Before Napkin builds anything, it asks you a few quick questions. Your answers are what make this presentation genuinely yours, Napkin builds it alongside you, not for you.

Give it as much context as you can upfront, whatever you know about your topic, your audience, and your goal for the presentation. Napkin uses everything you share, and if anything is still unclear, it asks you a few quick questions to fill in the gaps, instead of guessing or assuming.

Each question comes with a few suggested quick replies, but you can always type your own answer instead.

If you would rather Napkin fill in the details itself, it does live research on the topic, not just what it already knows. That is how it can bring in real, current information, like market data or competitor details, instead of generic placeholder content.

Once it has what it needs, Napkin builds an outline of slide titles based on your answers, and checks with you before building anything further. You can approve it as is, ask for specific changes in your own words, or pick from suggested refinements Napkin offers based on your content.

You're not limited to one round of changes. Ask the agent to refine it again and again, more detail, a different angle, a new section, whatever it takes, until it feels right. Napkin adjusts the outline each time and checks in again before moving forward.

Generation only starts once you approve the outline. See Generation for what happens next.