Cycle FlowStage cardsCorporate & Business Management Consulting IT & Professional Services

Stage cards

A five-stage operating cycle with a description and owner on each stage card

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Stage cards slide template rendered with SlideForge

Cost

$0.05/slide

Engine

Deterministic

Pattern

Cycle Flow

Output

.pptx + PDF + PNG

Example brief

Create a stage-cards cycle titled 'Our operating cycle: every stage has an owner and a cadence' with five stages, each a card with a one-line description and an owner/cadence chip: Plan (set targets and allocate capacity, Leadership / Quarterly), Build (ship the roadmap commitments, Product / Continuous), Launch (release and enable the field, Go-to-market / Per release), Measure (track adoption against the targets, Analytics / Monthly), Learn (feed the insights into the next plan, Leadership / Quarterly) - emphasise Learn as the stage that resets the plan.

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Brief path

curl -X POST https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/render/auto \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sf_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "brief": "Create a stage-cards cycle titled 'Our operating cycle: every stage has an owner and a cadence' with five stages, each a" }'

Structured intent (this template)

{
  "pattern": "cycle_flow",
  "variant": "stage_cards",
  "title": "Our operating cycle: every stage has an owner and a cadence",
  "subtitle": "Each handoff feeds the next, and the quarterly review resets the plan",
  "steps": [
    {
      "label": "Plan",
      "detail": [
        "Set targets and allocate capacity"
      ],
      "meta": "Leadership · Quarterly"
    },
    {
      "label": "Build",
      "detail": [
        "Ship the roadmap commitments"
      ],
      "meta": "Product · Continuous"
    },
    {
      "label": "Launch",
      "detail": [
        "Release and enable the field"
      ],
      "meta": "Go-to-market · Per release"
    },
    {
      "label": "Measure",
      "detail": [
        "Track adoption against the targets"
      ],
      "meta": "Analytics · Monthly"
    },
    {
      "label": "Learn",
      "detail": [
        "Feed the insights into the next plan"
      ],
      "meta": "Leadership · Quarterly",
      "emphasis": "primary"
    }
  ]
}

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Frequently asked questions

How do I render the Stage cards template?

Send a POST to /v1/render/auto with a brief, or call create_slide via MCP with the structured intent shown below. The response includes an editable .pptx, a PDF, and a PNG. $0.05 per slide.

Does an AI write the slide?

No. SlideForge renders deterministically from a structured intent — no LLM draws the slide, so text is never mangled or fabricated. The optional brief path uses a router to pick the pattern, then renders deterministically.

Can I customize the colors and fonts?

Yes. Pass a theme_id to apply a built-in or custom brand theme; the layout stays the same.

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