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Core Concepts

This section explains the building blocks of Pitch Smith. Each concept page focuses on helping you understand what something is and why it works the way it does -- the foundational knowledge that makes everything else in Pitch Smith click.

If you are new to Pitch Smith, reading these pages before diving into the how-to guides will give you the mental model you need to work confidently with the tool.

Concept pages​

  • Themes -- How brand identity is encoded as design tokens (colors, fonts, shapes) and applied to slides through CSS variables.
  • Templates -- Reusable slide layouts and deck structures that combine with themes for brand-consistent presentations.
  • Plans -- How deck plans and slide plans organize your presentation content in YAML before slides are built.
  • Slides -- The HTML/CSS output format, the build process, and how theme variables flow into final slide files.
  • Workflows -- The command system that powers Pitch Smith, from planning through building, editing, and exporting.