Turn a blog post into a Quarto slide deck with Claude Code
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- by Kyle Walker (@kyle_e_walker)
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Claude Code read one of the author's blog posts and turned it into a Quarto slide deck in three prompts.
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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start. Goal: Turn one of my blog posts into a Quarto slide deck. Check with me first: Who's the audience, and roughly how many slides? What I'll give you: - A link to the blog post Rules: - Read the post and turn its main points into slides. - Keep my content and don't add claims that aren't in the post. - If something is missing or unclear, ask me instead of guessing. - Stop once there's a working first version and ask what to change. Output: A Quarto slide deck file I can render. You'll know it worked when: the deck renders and covers the post's main points. Works best when: I plan to refine it over a few rounds.
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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start. Goal: Turn one of my blog posts into a Quarto slide deck. Quick check first: tell me if anything below is missing or unclear. Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Blog post link - Audience and slide count - Theme preferences - Slide format (reveal.js or PDF) and branding Rules: - Extract the main points in order. - One idea per slide; keep my wording. - Use speaker notes for detail. - Don't add claims not in the post. - Start with a title slide and end with a summary or call-to-action slide taken from the post. - Keep text to about 30 words per slide; move the rest to notes. - Reuse the post's own images and charts with alt text. - List any section you cut and why. - Keep slides to a few lines each with speaker notes. - Render the deck and check it. If you get stuck: If images are missing, leave placeholders. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords. Verify before you finish: Render the deck and check it builds. Output: Quarto source and rendered HTML. Done when: the deck renders and covers the post's points.
Source
https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1931850344855691498
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