Claude Prompts for Decks That Open Term Sheets
20 copy-paste Claude prompts for pitch decks: investor-grade structure, slide-by-slide drafts, narrative flow, traction storytelling, and the Q&A prep that turns first meeting into second meeting.
In short: This page contains 17 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 4 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 5 prompts are free instantly, no signup needed. Hand-curated and tested by the AI Academy team.
Deck Structure + Narrative
4 promptsDeck Outline from Business
1/17✨ What it does
Builds deck outlines tuned to stage.
Build a 10-12 slide deck outline for [business]. Stage: [pre-seed / seed / Series A]. Output per slide: title, single takeaway sentence, 3 supporting bullets max. Slides: problem, solution, market, traction, business model, competition, GTM, team, financials, ask. Adjust order if narrative demands.
Pro tip: Pre-seed deck = problem + team-led narrative. Seed = problem + traction + plan. Series A = traction-led, market expansion. Same business, different deck per stage.
Narrative Arc Audit
2/17✨ What it does
Audits deck narrative flow.
[Paste current deck slides]. Audit narrative arc: does each slide build on previous? Where does narrative break? What slide could be cut without losing argument? Where do investors typically stop reading (slide 5-7)? Restructure for momentum, not topic ordering.
Pro tip: Topic-ordered decks = each slide a fresh topic. Narrative-ordered decks = each slide answers the question raised by previous. Latter holds attention; former loses by slide 6.
Hook Slide (Slide 1)
3/17✨ What it does
Writes slide-1 hooks.
Write slide 1 of deck for [business]. Either: bold claim that hooks attention, customer quote that lands instantly, or ambitious mission stated cleanly. Under 15 words on slide. Sets the entire deck's tone. Skip the "About Us" intro — investors already know your name.
Pro tip: Slide 1 = "do I keep reading?" Boring slide 1 = no. Hook slide 1 = leaning in. The 15 seconds investors give your first slide decides whether they read 50 more.
Closing Slide + Ask
4/17✨ What it does
Writes closing ask slides.
Closing slide for [round]. Output: $X raising at $Y valuation, runway it buys, milestones to hit, what we want from this investor specifically (capital + intros + expertise). Specific ask > vague "looking for partners." Last slide = call to action, not "thank you."
Pro tip: Vague ask = vague meeting outcome. Specific ask = clear next step ("decide by next Friday or pass"). Investors respect founders with specific asks; vague founders waste their pipeline time.
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Specific Slides
5 promptsProblem Slide
5/17✨ What it does
Writes problem slides.
Write the problem slide for [business]. Format: 1-2 sentence problem statement, 3 bullets of evidence (numbers + customer quote + market signal), why hasn't it been solved (1 line). Keep it about THE PROBLEM, not your solution. Solution slide handles your part.
Pro tip: Problem slides that pivot to solution = lose investor. Linger on problem until investor agrees it's real + worth solving. Earn the right to present solution.
Solution Slide
6/17✨ What it does
Writes solution slides.
Write the solution slide for [business]. Output: how the solution works in 1 sentence, key innovation (what didn't exist before us), proof it works (1 example or screenshot), what makes us defensible. Don't repeat problem. Don't list features. Single insight.
Pro tip: Feature lists kill solution slides. "Single insight" = "we realized X, so we built Y" is what investors remember. Features fit later slides; insight fits here.
Market Slide
7/17✨ What it does
Writes market slides.
Write market slide for [business]. Output: TAM ($), SAM ($), SOM (year 1-3 capture $). Bottom-up math AT LEAST as much as top-down. Cite sources. One chart showing market growth or share. Avoid Hockey-stick fantasy. Believable scale > impressive fiction.
Pro tip: Investors discount top-down market sizes by 90%. They believe bottom-up. "$10B market × 1%" = autoreject. "10K target customers × $100K ARR" = credible.
Traction Slide
8/17✨ What it does
Writes traction slides.
Write traction slide for [business]. Highlight: 3 hardest-to-fake metrics (revenue, customer count, retention, growth rate), graph showing momentum (steeper > flatter), customer logos or quotes if relevant, milestone moments dated. Show acceleration, not just absolute numbers.
Pro tip: Revenue + retention + growth rate = hardest to fake. Vanity metrics (signups, downloads) = easy to inflate. Investors weight hard metrics 10x. Hard metrics weakly = better than vanity metrics strongly.
