How to build a deck and a presenter view with an AI assistant
How to go from a rough outline to slides plus a private presenter view in one evening, using an AI coding assistant instead of a slide editor.
Short answer
- Most of the time in a slide editor goes to dragging boxes, not to thinking.
- If your slides are code, an AI assistant can build both the audience view and your private presenter view.
- You keep your notes, your timer and your next slide preview on your own screen while the room sees only the deck.
Why the slide editor is the slow part
A normal deck takes days for the wrong reason. The thinking is done in the first hour. The rest is alignment, fonts, and retyping your script into small note boxes that you can barely read while presenting.
When the deck is a file the assistant can edit, changing the story means changing text, not moving shapes.
What a presenter view needs
- Your notes for the current slide, in a size you can actually read.
- A preview of the next slide so you can land the transition.
- A timer, so you know if you are running long.
- Two windows that stay in sync, one for the room and one for you.
The workflow
Give the assistant your outline and your talk track. Ask for one slide per idea, and keep the speaker notes in the same file as the slide. Then run it, present into a wall, and fix the two or three slides that do not survive a real rehearsal.
This is exactly what I packaged as Present, a free folder you hand to your AI assistant so it builds the deck and the presenter view for you.
Common questions
Do I need to be a developer for this?
No. You hand a folder of instructions to your AI assistant and answer its questions. The assistant does the setup.
Can I still export it or present offline?
Yes. It runs locally in your browser, so you are not depending on a live connection while you speak.