Example brief
The FY25 EBITDA was EUR 120M as planned, but several factors led to a shortfall, including a volume shortfall of EUR 14M, energy inflation of EUR 7M, and restructuring costs of EUR 5M, while price realization and procurement savings helped by EUR 8M and EUR 6M respectively, resulting in an actual EBITDA of EUR 104M, which is EUR 16M less than planned, with a caution that restructuring is one-off but volume softness is structural.
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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 FY25 EBITDA was EUR 120M as planned, but several factors led to a shortfall, including a volume shortfall of EUR 14M" }'Structured intent (this template)
{
"pattern": "waterfall_bridge",
"title": "Pricing and savings helped, but demand softness and input costs drove a EUR 16M EBITDA shortfall",
"subtitle": "FY25 EBITDA bridge, plan to actual (EUR M)",
"variant": "standard_driver_bridge",
"unit": "",
"tone_mode": "mathematical",
"steps": [
{
"kind": "start",
"label": "EBITDA plan",
"value": 120,
"display": "120"
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Price realization",
"value": 8
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Volume shortfall",
"value": -14,
"emphasis": "primary"
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Product mix",
"value": -5
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Procurement savings",
"value": 6
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Energy inflation",
"value": -7
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Labor efficiency",
"value": 4
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "FX impact",
"value": -3
},
{
"kind": "delta",
"label": "Restructuring (one-off)",
"value": -5
},
{
"kind": "total",
"label": "EBITDA actual",
"value": 104,
"display": "104"
}
],
"caution": "Restructuring is one-off, but volume softness is structural.",
"source_note": "Group finance, FY25 close",
"takeaway": "Protect pricing and savings; the volume gap needs a demand plan, not more cuts."
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Frequently asked questions
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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.
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