Use case · Hacker plan and above

Architecture Presentation Builder

Turn any architecture diagram into a polished slide deck in seconds. 5-15 slides, AI-drafted speaker notes, custom colour palette, .pptx + .pdf export. Built for design reviews, system design interviews, and stakeholder updates.

Why it exists

Architecture review prep is one of the highest-cost, lowest-fun tasks in engineering. You have the diagram, you have the design rationale in your head — but turning that into a 10-slide deck with bullets, comparisons, and speaker notes takes 2-4 hours.

The Presentation Builder collapses that into a single click. The AI reads your diagram and prompt, drafts the narrative, themes the deck, and produces both .pptx and .pdf in one step.

What gets generated

  • Title slide — deck title, subtitle, presenter name
  • Bullet slides — 2-7 bullets per slide for problem framing, decisions, and context
  • Diagram slide — your architecture diagram, full-bleed, with a caption
  • Two-column slides — side-by-side comparisons (before/after, monolith/microservices, option A/option B)
  • Quote slide — for an architectural principle, customer quote, or notable line
  • Summary slide — recap and the ask
  • Speaker notes — every slide gets a 30-60 second AI-drafted talk track

Best-fit scenarios

Architecture review meetings

Spend the time you would have spent on slide formatting on the review prep itself.

Stakeholder updates

Bullet and summary slides translate the diagram into business language for non-engineering audiences.

System design interview prep

Document each practice question as a deck so you can review performance over time.

Onboarding new engineers

A 10-slide deck of the system with speaker notes is a faster ramp than a Confluence page.

Brown-bags and conference talks

Get to a credible deck immediately; polish later if the talk goes external.

Compliance and audit walkthroughs

Generate consistent, dated decks per system for SOX, SOC 2, or ISO reviews.

How it works

  1. Open or generate an architecture diagram in your library.
  2. Click into the Presentation tab (Hacker plan and above) and attach the diagram.
  3. Pick a colour palette: primary, secondary, accent, background, text.
  4. Generate. The AI writes the narrative, picks the slide types, and themes everything to your palette.
  5. Download as .pptx for editing in PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides, or .pdf for sharing.

FAQ

What is the Architecture Presentation Builder?

It turns any architecture diagram into a 5-15 slide deck with title, bullet, diagram, two-column, quote, and summary slides — each with AI-drafted speaker notes. Decks export as .pptx and .pdf.

Which slide types does the Presentation Builder support?

Six slide types: title, bullets (2-7 bullets each), diagram (full bleed of your architecture diagram), two-column comparison, quote, and summary. Every slide includes AI-drafted speaker notes.

Can I edit the generated slide deck?

Yes. The .pptx export is a fully editable PowerPoint file — open it in PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides and edit text, bullets, palette colours, and slide order normally.

What plan includes the Presentation Builder?

Hacker plan ($7.99/mo) and above — Hacker, Designer, Pro, and Enterprise.

Can I customise the slide deck colour palette?

Yes. Pick a primary, secondary, accent, background, and text colour. The palette propagates across every slide.

Related guides

2 free credits. Presentation Builder unlocks on the Hacker plan.