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Academic PPTX Presentation Skill

Turns papers, theses, and grant work into academic slide decks built on argument structure, action titles, and a strict minimal design standard.

Docs & OfficeIntermediate★ 758⑂ 92AI score 8/10Last updated: Jul 14, 2026

What it does

  • Classifies the talk type: "Structured Argument" mode (conference papers, thesis defenses, grant briefings, lab meetings) vs. "Visual/Narrative" mode (public engagement, lay-panel pitches).
  • Outlines before building: produces a slide-by-slide plan with action titles and exhibit types, then applies the ghost deck test — the titles alone must carry the full argument before any file is created.
  • Enforces concrete design specs: white background, one sans-serif face, max three colors (default navy 1F4E79, mid-blue 2E75B6), 24–28pt action titles, ≥20pt body, ~40 words max per content slide, figure-left/interpretation-right results layout.
  • Bans decoration: no icons in circles, no clip art, no gradients, no accent rules under titles — whitespace instead.
  • Runs an academic QA checklist: in-slide citations, a References slide, conclusions as the final non-appendix slide, contact/QR, section dividers for decks over 15 slides.

Who it's for

  • Grad students and researchers preparing conference or seminar talks
  • Anyone building a thesis or dissertation defense deck
  • PIs and lab managers producing grant briefings and progress reports
  • Lecturers who want a consistent, readable house style for invited talks
  • Analysts who must persuade with reasoning and evidence rather than visuals

Example uses

  1. "Make a 12-minute conference deck from my paper draft" → picks the single defensible claim, proposes an action-title outline for approval, then generates the .pptx.
  2. "Build my dissertation defense deck, methods in two slides max" → results slides use figure-left / interpretation-right layout and push secondary analyses to an appendix.
  3. "My advisor's old slides are cluttered — clean them up" → rewrites topic labels as action titles, strips decorative elements, and runs the QA checklist to catch missing citations or a missing References slide.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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git clone https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/academic-pptx

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  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS, PowerShell or WSL on Windows).
  2. Create the skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/academic-pptx
  4. Confirm SKILL.md, content_guidelines.md, and slide_patterns.md are all present in that folder.
  5. This skill delegates file creation to the companion pptx skill — install that under ~/.claude/skills/ too.
  6. Install dependencies: pip install "markitdown[pptx]", npm install -g pptxgenjs, plus LibreOffice (soffice) and Poppler (pdftoppm) for PDF/image QA.
  7. Restart Claude Code and try: "create conference slides for my paper on X".
  8. Note: the license is proprietary — read LICENSE.txt before any commercial use.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT