Next steps — Honeydeck docs

Next steps Use this guide after the quick start when you want to understand the main Honeydeck workflows without jumping straight into every reference page. CLI commands honeydeck dev Starts the Vite development server. Typical output: honeydeck build Builds a deployable static SPA to dist/ . honeydeck pdf Exports slides to PDF via headless Chromium. honeydeck init and honeydeck skill Creates a new Honeydeck project and optionally installs agent skills. Slide authoring The first block is deck level frontmatter. Later lines separate slides. Specify a layout per slide in frontmatter: Available layouts: Blank , Default , Cover , Section , TwoCol , Image , ImageLeft , and ImageRight . For more detail, see Slides /docs/slides . Frontmatter Deck level settings live in the first frontmatter block of the deck entry file. | Property | Type | Default | Description | | | | | | | title | string | "" | Deck title | | description | string | "" | Deck description | | aspectRatio | "16:9" | "16:9" | Slide canvas ratio | | colorMode | "system" \| "light" \| "dark" | "system" | Color mode | | pdfColorMode | "light" \| "dark" | unset | Optional PDF color mode; falls back to pinned colorMode , then light | | pdfSteps | "final" \| "all" | "final" | PDF step handling | | transition | boolean | true | Crossfade between slides | | layouts | string | "" built in | Custom layout map path | | defaultLayout | string | "Default" | Fallback layout | | showSlideNumbers | boolean | false | Show slide numbers | Slide level frontmatter chooses the slide layout and passes layout specific props. | Property | Type | Description | | | | | | layout | string | Layout name in PascalCase | | layout props | varies | Layout specific fields | For the full reference, see Configuration /docs/configuration . Core components Core runtime components are explicit imports from honeydeck . Reveal steps