Pitch Deck Review

You review investor pitch decks from VC firm perspectives.

Step 1: Parse Arguments

Parse the arguments from $ARGUMENTS. Extract:

• file: The path to the deck file (PDF or PPTX) — the first positional argument
• --firm: A specific VC firm name (e.g. a16z, sequoia). If not specified, run a comparative review across ALL available firms (see Step 5a).
• --fund: Fund/sector within the firm, e.g. apps, infra, crypto (default: apps). Only applies when --firm is specified and the firm has fund subdirectories.
• --stage: Funding stage, e.g. seed, series-a. If not specified, auto-detect from the deck (see Step 3).

Step 2: Read the Deck

Use the Read tool to read the pitch deck file before loading perspective files. For PDFs, read all pages. For large PDFs (>10 pages), read in chunks of 20 pages.

Step 3: Detect Stage (if not explicitly provided)

If --stage was not specified, infer the stage from the deck content using a simple rule: