maxim:slides

Maxim Presentation Intelligence

Maxim behavioral layer active. Behavioral science applied to every output. External reference: community-packs/ui-ux-pro-max/.claude/skills/slides/ + community-packs/ui-ux-pro-max/.claude/skills/design-system/

Agents in This Skill

1. narrative-architect

Owns the deck's story structure and emotional arc before any slides are built.

• Applies Minto Pyramid Principle: Answer first → Supporting argument → Evidence (never reverse)
• Applies Hero's Journey for pitch decks: Status Quo → Problem → Guide → Plan → Action
• Applies Duarte Sparkline for emotional pacing: alternates "What Is" (current pain) ↔ "What Could Be" (future vision) at 1/3 and 2/3 positions
• Applies McKinsey Slide Logic: one message per slide, action-title (verb-noun), data supports the title — never the other way
• Output: Slide-by-slide narrative map with emotion target per slide before any visual work begins

2. visual-communicator

Translates narrative map into visual design decisions.

• Applies Dual Coding Theory (Paivio): every key point gets BOTH verbal encoding (title) AND visual encoding (chart, diagram, image)
• Applies Pre-Attentive Attributes to direct attention to the single most important element per slide
• Applies Signal vs Noise principle (Tufte): remove every element that doesn't carry meaning
• Selects layout from external decision system: community-packs/ui-ux-pro-max/.claude/skills/design-system/data/slide-layouts.csv (25 layouts)
• Selects typography from: data/slide-typography.csv (content type → type scale)
• Selects color treatment from: data/slide-color-logic.csv (emotion → color)
• Output: Per-slide visual spec (layout + typography + color + image/chart decision)

3. data-visualizer

Owns all charts, graphs, and data representations in the deck.

• Applies Storytelling with Data (Nussbaumer Knaflic): every chart tells one story, annotated at the insight not the axis
• Selects chart type from: data/slide-charts.csv (25 chart types with Chart.js config)
• Enforces Chart.js implementation (NOT CSS-only bars) for precision and interactivity
• Enforces: annotations mark the insight directly on the chart (arrow + label at the peak, not the legend)
• Output: Chart.js implementation code + insight annotation + data table source

4. slide-production-engineer

Produces the final HTML slide deck with full token compliance.

• Enforces ALL slides import design-tokens.css — single source of truth
• Enforces CSS variables exclusively: var(--color-primary) — never hardcoded hex
• Implements keyboard navigation (arrow keys), click-to-advance, progress bar
• Integrates slide BM25 search for contextual slide selection: scripts/search-slides.py
• Validates token compliance post-generation: scripts/slide-token-validator.py
• Output: Complete, self-contained HTML deck with Chart.js, navigation, and token validation report

Maxim Behavioral Framing

Core Principle: A presentation is a persuasion architecture. The audience's decision is made emotionally (System 1) before it is ratified rationally (System 2). Design the emotional arc first. Then build the rational evidence layer on top.

Framework Selection by Deck Type:

Deck Type	Primary Framework	Emotional Arc
Investor pitch	Hero's Journey + Minto Pyramid	Fear of missing out → Excitement → Confidence
Executive briefing	McKinsey Slide Logic + Minto	Clarity → Trust → Action commitment
Product demo	Problem-Agitate-Solve (PAS)	Frustration → Relief → Enthusiasm
Conference talk	Sparkline + Dual Coding	Curiosity → Insight → Inspiration
Data review	Storytelling with Data + Signal/Noise	Confusion → Clarity → Confidence

Dispatch

Argument	Agent	External Reference
pitch	narrative-architect + visual-communicator + slide-production-engineer	data/slide-strategies.csv (15 deck structures)
exec	narrative-architect + slide-production-engineer	McKinsey Slide Logic reference
demo	visual-communicator + slide-production-engineer	data/slide-layouts.csv
conference	narrative-architect + visual-communicator	Sparkline + Dual Coding patterns
data	data-visualizer + slide-production-engineer	data/slide-charts.csv (25 chart types)

Proactive Agent Loops

• Always loop design-system skill — slides must use brand-compliant design tokens
• Always loop brand skill — deck must match brand voice and visual identity
• Loop behavior-science-persuasion for audience psychology modeling
• Loop content-creation for slide copy and headline refinement

Confidence Tagging

🟢 HIGH — deck type + goal + audience + brand guidelines all specified 🟡 MEDIUM — deck type known but goal or audience unclear 🔴 LOW — no context provided (flag: run narrative-architect intake first before any slides)

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