Content Generator

This script extracts a course outline and generates slide stubs from markdown files, designed for course development.

Features

• Extracts course/module/activity structure from a guide markdown file.
• Merges slide content and guide outline to produce slide-ready markdown.
• Generates course topics and agenda for websites.
• Supports custom naming conventions via configuration.

Input Format Requirements

• Guide file: Markdown with YAML frontmatter containing title:, H1 sections for modules, and H2 sections for activities.
• Slides content: Markdown with module headers (# Module X) and activity bullets (* activity 1, * task 1, etc.).

Usage

node generator.js [input_guide] [input_slide_content] [output_slides] [output_course_outline] [output_course_outline_with_titles] [output_course_website_topics] [output_course_website_agenda]

Parameters

• input_guide: Path to the guide markdown file (default: merged.md)
• input_slide_content: Path to the slides content file (default: slide-topics.md)
• output_slides: Path for the final slides output file (default: output/slide-titles-and-initial-content.md)
• output_course_outline: Path for the intermediate guide outline file (default: output/course-outline.md)
• output_course_outline_with_titles: Path for slides content with proper titles filled in (default: output/course-outline-with-topics.md)
• output_course_website_topics: Path for the course topics output file (default: output/course-website-topics.md)
• output_course_website_agenda: Path for the course agenda output file (default: output/course-website-agenda.md)

Examples

node generator.js
node generator.js "../merged/My Guide.md"
node generator.js "../merged/My Guide.md" "my-slides.md"
node generator.js "../merged/My Guide.md" "my-slides.md" "my-final-slides.md" "my-outline.md" "my-slides-with-titles.md" "my-topics.md" "my-agenda.md"

Output Files

• Slides: Markdown file with merged outline and slide content.
• Course Outline: Markdown outline of modules and activities.
• Course Topics: List of topics for website display.
• Course Agenda: List of modules for website agenda.
• Slides with Titles: Slide content with module and activity titles filled in.

Customization

You can adjust naming conventions and parsing rules in the PATTERNS object inside generator.js.

License

See repository root for license information.