ghost-deck-skeleton

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# Ghost Deck Skeleton

## When to use
Use this at the start of building, after the storyline is set but before any real slide is designed. Use it to align a team or a partner on the argument cheaply, before anyone spends hours formatting. Use it when scope is unclear and you want to lock the page count and the flow first.

## What it does
It produces a ghost deck, also called a skeleton deck or dummy deck: every slide present, each with its action title written and a sketch of the intended exhibit, but no real design or final data. It makes the storyline visible and editable before expensive work begins.

## Method
A ghost deck is the standard top-tier-consulting way to de-risk a deck. Build it slide by slide from the storyline.

1. One slide per leaf. Take the storyline tree and create one ghost slide for each evidence leaf, plus section dividers and the executive summary. Keep them in presentation order.

2. Write the action title now. Each ghost slide gets its final action title up front. The title chain is the deliverable being reviewed. If the titles do not argue the case, fix the storyline, not the slides.