The workflow

open-slide is built around a tight three-step loop.

01 · Init

npx @open-slide/cli init my-deck

One command spins up slides/, open-slide.config.ts, the agent skills, and a hot-reloading dev server. No templates, no themes, no assumptions.

02 · Author

Open the workspace in your agent. Skills are pre-installed:

• /create-slide — drafts a deck end-to-end. Asks four scoping questions (topic & aesthetic, page count, density, motion vs. static), picks an id, plans the structure, writes the pages.
• /slide-authoring — the technical reference the agent reads before writing. Canvas rules, type scale, palette, layout do's and don'ts.

03 · Iterate

In the dev server:

1. Toggle inspect.
2. Click an element to tweak its text, font, weight, colour, or src.
3. Drop a @slide-comment for anything visual you can describe but don't want to type.
4. Save. Edits lands as a single HMR write.
5. /apply-comments — the agent rewrites exactly what you flagged and clears the markers.

Repeat until the deck looks right.

present  →  click to comment  →  /apply-comments  →  repeat