# Board Deck Builder

Use when building a board deck, investor update or QBR from all C-suite perspectives.

- Repository: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills (29114 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill board-deck-builder -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill board-deck-builder -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill board-deck-builder -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill board-deck-builder -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills`

## Description

Use when building a board deck, investor update or QBR from all C-suite perspectives. Structures the narrative and how to deliver bad news.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Board Deck Builder

Build board decks that tell a story, not just show data. Every section has an owner, a narrative, and a "so what."

## Keywords
board deck, investor update, board meeting, board pack, investor relations, quarterly review, board presentation, fundraising deck, investor deck, board narrative, QBR, quarterly business review

## Quick Start

Ask for a board deck in natural language, naming cadence and stage:

> "Build a quarterly board deck, we're Series A."
> "Draft a fundraising board deck for a seed-stage company."

Provide available metrics. The builder fills gaps with explicit placeholders, never invents numbers.

## Deck Structure (Standard Order)

Every section follows: **Headline → Data → Narrative → Ask/Next**

### 1. Executive Summary (CEO)
**3 sentences. No more.**
- Sentence 1: State of the business (where we are)
- Sentence 2: Biggest thing that happened this period
- Sentence 3: Where we're going next quarter

*Bad:* "We had a good quarter with lots of progress across all areas."
*Good:* "We closed Q3 at $2.4M ARR (+22% QoQ), signed our largest enterprise contract, and enter Q4 with 14-month runway. The strategic shift to mid-market is working, ACV up 40% and sales cycle down 3 weeks. Q4 priority: close the $3M Series A and hit $2.8M ARR."

### 2. Key Metrics Dashboard (COO)
**6-8 metrics max. Use a table.**

| Metric | This Period | Last Period | Target | Status |
|--------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|
| ARR | $2.4M | $1.97M | $2.3M | ✅ |
| MoM growth | 8.1% | 7.2% | 7.5% | ✅ |
| Burn multiple | 1.8x | 2.1x | <2x | ✅ |
| NRR | 112% | 108% | >110% | ✅ |
| CAC payback | 11 months | 14 months | <12 months | ✅ |
| Headcount | 24 | 21 | 25 | 🟡 |

Pick metrics the board actually tracks. Swap out anything they've said they don't care about.

The rest: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/blob/HEAD/c-level-advisor/skills/board-deck-builder/SKILL.md