Automated Report Decks from Your Data

Stop building the same 15-slide weekly report by hand. SlideForge renders your data into consistent, branded PowerPoint slides via API. Same template + new data = same professional output, every time. $0.05/slide, under 1 second.

The recurring report problem

Every organization has them: weekly sales reports, monthly board decks, quarterly business reviews, sprint retrospectives, HR headcount updates. Same structure, same layout, same template — just new numbers.

Someone spends 30-60 minutes every week copying data into PowerPoint, fixing alignment, updating charts, checking brand colors. It's 25-50 hours per year per report — pure busywork.

The fix is obvious: automate it. Pull data from your source, render slides via API, deliver the deck. Zero manual work.

How it works

Example: Automated weekly sales report

# Python — runs every Monday at 9 AM via cron/Airflow/n8n

import requests

API = "https://api.slideforge.dev"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": "Bearer sf_live_..."}

# 1. Pull this week's data from your database
revenue = get_weekly_revenue()
pipeline = get_pipeline_data()
team_kpis = get_team_metrics()

# 2. Generate a deck with 3 slide intents (sync — pptx_url in the response)
deck = requests.post(f"{API}/v1/render/intent/deck", headers=HEADERS, json={
  "name": f"Weekly Sales Report — {today()}",
  "theme_id": "your_brand_theme",
  "slides": [
    {"brief": "KPI dashboard: revenue, clients, margin, NPS with trends"},
    {"brief": "Conversion funnel: leads to closed deals"},
    {"brief": "Data table of weekly metrics by region"}
  ]
}).json()

# 3. Download and email the deck
pptx_url = deck["pptx_url"]
# ... send via email, upload to SharePoint, post to Slack

3 slides, ~3 seconds, $0.15 total. Same code every week — only the data changes.

Why API-driven reporting works

Deterministic

Template renders produce identical layouts every time. No AI variance. Stakeholders get a consistent format they recognize and trust.

Fast

Single renders complete in <1 second. A 15-slide deck renders in ~5 seconds (parallel, preview image per slide). No waiting, no polling.

Cheap

15 slides × $0.05 = $0.75/week. $39/year. Less than 10 minutes of an analyst's salary.

Brandable

Custom themes per report or per client. Upload a .pptx template and reports render natively on the client's own file, or define a theme via JSON.

No invented numbers

For a report built from trusted data, the risk isn't formatting — it's fabrication. SlideForge binds your figures verbatim and returns a fidelity manifestwith every deck: what rendered verbatim, what (if anything) a model authored, whether anything was truncated, and whether the arithmetic reconciles. A render that isn't faithful never bills.

"fidelity_manifest": { "status": "clean", "slides_total": 15,
  "summary": { "fidelity": { "verbatim": 15 }, "ai_completed": 0,
               "truncated": 0, "errors": 0, "min_font_pt": 9 } }

Your agent — or your reviewer — can gate on this before a deck goes out, without eyeballing 15 slides. How the honesty layer works →

Common automated reports

ReportTemplatesCost/run
Weekly sales report (5 slides)KPI Dashboard, Funnel, Data Table, Bar Chart, Next Steps$0.25
Monthly board deck (15 slides)Title, KPI Dashboard ×3, Waterfall, Bar Chart ×2, Roadmap, Data Table ×3, SWOT, Executive Summary, Key Takeaway, Thank You$0.75
Quarterly business review (25 slides)Full template mix: metrics, charts, comparisons, process, narrative$1.25
Sprint retrospective (8 slides)KPI Dashboard, Progress Tracker, Pros & Cons, Process Timeline, Roadmap, Bar Chart, Key Takeaway, Next Steps$0.40

PMO components + 150+ templates

Components render in under 100 ms at $0.05. Templates bundle them into ready-made report layouts. These PMO components handle sprint reviews, portfolio health, and status updates natively:

MetricBar RankTrend ChartProgress BarStatus DashboardGaugeGanttRoadmapSwimlaneFunnelWaterfallComparison Matrix
KPI DashboardData TableBar ChartDonut ChartWaterfall ChartProgress TrackerGantt ChartExecutive SummaryView all 150+ →

Frequently asked questions

Can I automate slide generation on a schedule?

Yes. SlideForge is a REST API — call it from any scheduler: cron jobs, Airflow, n8n, Zapier, GitHub Actions. Feed this week's data, get this week's slides. No manual steps.

Will the output look the same every time?

Template renders are deterministic: same params = same output. No AI variance, no retries, no surprises. The layout, fonts, colors, and spacing are identical every run. Only the data changes.

How do I generate a multi-slide report?

Use the deck endpoint (POST /v1/render/intent/deck). Pass an array of slide intents — a form + typed fields, or a brief. All slides render in parallel — a 10-slide report completes in ~5 seconds (preview image per slide). The call is synchronous: the response carries the compiled .pptx URL.

What does a 15-slide weekly report cost?

15 slide renders × $0.05 = $0.75 per week. That's $39 per year. With volume discounts ($50+ top-up → 10% bonus), even less. No subscription.

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