What is slides?

@atom63/slides lets you build slide decks by writing a simple text file and enlisting an AI coding assistant to do the heavy lifting. Instead of clicking through a traditional presentation tool, you describe your talk in plain language, an agent like Claude or Cursor writes the initial slides, and you refine the result in your browser. A deck is just a plain text file written in a format called MDX, which mixes regular text with reusable layout templates. You build pages using pre-made components with names like CoverSlide or QuoteSlide, and a coding agent can assemble an entire deck from a one-line prompt. Because the text file stays the single source of truth, you can edit slides through a visual form panel in your browser, and the underlying file updates automatically. If you want a different look, you can apply a preset theme like "terminal" or "editorial" and the whole deck restyles instantly without breaking your content. This is useful for technical founders, product folks, or anyone who prefers text and AI over fiddling with presentation software. If you need a quick pitch deck, a tech talk, or an internal update, you can ask your coding agent to draft it, then jump into the browser to fix a typo or swap a slide layout from a dropdown. You still have a raw text view for advanced tweaks, so you get the convenience of a visual editor without losing the flexibility of code. The project is still in an early stage and its API may change before a full release. It's built on modern web tools like React and Vite, meaning every new deck you create is essentially a small web app. That gives you a fast live-preview experience and keeps the output portable, but it also means the workflow assumes you are comfortable running basic terminal commands to get started.