better-slideslisted
Install: claude install-skill hanley-tech/better-slides
# better-slides
Build presentations as ONE portable, self-contained `.html` file that **performs**: fixed
1920×1080 stage scaled to any screen, big type, timed reveals, optional sound design, and a
"one more thing" finale. No build step, no framework, one fonts request.
This skill carries a point of view. It does not just lay out slides — it applies a
**speaking methodology** (find the one idea, build a hero slide, stick the landing) and a
**performance grammar** (motion + sound that serve the message). Design without a thesis is
slop; this skill refuses it.
## Core principles
1. **A deck is a performance.** Optimize for what the room feels, not for completeness.
2. **One idea, one breath.** If the talk's thesis won't fit in a breath, it isn't one idea
yet. Every deck distills to a single big idea ([playbook](playbook/speaker-playbook.md)).
3. **Huge type, few words, one visual.** If a line wouldn't be readable on a phone at arm's
length, it's too small.
4. **Build the hero slide.** Every deck needs 1–2 screenshot-worthy visuals that spread the
idea without the speaker present.
5. **Motion and sound are message, not decoration.** Every reveal and every cue earns its
place by landing a beat. Never animate for the sake of motion.
6. **Fixed 16:9 stage (NON-NEGOTIABLE).** Author at 1920×1080; scale the whole stage to the
viewport; letterbox/pillarbox. Never reflow slide content for phones.
7. **Zero dependencies.** Single HTML file (GSAP via one CDN `<script>`