Example brief
The Annual Recurring Revenue growth has recovered by Q4 FY26, with values of 18.4, 19.1, 20.0, 20.6, 21.0, 21.7, 23.1, and 25.4 million, but it still trails the plan of 27 million, with notable events including a pricing reset in Q1 FY26 and an enablement relaunch in Q3 FY26, and the growth has re-accelerated but ended 1.6 million below plan in Q4.
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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": "The Annual Recurring Revenue growth has recovered by Q4 FY26, with values of 18.4, 19.1, 20.0, 20.6, 21.0, 21.7, 23.1, a" }'Structured intent (this template)
{
"pattern": "trend_chart",
"title": "ARR growth recovered by Q4, but expansion still trails plan",
"subtitle": "Quarterly ARR ($m)",
"variant": "single_series_line",
"periods": [
"Q1 FY25",
"Q2 FY25",
"Q3 FY25",
"Q4 FY25",
"Q1 FY26",
"Q2 FY26",
"Q3 FY26",
"Q4 FY26"
],
"series": [
{
"label": "ARR",
"values": [
18.4,
19.1,
20,
20.6,
21,
21.7,
23.1,
25.4
],
"unit": "m",
"emphasis": "primary"
}
],
"target": {
"value": 27,
"label": "Plan $27m"
},
"events": [
{
"period": "Q1 FY26",
"label": "Pricing reset"
},
{
"period": "Q3 FY26",
"label": "Enablement relaunch"
}
],
"caution": "Q4 ended $1.6m below plan.",
"source_note": "Finance close, May 2026",
"takeaway": "Growth has re-accelerated; close the expansion gap to plan in FY27."
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