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Markdown to Slides Converter

Convert Markdown files into professional presentations exportable to PDF, PPTX, or HTML using Marp.

10 minutes
By communitySource
#markdown#slides#marp

You spent three hours in PowerPoint nudging text boxes and fixing bullet alignment instead of working on your actual content. Your talk is tomorrow and you're still on slide 12 of 30. Meanwhile, developers ship beautiful slide decks from plain text in minutes.

Who it's for: developers who present at meetups and conferences, technical writers creating documentation presentations, educators building lecture slides from notes, startup founders creating investor pitch decks quickly, engineers who hate PowerPoint but need professional slides

Example

"Convert my talk outline into a slide deck" → 30-slide Marp presentation with consistent theming, code syntax highlighting, speaker notes, exported as PDF and HTML, with a live-preview workflow for iterating on content

CLAUDE.md Template

New here? 3-minute setup guide → | Already set up? Copy the template below.

Or install from your terminal:
npx ccplaybooks add md-slides
# Markdown Slides

## Overview

This workflow enables creation of presentations from pure Markdown using **Marp**. Write slides in familiar Markdown syntax and export to PDF, PPTX, or HTML with professional themes.

## How to Use

1. Write or provide Markdown content
2. I'll format it for Marp with proper directives
3. Export to your preferred format (PDF/PPTX/HTML)

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README.md

What This Does

This workflow enables creation of presentations from pure Markdown using Marp. Write slides in familiar Markdown syntax and export to PDF, PPTX, or HTML with professional themes.


Quick Start

Step 1: Create a Project Folder

mkdir -p ~/Documents/MdSlides

Step 2: Download the Template

Click Download above, then:

mv ~/Downloads/CLAUDE.md ~/Documents/MdSlides/

Step 3: Start Working

cd ~/Documents/MdSlides
claude

How to Use

  1. Write or provide Markdown content
  2. I'll format it for Marp with proper directives
  3. Export to your preferred format (PDF/PPTX/HTML)

Example prompts:

  • "Convert my notes to a presentation"
  • "Create slides from this markdown"
  • "Build a pitch deck using markdown"
  • "Generate PDF slides from this outline"

Examples

---
marp: true
theme: gaia
paginate: true
---

<!-- _class: lead -->

# Project Update

Q4 2024 Review

---

# Highlights

- Revenue: +25%
- Users: +50%
- NPS: 72

---

# Roadmap

| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
|----|----|----|-----|
| MVP | Beta | Launch | Scale |

---

<!-- _class: lead -->

# Thank You!

questions@company.com

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