# Slide Content Generator Skill

Generate slide content (image prompts or text) from Gnommo manuscript files.

## Context

Gnommo presentations use a **square slide area next to a talking head**. Slides should be:
- Visually impactful but not cluttered
- Timed to appear with the first word after the `[SX]` marker
- Either **image-based** (generated via AI) or **text-based** (minimal, punchy text)

## Manuscript Format

Manuscripts use slide markers like `[S1]`, `[S2]`, etc. The content following each marker is what the presenter says while that slide is displayed.

```
[S1]
Welcome to the course...

[S2]
What if the universe is discrete?
```

## Workflow

### Step 1: Read the Manuscript

```
Read the file: /path/to/manuscript.txt
```

### Step 2: Analyze Each Slide

For each `[SX]` marker, determine:
1. **What is the core message?** - The key idea being communicated
2. **Visual or text?** - Would an image or text better support the message?
3. **Emotional tone?** - Dramatic, contemplative, humorous, technical?

### Step 3: Generate Content

For each slide, output one of:

#### IMAGE PROMPT
For conceptual, emotional, or complex ideas that benefit from visualization.

```
**[SX]** - "First few words..."
**IMAGE PROMPT:**
`Detailed description for AI image generation, style, mood, composition, lighting, specific elements to include`
```

#### TEXT SLIDE
For lists, key terms, definitions, or when words ARE the point.

```
**[SX]** - "First few words..."
**TEXT SLIDE:**
```
HEADLINE

• Bullet point
• Another point
```
```

## Guidelines

### When to Use IMAGE PROMPTS

- Abstract concepts (e.g., "the fabric of spacetime")
- Metaphors and analogies (e.g., "like changing engines while driving")
- Emotional moments (e.g., "this sounds insane")
- Scene-setting (e.g., "imagine a Minecraft universe")

### When to Use TEXT SLIDES

- Lists of items being enumerated
- Technical terms being defined
- Key questions or frameworks
- Course titles, section headers
- Quotes or key phrases

### Image Prompt Best Practices

1. **Be specific about style**: "isometric illustration", "cinematic lighting", "minimal vector style"
2. **Include mood/tone**: "mysterious", "hopeful", "dramatic contrast"
3. **Describe composition**: "split image", "centered subject", "deep space background"
4. **Avoid text in images**: AI image generators struggle with text - use text slides instead
5. **Keep it achievable**: Don't describe impossibly complex scenes

### Text Slide Best Practices

1. **Minimal words**: 3-7 words per line, 1-5 lines max
2. **Use hierarchy**: HEADLINES in caps, details below
3. **Bullets for lists**: Keep them short and scannable
4. **Leave breathing room**: Don't fill the entire square

## Output Format

Output slides in order, with clear separation:

```markdown
---

**[S1]** - "First words of narration..."
**TYPE:** (IMAGE PROMPT or TEXT SLIDE)
Content here

---

**[S2]** - "First words of narration..."
...
```

## Example Output

---

**[S1]** - "Welcome to Glitch.University..."
**TEXT SLIDE:**
```
GLITCH.UNIVERSITY
WTF_#1

What is Glitch University?
```

---

**[S2]** - "What if the universe is fundamentally discrete..."
**IMAGE PROMPT:**
`A hyper-detailed Minecraft-style voxel universe, showing galaxies and stars rendered as tiny glowing cubes, deep space background with blocky nebulae, cosmic scale but pixelated, dark background with vibrant cube-shaped stars, cinematic lighting`

---

## Customization Options

### Style Presets

You can request specific visual styles:
- **Tech/Corporate**: Clean vectors, isometric, blues and whites
- **Cosmic/Physics**: Deep space, nebulae, particle effects
- **Playful/Minecraft**: Voxels, bright colors, blocky
- **Philosophical**: Abstract, minimal, contemplative
- **Dramatic**: High contrast, cinematic, intense lighting

### Text Tone

- **Academic**: Formal terminology, structured
- **Casual**: Conversational, approachable
- **Punchy**: Short, impactful, memorable

## Integration with Gnommo

The generated content can be used to:
1. Create slides in Keynote/PowerPoint
2. Generate images via Midjourney/DALL-E/Stable Diffusion
3. Populate the `slides.json` file in the project's media folder

## Tips

- Read the ENTIRE manuscript first to understand the arc
- Match slide density to pacing - fast sections need simpler slides
- Create visual continuity - recurring metaphors should have consistent imagery
- Consider what the talking head is doing - slides complement, not compete