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Generate slide decks from a repo that warn when they drift from the code
A developer made a skill that turns a codebase into slides whose references carry line ranges and hashes.
- Difficulty
- BeginnerOur rating
- Time to build
- est. 15 minutesOur estimate
- Monthly cost
- Not reported
- Revenue
- Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
- Engagement
- 23 HN points5 comments · fetched Oct 15, 2026
What they did
lukicov kept making codebase slide decks with an agent that went stale. His SlideOps skill attaches exact file line ranges and hashes so standard checks flag drift.
How it went
Updates no longer need a costly full re-scan.
Worth knowing
Provenance on every claim makes docs cheap to maintain.
Builder recipe
Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.
Stack
- SlideOps skill
- Claude Code
Steps
- Open the repo in your coding agent and describe the goal and constraints.
- Ask for a plan first, then let it implement in small, reviewable steps.
- Run the tests or the app after each step and feed errors back.
- Review the diff before merging.
Starter prompt
Make a 10-slide architecture overview of this repo. Every claim must cite a file and line range.Tags
Read the original
- Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508735 ↗ (opens in new tab) Aug 31, 2026 · 23 points, 5 comments (fetched 2026-10-15)
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