# keynot

Builds self-contained, single-file HTML presentations from prompts or design docs with keyboard navigation and theming.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 15
- Author: shawnzam
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/shawnzam/keynot
- Updated: 2026-05-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/keynot

## What it does

The plugin bypasses traditional slide software by generating standalone `.html` decks directly in Claude Code. Each deck includes keyboard navigation, touch swipes, fullscreen mode via the `f` key, and CSS reveals. Assets live inside the markup through CDN font imports and base64 imagery, keeping the output portable.

It parses palettes from attached guides or URLs into CSS custom properties so layouts follow brand colors immediately. An embedded `@media print` stylesheet formats the presentation into clean landscape PDF pages straight from browser print dialogs. For PowerPoint output, it generates an export script powered by `python-pptx` to execute with `uv`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install keynot@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- generate standalone HTML decks from natural language prompts
- extract brand colors into CSS variables for instant theming
- export slides cleanly to PDF through native browser printing
- create a python-pptx conversion script for PowerPoint delivery

## Example prompts
- Make me a 5-slide deck introducing our new product with the attached brand guide
- Turn this markdown document into slides with dark styling
- Slide 3 needs a different heading and a stat column with these figures

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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<p align="center">
  <img src="assets/logo.png" alt="Keynot — Kill PowerPoint with HTML" width="520" />
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<h1 align="center">keynot</h1>

<p align="center">
  <strong>kill powerpoint with html.</strong>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/shawnzam/keynot/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/shawnzam/keynot?style=flat&color=yellow" alt="Stars"></a>
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  <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/shawnzam/keynot?style=flat" alt="License"></a>
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  <a href="#what-it-does">What</a> •
  <a href="#install">Install</a> •
  <a href="#how-to-use">How</a> •
  <a href="#whats-in-the-skill">Inside</a> •
  <a href="#when-not-to-use">Caveats</a>
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Someone asks you to "put together a few slides" and your hand drifts to the PowerPoint icon out of pure muscle memory. Then come the next twenty minutes of fighting a template you didn't pick, nudging a text box three pixels to the left, and discovering that your brand colors aren't in the theme. None of that is the presentation. None of that is the idea. That's tax you pay for using a tool built in 1987.

**keynot** is a [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) skill that stops paying it. Ask Claude for "slides" or "a deck" and it ships you a single `.html` file — keyboard nav, swipe, fullscreen, staggered reveals, editorial typography, all wired up. It opens in any browser, runs offline, and weighs less than the email you were going to attach a 40MB `.pptx` to. Hand Claude a brand guide — a PDF, a URL, even a paragraph describing the vibe — and it extracts the palette and type system into CSS variables so the whole deck inherits it. *"Match this brand"* stops being a half-day in Figma and starts being a sentence.

Read the writeup: [**Stop Reaching for PowerPoint**](https://zamechek.com/blog/stop-reaching-for-powerpoint/).

## Live demo

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://shawnzam.github.io/keynot/examples/keynot-for-zombies.html">
    <img src="assets/zombies-preview.png" alt="Live demo: Keynot for Zombies" width="820" />
  </a>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://shawnzam.github.io/keynot/examples/keynot-for-zombies.html"><strong>→ Open the live deck</strong></a><br />
  <em>Arrow keys or swipe to navigate · press <code>f</code> for fullscreen</em>
</p>

Generated from a single prompt: *"keynot, but if the audience was zombies, and lean into it."* Everything — nav, fullscreen, animations, typography, all five slides — is one HTML file. [Source](examples/keynot-for-zombies.html).

## What it does

Ask Claude for "slides", "a deck", or "something to present" and keynot activates. You get one HTML file with:

- **Navigation** — arrow keys, space, swipe on touch, clickable dot indicators, auto-hiding nav bar
- **Fullscreen** — `f` key or click the fullscreen button
- **Staggered reveals** — content fades up in sequence on each slide
- **Brand theming** — CSS variables for primary/accent/typography swap in seconds
- **Layout library** — split panels, stat columns, value cards, approach rows, photo panels
- **Embedded assets** — fonts via CDN, images via base64 — one file, no broken links
- **PDF export** — `Cmd+P` → Save as PDF gives one slide per page, backgrounds intact, no extra tooling
- **PPTX export** — ask for PowerPoint and keynot generates a `python-pptx` script you run with `uv run --with python-pptx`

## Install

### Claude Code

keynot is published in the official Claude Code plugin marketplace. Install it with one command:

```
/plugin install keynot@claude-plugins-official
```

The official marketplace is pre-registered — no `marketplace add` step needed. You can also browse it at [claude.com/plugins](https://claude.com/plugins) or run `/plugin` and pick keynot from the **Discover** tab.

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