Competition Slide
9/17✨ What it does
Writes competition slides.
Write competition slide for [business]. Format: 2x2 matrix or quadrant with us vs competitors on 2 dimensions THAT MATTER, brief 1-line per direct competitor on positioning, what makes us defensible (network, switching costs, IP, talent, brand). Honest about competitor strengths.
Pro tip: Competition slide that shows you in top-right with everyone else in bottom-left = self-deluded. Honest 2x2 = each competitor strong on something. We win on specific axis. Credibility builds.
Financials + Ask
3 promptsFinancials Slide
10/17✨ What it does
Writes financials slides.
Financials slide for [stage]. Pre-seed/seed: 3-year projections by month/quarter, key drivers visible, gross margin, burn rate, runway. Series A+: actuals + projection. Don't overload chart. Single chart + 5 metric callouts. Hockey-stick OK if defensible; impossible-stick instant pass.
Pro tip: One chart + 5 numbers > 5 charts + 50 numbers. Investors decoding cluttered slide = miss the story. Distillation IS the message.
Use of Funds
11/17✨ What it does
Writes use-of-funds slides.
Use of funds slide. Raising $X. Output: allocation to team (% + key hires named), GTM (channels + spend), product (R&D priorities), runway buffer. Tied to specific milestones reached. "Working capital" = lazy. Specific allocation = strategic.
Pro tip: Investors ask "where does the money go?" Use-of-funds slide answers ahead. Vague answer = founder hasn't planned. Specific = ran the math + has discipline.
Milestone Ladder
12/17✨ What it does
Writes milestone ladder slides.
Milestone ladder slide. Ladder: where we are today, milestone at $X (this round funds), milestone at $Y (next round opens), milestone at $Z (Series next). Tied to revenue + product + team metrics. Shows the path; investors see option value.
Pro tip: Single-round funding plan = "what happens after?" question unanswered. Ladder = "this round + next round + after" = thinking like a CEO. Investors fund founders with multi-round vision.
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Polish + Practice
5 promptsSlide Title Optimization
13/17✨ What it does
Optimizes slide titles for clarity.
[Paste slide titles from current deck]. Optimize each title: should be the slide's takeaway, not its topic. "Market" = topic. "$10B market growing 30% annually" = takeaway. Investor reading just titles should understand the deck. Rewrite each.
Pro tip: Investors skim. They read titles. Title-as-topic = "what is this slide about?" Title-as-takeaway = "here's what to remember." Latter survives skimming + ranks deck mentally.
Speaker Notes per Slide
14/17✨ What it does
Writes speaker notes for live pitches.
[Paste deck]. Write speaker notes for each slide: 60-90 second talk track, transitions to next slide, anticipated investor question per slide + answer ready, slides where I should pause for response. Notes for me, not on slide.
Pro tip: Reading slides aloud = lose room. Notes-driven delivery = relate slide to audience. Practice from notes; slides are visual aids, not the talk.
Q&A Prep — 20 Hard Questions
15/17✨ What it does
Preps hardest investor questions.
Generate 20 hardest investor questions for [deck]. Per question: why investor asks (what concern), 60-second answer, evidence to back, what NOT to say. Hardest: "what if [bigco] does this?", "how defensible?", "what's your moat?", "why now?", "why you?".
Pro tip: Top 20 anticipated questions covers ~80% of any actual investor meeting. Knowing answers cold = composure when surprise question hits. Improvising under pressure = avoidable risk.
Deck Critique
16/17✨ What it does
Critiques decks honestly.
[Paste full deck text]. Critique honestly as a Series A investor would. Cover: clarity of problem, credibility of solution, defensibility argument strength, financial believability, team-market fit signal, what makes me lean in, what makes me skip. Brutal feedback > diplomatic.
Pro tip: Friends critique decks gently. Investors don't. Asking Claude for brutal critique = closer to actual investor read. Diplomatic feedback fixes nothing; brutal feedback fixes everything.
Deck Variants per Investor
17/17✨ What it does
Adapts decks per investor type.
[Paste base deck]. Adapt for [investor type — seed VC, growth, strategic, family office]. Different emphases per audience: seed wants team + market; growth wants metrics; strategic wants synergy; family office wants downside. Same deck core; different framing.
Pro tip: Generic deck = generic response. Tailored deck = "this founder researched us." Tailoring takes 30 minutes, signals seriousness, lifts response rates measurably.
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