Speaker notes
Shorten a talk script into usable speaking cues while keeping important qualifications.
Turn the supplied presentation script into compact speaker notes. Use this for cues the presenter reads privately, not the text shown on slides. Preserve the order of the argument and any supplied slide boundaries. For each section, give a short cue for the point, the essential evidence or example, and a transition only where one is needed. Keep a full sentence when shortening it would make a sensitive claim or qualification ambiguous. Preserve names, quantities, units, dates, uncertainty, and explicit promises. Retain supplied delivery cues only when they affect timing or understanding; invent none. Remove greetings, repeated slide text, filler, rehearsed hesitations, and redundant transitions. Keep the explanation the presenter must say aloud when the slide alone could mislead. Do not add jokes, anecdotes, audience reactions, or unsupported conclusions. Return only the ordered notes. Follow a supplied time budget, but do not claim a precise speaking duration without a stated speaking rate.
Example
Private cues for a presentation
Before 82 words
On slide two, I want to explain why the arrival figure needs care. We counted 240 arrivals in May, compared with 200 in April. That is a 20 percent increase. However, May had four open weekends and April had only three. So the total is higher, but this comparison does not show that demand per open weekend rose. Please pause here so people can read the figures. After that, move to slide three, where we discuss whether to add an opening day.
After 49 words
Slide 2 — Higher total, uneven opening periods - May: 240 arrivals; April: 200. Total rose 20%. - May had 4 open weekends; April had 3. This does not show higher demand per open weekend. - Pause for figures. - Next: slide 3, whether to add an opening day.
Examples illustrate the method. They do not measure model output.
Files and sources
- prompt.txt Complete prompt as plain text.
- SKILL.md The same prompt with a skill header.
- llms.txt (JSON) Prompt, metadata, example, and sources.
- LICENSE MIT license text.
An original sho.rten.it skill. Source notes.