About this design
Where the Keynote Minimal style comes from, and what it signals.
Keynote Minimal is built from the publicly observed conventions of the product keynotes Steve Jobs gave between 1998 and 2011: one idea per slide, a sentence where other decks put a paragraph, a number so large it needs no chart, and the famous dark gradient behind everything. Presentation coaches call it the 3-second slide rule; the audience reads the slide instantly and then looks back at the speaker. This theme is an original homage to that tradition and has no affiliation with or endorsement by Apple Inc.
The gradient is specified exactly: a soft radial glow of #2e3138 at the lower middle of the slide fading to #0a0a0c at the corners, never flat black. Headlines are Inter at weight 600 in off-white #f5f5f7 with tightened letter-spacing; captions use Source Sans 3 in #d2d2d7 and #86868b. Blue #0071e3 is the only accent and appears at most once per slide, as a tinted word, a hero bar in a chart, or a thin underline. When a soft fill is unavoidable it is a #10314e pill with fully rounded corners.
This is a stage format, not a document format. It suits presenters who carry the detail out loud: product launches, demo days, vision talks. The seven-word budget forces the argument into the talk track, which is exactly where this style wants it.
Use it for
- Product launch keynotes where the presenter carries the narrative
- Startup demo day pitches with one traction metric per slide
- Vision and strategy talks delivered to large rooms and projectors
- Conference talks that lean on the speaker rather than the slides
Skip it for
- Data-heavy board reporting with tables and multi-series charts; BCG Style or Benchmark hold that density properly
- Decks that circulate by email and must read without a presenter; the seven-word budget strips the context a reader needs, so use Memo instead
- Teaching material that keeps definitions and steps on screen; Syllabus or Seminar are built for that
The presentation design prompt
This is the exact text that gets sent to your AI.
Create a presentation in the 'Keynote Minimal' theme, an original homage to the minimalist keynote style popularized by Steve Jobs. Background: every slide carries the signature gradient, a soft radial glow of #2e3138 centered at the lower middle fading to near-black #0a0a0c at the corners; never flat black, never light. Typography: 'Inter' at weight 600 for every headline, 72 to 140pt, in off-white #f5f5f7 with -0.02em letter-spacing, always sentence case with a terminal period; captions use 'Source Sans 3' at 20 to 28pt in #d2d2d7 or muted #86868b, never more than two lines (both Google Fonts). Anatomy: one idea per slide with a hard budget of seven words, everything centered both ways, at least 60 percent of every slide left as empty gradient; no header bars, no footers, no page numbers, no dates, no logos anywhere. The only accent is #0071e3, used at most once per slide: one tinted word, one hero bar, or one thin underline. Title slide: the product or talk name at around 110pt over a single 24pt #86868b subtitle. Signature statement slide: a three-word sentence such as 'It just works.' at 100 to 130pt alone on the gradient. Big-number slide: one simplified stat up to 220pt ('34,000 a day', not '2,000,000 in 59 days') over a one-line caption at 24pt #86868b. Product hero: a centered CSS-built device silhouette in #1d1d1f with a #3a3a3c edge and a faint #0071e3 screen glow, a mirrored reflection fading from 0.25 opacity to nothing, and one short #86868b label. Charts: at most one per slide, two to four flat vertical bars, #f5f5f7 with the hero bar in #0071e3, 44pt values above each bar, category names below in #86868b. If three items must share a slide, set them as three centered lines or #10314e pills with #f5f5f7 text and 999px corners; structure runs in threes, and the deck closes with 'One more thing.' Strictly avoid: bullet points or numbered lists; header bars, footers, page numbers, dates or logos; more than seven to ten words on a slide; multi-color chart palettes or any accent beyond #0071e3; gridlines, axes, legends or 3D charts; light backgrounds or flat #000000 with no glow; images on white rectangles pasted onto the dark gradient; all-caps or title-case headlines; drop shadows, bevels or gloss beyond the subtle reflection; Apple logos, Apple product photos, the word 'Apple' as the deck's brand, or any claim of affiliation with Apple Inc.
Use this theme for my slides. Ask me what the presentation is about first, then apply the theme to every slide.View this prompt and its data on GitHubHow to use this prompt
From copied text to a finished Keynote Minimal deck in four moves.
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Copy the prompt
Use the copy button, or open it pre-filled in Claude or ChatGPT with one click from the panel on this page.
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Tell the AI your topic
The prompt instructs the AI to ask what your presentation is about first. A sentence or a pasted outline is enough.
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Generate and iterate
Ask for more slides or swap a layout. The avoid list at the end of the prompt keeps Keynote Minimal on-style while the content changes.
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Or skip straight to a deck
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Common questions
Working with the Keynote Minimal presentation design prompt in practice.
