skills/pptx

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🚀 Quick Installation

Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved — as input, output, or both.

Claude Code Plugin

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

What It Does

A comprehensive skill for working with PowerPoint presentations. Use this skill when:

• 📊 Creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations
• 📖 Reading, parsing, or extracting text from .pptx files
• ✏️ Editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations
• 🔄 Combining or splitting slide files
• 🎨 Working with templates, layouts, speaker notes, or comments

Quick Reference

Design Guidelines

Color Palettes

Choose colors that match your topic — don't default to generic blue. Examples:

• Midnight Executive — Navy (#1E2761), Ice Blue (#CADCFC), White
• Coral Energy — Coral (#F96167), Gold (#F9E795), Navy
• Ocean Gradient — Deep Blue (#065A82), Teal (#1C7293), Midnight
• Teal Trust — Teal (#028090), Seafoam (#00A896), Mint

Typography

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• ❌ Don't create boring slides — plain bullets on white background won't impress
• ❌ Don't center body text — left-align paragraphs and lists
• ❌ Don't default to blue — pick colors that reflect the specific topic
• ❌ Don't create text-only slides — add images, icons, charts, or visual elements
• ❌ NEVER use accent lines under titles — hallmark of AI-generated slides

Quality Assurance

Assume there are problems. Your first render is almost never correct. Approach QA as a bug hunt, not a confirmation step.

• Generate slides → Convert to images → Inspect
• List issues found (if none found, look again more critically)
• Fix issues → Re-verify affected slides
• Repeat until a full pass reveals no new issues

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