> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.flashdocs.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Generate Outline Preview > Generate a deck outline with multiple layout options per slide, each including a preview image, slide ID, and content description for easy selection and customization. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.flashdocs.ai/openapi.json post /v3/generate/outline openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: FlashDocs API description: API for FlashDocs application version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.flashdocs.ai description: Production server security: [] paths: /v3/generate/outline: post: tags: - Generate summary: Generate Outline Preview description: >- Generate a deck outline with multiple layout options per slide, each including a preview image, slide ID, and content description for easy selection and customization. operationId: generate_outline_previews_v3_generate_outline_post requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SlideOptionsRequest' required: true responses: '200': description: Successfully generated outline preview. content: application/json: schema: items: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutlineItemOption' type: array type: array title: Response Generate Outline Previews V3 Generate Outline Post example: - - slide_id: abc123 preview_link: https://example.com/1.png content_description: Title slide with image background - slide_id: def456 preview_link: https://example.com/2.png content_description: Title slide, aligned to the left - - slide_id: ghi789 preview_link: https://example.com/3.png content_description: Agenda with 3 items - slide_id: jkl012 preview_link: https://example.com/4.png content_description: Mission statement '400': description: Invalid request parameters. '422': description: Validation Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError' security: - OAuth2PasswordBearer: [] components: schemas: SlideOptionsRequest: properties: prompt: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Prompt description: >- The main (ideally information dense) instructions for how to create the slide(s). Can be ~400,000 characters. example: >- In a few slides, describe the recent Innovations in Renewable Energy. Discuss the foundational problems and key papers. Include specific examples. source_document_id: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Source Document Id description: >- Optional. The FlashDocs document ID of an existing source document to base the presentation content on. See the results from `https://api.flashdocs.ai/v1/documents/base` - the `id` key in the document object. If not provided, then *any* Library document in the organization is chosen. example: abc-def-ghi-jkl number_slides: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' title: Number Slides description: >- Optional. The desired number of slides in the generated presentation. If not provided, the system will automatically predict the number of slides from the prompt. Do not include if `source_document_id` is a *template* document. example: 5 audience_domain: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Audience Domain description: >- Optional. Used to populate image placeholders with the `audience-company-logo` category. I.e. if this is a slide deck for an *external* audience, the `audience_domain` is the website of the company that the audience belongs to. If not provided, the system will predict. Must be valid domain name (ex: if you are making a deck to sell your product to the finance team at Intel, set this parameter to `intel.com` or `https://intel.com`) example: slack.com presentation_name: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Presentation Name description: >- Optional. The desired filename name for the generated presentation deck. If not provided, the system will generate one based on the prompt. example: Renewable Energy Innovations 2025 outline: anyOf: - items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutlineItemFullContent' type: array - type: 'null' title: Outline description: >- Optional. An array of outline instructions defining the content/layout for each slide. number_option_per_slide: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' title: Number Option Per Slide description: Optional. Number of options per slide. Defaults to 1. default: 5 type: object title: SlideOptionsRequest OutlineItemOption: properties: slide_id: type: string title: Slide Id description: >- FlashDocs `id` of the slide. Can be found in the `https://api.flashdocs.ai/v1/documents/{document_id}/full` endpoint with `include_slides=true` in the `id` key for the slide object. Can only provide 1 of `layout_instruction` OR `slide_id`. example: slide_123 preview_link: type: string title: Preview Link description: URL link to the preview of the slide. example: https://secure.flashdocs.com/xyz content_description: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Content Description description: Optional. Description of the content of the slide. example: >- Renewable energy is the energy derived from natural processes that are replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat, and biomass. type: object required: - slide_id - preview_link title: OutlineItemOption HTTPValidationError: properties: detail: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' type: array title: Detail type: object title: HTTPValidationError OutlineItemFullContent: properties: content_instruction: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Content Instruction description: Optional. Instruction for the content of the slide. example: Introduce the topic of renewable energy and its importance. layout_instruction: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Layout Instruction description: >- Optional. Instruction for the layout/design of the slide. Can only provide 1 of `layout_instruction` OR `slide_id`. example: Title slide with a background image. markdown: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Markdown description: >- Optional. Markdown content for the slide. Can only provide 1 of `markdown` OR [`layout_instruction`, `content_instruction`]. example: |- # Parallel Inference on GPUs for LLMs ## **Data Parallelism** - Distributes batches of input data across GPUs. - **Benefits:** Increased throughput via simultaneous processing. ## **Model Parallelism** - Splits the model's layers or components among GPUs. ## **Pipeline Parallelism** - Overlaps different stages of inference, reducing idle time. - **Advantage:** Maximizes resource utilization. - Use various layers of DNN see [here](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog). text_placeholder_manual_insertions: anyOf: - items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextPlaceholderValueWithOptions' type: array - type: 'null' title: Text Placeholder Manual Insertions description: >- Optional. A list of manual insertions of placeholder text into the generated deck. Useful for users who want to control the exact values of text placeholders in the slide. The placeholder must exist in the slides as Text Placeholder; therefore, we recommend using this text_placeholder_manual_insertions parameter when you know the placeholder values: `template` deck types and custom decks where the slide id is specified in the `outline` parameter. We support markdown content (lists, heading, bold, italics, underline, links, etc.)! example: - placeholder: '[title]' value: Renewable Energy Innovations 2027 - placeholder: '[content]' value: Introduce the topic of renewable energy and its importance. image_placeholder_manual_insertions: anyOf: - items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImagePlaceholderManualInsertion' type: array - type: 'null' title: Image Placeholder Manual Insertions description: >- Optional. A list of manual insertions of image placeholders into the generated deck. example: - alt_text: '[top right]' slide_index: 0 url: https://example.com/image.jpg - alt_text: '[bottom left]' slide_index: 1 url: https://example.com/image2.jpg type: object title: OutlineItemFullContent ValidationError: properties: loc: items: anyOf: - type: string - type: integer type: array title: Location msg: type: string title: Message type: type: string title: Error Type type: object required: - loc - msg - type title: ValidationError TextPlaceholderValueWithOptions: properties: placeholder: type: string title: Placeholder description: The placeholder text in the slide example: '[title]' value: type: string title: Value description: Value for the placeholder example: Introduce the topic of renewable energy and its importance. resize: anyOf: - type: boolean - type: 'null' title: Resize description: >- Optional. Whether to resize the placeholder to fit the content. If not specified, the placeholder will be resized by default. default: false example: true type: object required: - placeholder - value title: TextPlaceholderValueWithOptions ImagePlaceholderManualInsertion: properties: alt_text: type: string title: Alt Text description: The alt text for the image, which must exist in the template example: '[top right]' url: type: string minLength: 1 format: uri title: Url description: URL for the image example: https://example.com/image.jpg type: object required: - alt_text - url title: ImagePlaceholderManualInsertion securitySchemes: OAuth2PasswordBearer: type: oauth2 flows: password: scopes: {} tokenUrl: token ````