Data Narrative Builder

Overview

Data Narrative Builder steps in when a presentation feels like a data dump, a clear finding needs to become compelling, or a senior audience won't read past 5 slides.

What it covers

• Identifies the single most important message the audience should walk away with; if there's more than one, that's more than one presentation.
• Chooses a narrative framework such as situation-complication-resolution or before-after-bridge to fit the context.
• Assigns an emotional arc to each section so the tone matches the intended reaction at each stage.
• Drafts each section leading with the conclusion, then the supporting evidence, using numbers that serve the story rather than interrupt it.
• Plans one key visual per narrative beat, then writes an opening hook that earns attention in under 10 seconds and a call to action with a specific decision, person, and deadline.

Part of Data Analytics Skills

This is one of 31 skills in the Data Analytics Skills library, in the Data Storytelling & Visualization group.

Installation

1. Clone the repo once: git clone https://github.com/nimrodfisher/data-analytics-skills.git
2. Copy just this skill: cp -r data-analytics-skills/04-data-storytelling-visualization/data-narrative-builder ~/.claude/skills/ (or ~/.agents/skills/ for Codex)
3. Ask your agent something like "turn these findings into a presentation that makes the case for action" and it activates on its own.

See the Data Analytics Skills entry for the full library.