Slide Generation

Overview#

Present's slide generation takes a natural language prompt and produces a complete presentation with structured slides. The AI analyzes the prompt, determines the optimal content structure, and generates slide titles, body content, and layout recommendations.

Generating a Presentation#

The generation endpoint accepts a prompt, optional template reference, desired slide count, and language:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8011/api/v1/presentations/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Quarterly report on AI model deployment across government ministries, including adoption metrics, cost analysis, performance benchmarks, and recommendations for next quarter",
    "slide_count": 12,
    "language": "en"
  }'

Response:

{
  "pres_id": "pres-a1b2c3",
  "title": "AI Model Deployment: Quarterly Report",
  "prompt": "Quarterly report on AI model deployment...",
  "status": "completed",
  "slide_count": 12,
  "template_id": null,
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:05Z"
}

Generation Parameters#

Content Structuring#

The AI structures presentations following standard government presentation patterns:

1. Title Slide -- Presentation title, date, and organization
2. Executive Summary -- High-level overview of key points
3. Context/Background -- Setting the stage for the main content
4. Main Content Slides -- Detailed analysis, data, and findings
5. Recommendations -- Actionable next steps
6. Conclusion -- Summary and call to action

The actual structure adapts to the prompt. A budget proposal emphasizes financial data and ROI analysis, while a strategy deck focuses on vision, pillars, and implementation phases.

Editing Individual Slides#

After generation, refine any slide with natural language instructions:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8011/api/v1/presentations/{pres_id}/slides/3/edit \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "instruction": "Add a comparison table showing model performance across three providers, with columns for latency, accuracy, and cost per request"
  }'

The AI applies the instruction to the specified slide (zero-indexed) while maintaining consistency with the rest of the presentation.

Editing Tips#

• Be specific about what you want changed ("add a table with X columns" vs. "improve this slide")
• Reference data points or metrics you want included
• Specify layout preferences when they matter ("use bullet points" or "add a chart")

Arabic Content Generation#

Set language to ar for Arabic presentations. The AI generates content in Arabic with appropriate right-to-left text flow:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8011/api/v1/presentations/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "تقرير ربع سنوي عن تبني الذكاء الاصطناعي في الجهات الحكومية",
    "slide_count": 8,
    "language": "ar"
  }'

Arabic presentations are fully RTL-aware in both the generated content and the exported PPTX/PDF files.

Presentation Status#