The short answer
The best AI prompts for presentations start with the message, not the slides: ask for the one sentence the audience should remember, an outline of action titles and only the numbers you supply. These 14 prompts cover planning, slide text, speaker notes, charts, building and rehearsal. Claude is strongest for the story and notes, Gamma for a fast designed draft, and Copilot in PowerPoint for company templates.
| Prompts on this page | 14, in 5 groups |
|---|---|
| Best for the story and notes | Claude |
| Best for a designed first draft | Gamma (400 one-time free credits) |
| Best for company templates | Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint |
| Best for data | ChatGPT |
| Rule that matters most | Action titles and only numbers you supply |
How to get a good presentation out of AI
AI can now build a whole deck from one prompt, and that is exactly the trap. A deck generated from a topic looks finished and says nothing. The decks that work start with the thinking: one message, the proof for it and the objection you expect. So the 14 prompts below follow the order a good presenter works in: plan the story, write the slides, check the data, build the deck in a tool, then rehearse. Prompts 1 and 2 are the ones people skip and the ones that matter most.
Two rules run through every prompt. Slide titles are full sentences that state the takeaway ("Support costs fell 18% after the new help centre"), not labels ("Support costs"). And the model may only use numbers you give it, with a list at the end so you can check each one, because AI tools can still invent or round figures with complete confidence.
Prompts to plan the story of your presentation
Run these in any chat assistant before you open a slide tool. The first prompt forces the hard choice: what is the one sentence the audience should remember? The storyline prompt uses situation, complication, resolution, a simple structure that keeps a business deck moving towards a decision. The adapt prompt saves hours when the same material has to go to a different room; the board needs the decision and the risk, new hires need context and terms explained.
Prompts to write the slides and speaker notes
The document prompt is the everyday workhorse: paste a report and get a draft deck with titles, short bullets and speaker notes. Its limits (15 words per title, 3 bullets, 12 words per bullet) are what keep the output readable from the back of a room. The cut-down prompt rescues slides you already have. For speaker notes, paste a paragraph of your own writing so the notes sound like you when you read them aloud. Claude is our pick for these writing steps because it is strong at careful writing and at working across long documents.
Prompts for data, charts and numbers
The chart prompt asks the model to say plainly when the data does not support your point. That one line has saved more presentations than any design trick. For the spreadsheet prompt, upload the file rather than pasting it: ChatGPT is strong at spreadsheet and file analysis, and Claude can run code on uploaded files. Ask for the calculations and check one or two by hand before anything goes on a slide.
Prompts to build the deck in Gamma, Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot
Once the outline is solid, hand it to a tool that designs. Each has a different strength:
- Gamma is the quickest route to a good-looking first deck. Its agent's default Plan mode asks questions and shows you a plan to approve before it builds; Express goes straight to a draft, and Research mode, on Pro and above, runs web research first. You can import a PowerPoint or PDF and reuse its design, and export to PowerPoint, Google Slides or PDF, with tables staying editable in PowerPoint. The free plan gives 400 one-time credits that do not refresh.
- Claude builds decks with Claude Slides on every plan, including Free, and exports to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides.
- ChatGPT Slides creates and co-edits presentations in ChatGPT Space and exports to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides, but it is for eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise users.
- Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint is the choice when the deck must use your company template and your organisation's files. Microsoft rolled out Claude Sonnet 5.5 in Copilot in PowerPoint in October 2026, along with official Brand Kits that brand managers publish for everyone, and you can record a repeated presentation task as a reusable skill.
- Canva suits teams that keep their brand kit there, with Magic Resize and Translate to turn one deck into other formats and languages.
Whichever you use, review every slide. Generated decks often get the design right and a number or a claim wrong.
Prompts to rehearse and handle questions
The question drill is the most valuable five minutes of preparation you can do: ask the model to play the most sceptical person in the room and prepare the strong answer for each question. For rehearsal feedback, record yourself, get a transcript from your phone or meeting tool and paste it in. The openings prompt gives you three ways to start, so you can try each aloud and keep the one that feels natural.
Which AI tool works best for presentations
| Job | Best tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Story, outline and notes | Claude | Careful writing, long documents, Slides on every plan |
| Fast designed first draft | Gamma | Plan mode, imports, exports to PowerPoint and Google Slides |
| Company templates and files | Copilot in PowerPoint | Works inside PowerPoint with your organisation's content |
| Data analysis for slides | ChatGPT | Spreadsheet and file analysis |
| Decks from your own sources | Gemini Notebook | Guided Slide Deck creation with a Review step for the outline |
Mind confidential material. Gamma's individual plans (Free, Plus, Pro and Ultra) may use your content for training unless you switch it off under your avatar, Settings, Data Controls; Business and Enterprise are excluded. In Claude the switch is Settings, Privacy, Help Improve our AI models; in ChatGPT it is Settings, Data controls, Improve the model for everyone. For the full comparison, read the best AI for presentations or Gamma vs Canva.
