Agents / Claude
Two skills that stop AI slop in your decks
Your deck can have a strong strategy and still look like AI slop, these solutions fix the writing and the design.
Summary
AI slop in a deck has two sources: AI-sounding writing and weak design. An anti-AI writing file fixes the writing. The Apple Design skill fixes the design.
Before you start
Why it matters
The biggest problem with AI when you build a deck is even when you give it great references, the deck still looks like AI slop. (Here's a website of good deck designs BTW).
You have seen the design signs: Purple gradients. Rounded corners. Eyebrow stripes.
You have seen the writing signs: Em-dashes. Information grouped in threes.
You have seen these decks internally and sometimes, even presented or created by clients.
Scary.
Regardless of the strength of the best strategy or narrative, if your deck looks like AI slop, no one will take it seriously.
Several studies, most notably by the University of Arizona, found that if people know you use AI at work, trust diminishes.
After too many times at (silently and kindly) telling my coworkers, NO MORE AI DECKS, I tested and created skills to fix AI sop in decks.
At a Glance
The file builds the agent in three steps.
What an agent is
An agent is a system made of many instruction files. These files are called markdown files. The file in this guide writes those files for you, so you do not write them by hand.
Step 1: Drop the file into your tool
Put the file into the AI tool you already use. Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini all work.
Step 2: Complete the interview
The file asks you questions. You give three things:
One clear job for the agent.
Specific instructions to achieve that job.
A definition of done.
Keep the job small. One clear job gives the interview a clear answer to work from.
Step 3: Copy the output into your AI tool
The file gives you the agent and its skills. Copy the output into your AI tool of choice. Then you are done.
Connect the tools
For the agent to do its work, it needs tools. The agent walks you through the tools it needs to be connected to.
Caution: The agent is only as specific as your interview answers. If the job is not clear, the agent will not be clear.
Step
What you do
What you get
1
Drop the file into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini
The interview starts
2
Give one clear job, specific instructions, and a definition of done
An agent and its skills
3
Copy the output into your AI tool
A working agent
4
Connect the tools the agent lists
An agent that can do its work
REMAINING QUESTIONS
Do I need to understand markdown files first?
No. An agent is a system of markdown files, but the file writes them for you. You answer the interview and copy the output.
Which AI tool should I use?
Use Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini. The file works in all three. Use the one you already have.
What if I do not know what job to give the agent?
The interview asks about how an agent can fit into your life. Start with one task that you want done the same way each time. Give that task as the one clear job.