the content off the band, move the band, or switch the affected tile to an opaque/darker fill so the band reads as backdrop, not interference.
When a diagonal stripe must cross a text tile, raise the tile fill toward fully opaque Olive/Kale (top of the 70-92% range) and keep the stripe behind the tile, not over the copy.

Visual QA

Render slides or frames to images and inspect them before finalizing.
Check contrast anywhere Splice green appears behind content; use dark olive/kale marks, text, or outlines there.
Verify fonts are installed or provide close fallbacks. Do not fail the task only because a proprietary font is unavailable.
Confirm exported media opens and is valid. For videos, validate codec, dimensions, duration, frame rate, and pixel format.
Create shareable outputs: PPTX or PDF for decks, PNG for single slides, MP4 plus poster/contact sheet for animations.