How to adapt these presentation prompts
- Name the audience precisely. "Three regional sales directors who think the new pricing will cost them deals" changes everything about the output.
- Change the numbers, keep the rules. Slide counts and word limits are yours to change; "action titles" and "only numbers I give you" should stay.
- Run the prompts in order. The output of 1 feeds 2, which feeds 4 and then 9 or 10.
- Use a real source. Paste the report, attach the spreadsheet. A deck built on a topic name is built on the model's guesses.
- Save what works. Keep your best brief as a reusable instruction in a project, a Copilot skill or a Gemini skill.
For the full process, read how to make a presentation with AI, or try the Gamma lessons.
Prompts to copy
Find the one message before any slides
I am presenting to [audience, their roles and what they care about] for [minutes] minutes. My goal is that afterwards they will [decision or action]. Here is my material: [paste notes, data, documents]. Give me: the one sentence I want them to remember, the 3 points that support it, the objection they are most likely to raise and what I should cut.
You get: Your core message, its proof and the objection to prepare for
Slide-by-slide storyline
Build a storyline of [10] slides for this message: [paste the one sentence and 3 points]. Use situation, complication, resolution. For each slide give an action title (a full sentence stating the takeaway, not a topic label such as 'Q3 results'), the evidence that proves it and the best visual type: chart, diagram, photo, quote or table.
You get: An outline where every slide title says something
Adapt a deck for a different audience
Here is my deck outline for [original audience]: [paste]. Rework it for [new audience, for example the board, new hires or customers]. Tell me what to move to the front, what to cut, which terms to explain, how the ask should change and how long each section should take in a [minutes]-minute slot.
You get: A re-cut outline for a new room, without starting again
Turn a document into slides
Turn this [report, memo or proposal] into an [8]-slide deck. Each slide gets an action title under 15 words, at most 3 bullets of under 12 words each and speaker notes of 60 to 100 words that carry the detail. Keep every number exactly as it appears in the source, and list all numbers you used at the end so I can check them. Document: [paste]
You get: A draft deck with notes and a number list to verify
Cut text-heavy slides down
These slides have too much text: [paste the slide text]. For each one, give a shorter version that keeps the point, move the detail into speaker notes and suggest a visual that could replace the bullets.
You get: Lighter slides with the detail moved where it belongs
Speaker notes in your own words
Write speaker notes for these slides as I would say them out loud: conversational, about [1 minute] per slide, with one transition sentence into the next slide. Here is how I usually speak: [paste a paragraph from an email or transcript]. Slides: [paste]
You get: Notes you can rehearse from, in your voice
Pick the right chart
Here is the data for slide [number]: [paste table]. The point of the slide is [point]. Recommend the best chart type, what to highlight, what to remove and write the action title. If the data does not support the point, say so plainly.
You get: A chart choice and title, and an honest check that the data backs your claim
Find the three findings in a spreadsheet
Attached is [file name]. Find the 3 findings most relevant to [audience] deciding [decision], with the numbers behind each one and a suggested chart for each. Show your calculations so I can check them, and tell me what the data cannot answer.
You get: Three evidence-backed slides and the working behind them
Brief Gamma for a first draft
Create a [10]-card presentation for [audience] about [topic]. Goal: [goal]. Tone: [tone]. Follow this outline: [paste]. Keep one idea per card with short text, use [brand colours and fonts], build a chart on card [number] from this data: [paste data] and end with a clear ask: [ask].
You get: A designed first draft in Gamma that you can review in Plan mode before it builds
Build slides in Claude or ChatGPT
Make a 16:9 slide deck from the outline below: a title slide, one idea per slide, a clean layout in [brand colours], charts built only from the numbers I give you and speaker notes for every slide. I will export it to PowerPoint, so keep fonts standard. Outline: [paste]
You get: An editable deck to export to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides
Summarise a file into your company template
Using the attached file [file name], create a [6]-slide summary for [audience] with our official [Brand Kit or company template name]. Give every slide an action title that states the takeaway, keep body text to 3 short bullets, put the detail in speaker notes and do not include any number that is not in the file. End with a slide listing every number used and the page of the file it came from.
You get: An on-template summary deck in Copilot in PowerPoint
Prepare for the hardest questions
Act as [a sceptical finance director, a demanding customer or a board member]. Based on this deck, ask me the 10 hardest questions you would ask, ordered by how likely they are. For each, say what a strong answer must include. Deck: [paste outline or attach]
You get: A Q&A drill with the points each answer needs
Get feedback on a rehearsal
Here is a transcript of me rehearsing my talk: [paste]. Point out filler words, unclear explanations and places where I rushed past the main point. Estimate the time I spent on each section against a target of [minutes] in total, and give me the 3 fixes that would help most.
You get: Specific, fixable feedback before the real thing
Openings and a close that land
Write 3 openings for my talk "[title]", about 30 seconds each when spoken: one a short story, one built on this surprising fact from my data: [fact], and one a question for the room. Then write a closing that repeats my one sentence, [sentence], and the ask, [ask].
You get: Three ways to start and a memorable finish