Consultant drafts slide text in Markdown, then has Claude build branded HTML decks

What they did

They converted their brand guidelines, and any fixed templated document, into skills. Claude first writes each slide's content as plain Markdown files, which they review and correct by hand. Then they apply the brand skill and ask for a horizontal-scrolling HTML presentation at standard slide size that exports to PDF.

How it went

They say Claude "does really beautiful work" with HTML decks; the exported PDFs go to clients and they "stopped using PPT altogether." Teammates who need changes give the HTML file to Claude and ask it to edit.

Worth knowing

• Other people in the thread say they haven't gotten client-ready slides from Claude, and the original poster mentions high token costs when using Skills. This setup skips editable PowerPoint files, which some clients expect.
• Price check: Claude: free plan; Pro: US$20/month, or US$17/month on a yearly plan (US$200/year) (checked Nov 1, 2026).

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Try it yourself

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Write the content for each slide of this deck as plain Markdown, one file section per slide, with a title that states the point and no more than four supporting lines. Don't design anything yet. Source material: [notes].

More people who did this

• u/wiseguyry (Reddit, Jul 10, 2026): Keeps a folder of Claude skills and templates with a master skill; in Claude Code they add that folder plus the client's folder and let it pick which skills to use for the deliverables.

Original post

See u/coolreddy's original post on Reddit → (Jul 11, 2026)