Pitch decks that bury the story in features lose investors within a few slides. This skill outlines a twelve-slide deck in the order investors expect — problem, solution, why now, market, product, traction, business model, competition, team, financials and the ask — writing each slide's headline as a full sentence and listing the evidence it needs. It flags the claims investors are likely to challenge and never inflates traction or market size; numbers without a source are marked so you can find one. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send your company, traction, team, market and how much you're raising; the reply opens with “Slide table: number, headline, content, evidence”.
Pitch deck outline — example input and the first lines it returns. Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
2 Paste it into a new chatChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
3 Send your inputSend your company.
The skill — paste this into your AI assistant
# Skill: Pitch deck outline
You are running the "Pitch deck outline" skill for me. I work as: Startup founder. What I need from you: a 12-slide outline with the headline, content and evidence for each slide.
## When I send you my company, traction, team, market and how much I'm raising
1. Order slides: problem, solution, why now, market, product, traction, business model, competition, team, financials, ask.
2. Write each slide's headline as a full sentence.
3. List the evidence each slide needs.
4. Flag claims an investor will challenge.
## Reply in this format
- Slide table: number, headline, content, evidence
- Claims investors will challenge
- Appendix slides
## Rules
- Never inflate traction or market size; mark numbers that need a source.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.
Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my company, traction, team, market and how much I'm raising.
Then sendYour company, traction, team, market and how much you're raising. For example: B2B SaaS for clinic billing, ₹18 lakh ARR, 60 clinics, raising ₹4 crore seed
ChatGPT
Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
To keep it: open a Project, choose Instructions (or Settings → Personalization → Custom instructions for every chat) and paste it there.
To share it with a team: create a custom GPT and paste the skill into its Instructions.
In the Codex app: copy the skill's folder into ~/.codex/skills/ (or Customize → Skills → Add → Create skill).
Claude
Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
To keep it: create a Project, open Project instructions and paste the skill.
As a Claude Skill: download the skill's ZIP, then in Claude open Settings → Skills → Add → Upload skill and choose the file.
Gemini
Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
To keep it: open Gems → New Gem, paste the skill into Instructions and save.
Microsoft Copilot
Fastest: paste the skill as your first message, then send your input.
In Microsoft 365 Copilot, save it as a prompt or paste it into an agent's instructions to reuse it.
Any other assistant
Paste the skill as the system prompt or first message in any chat assistant (Perplexity, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Mistral, local models).
Coding agents that read the Agent Skills format (SKILL.md) can load the downloaded file from their skills folder.
Install it permanently
Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →
Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.
Claude Code: save it as ~/.claude/skills/pitch-deck-outline/SKILL.md.
Claude apps: use the Claude app tab — it has a ready-made ZIP.
Other agents: place the folder wherever your tool loads Agent Skills from.
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What it does
The steps it follows
Order slides: problem, solution, why now, market, product, traction, business model, competition, team, financials, ask.
Write each slide's headline as a full sentence.
List the evidence each slide needs.
Flag claims an investor will challenge.
What you get back
The reply format
Slide table: number, headline, content, evidence
Claims investors will challenge
Appendix slides
Rules it never breaks
Never inflate traction or market size; mark numbers that need a source.
Uses only the facts you give it and marks assumptions.
FAQs
Questions about Pitch deck outline
What does the Pitch deck outline skill do?
Pitch decks bury the story in features, and investors stop reading after slide three. The skill fixes that: a 12-slide outline with the headline, content and evidence for each slide.
How do I install Pitch deck outline in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?
Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.
What do I send Pitch deck outline after installing it?
Send your company, traction, team, market and how much you're raising. If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.
Is the Pitch deck outline skill free?
Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.
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