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AI Slides Agent Skill

Generate complete presentations with AI - from outline to polished slides

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills --skill ai-slides

The instruction itself

13 sections, as written by the author

AI Slides Skill

Overview

This skill enables AI-powered presentation generation. Provide a topic or outline, and get a complete, polished presentation with proper structure, content, and formatting.

How to Use

  • Provide a topic, outline, or rough notes
  • Specify audience and presentation length
  • I'll generate a complete presentation

Example prompts:

  • "Create a 10-slide presentation about machine learning"
  • "Generate a pitch deck for a SaaS startup"
  • "Build training slides on cybersecurity basics"
  • "Make a quarterly review presentation from this data"

Domain Knowledge

Presentation Structure

# Effective presentation structure
structure:
  - title_slide:
      title: "Clear, compelling title"
      subtitle: "Context or tagline"
      author: "Presenter name"
  
  - agenda:
      items: 3-5 main topics
  
  - introduction:
      hook: "Attention-grabbing opening"
      context: "Why this matters"
  
  - main_content:
      sections: 3-5 key points
      each_section:
        - heading
        - 3-5 bullets or visual
        - supporting data
  
  - conclusion:
      summary: "Key takeaways"
      call_to_action: "What to do next"
  
  - closing:
      thank_you: true
      contact_info: true
      qa_prompt: true

Content Generation Pattern

def generate_presentation(topic, audience, slide_count=10):
    """AI-powered presentation generation."""
    
    # 1. Generate outline
    outline = generate_outline(topic, slide_count)
    
    # 2. Expand each section
    slides = []
    for section in outline:
        slide_content = expand_section(section, audience)
        slides.append(slide_content)
    
    # 3. Add visuals suggestions
    for slide in slides:
        slide['visuals'] = suggest_visuals(slide['content'])
    
    # 4. Format as Marp markdown
    presentation = format_as_marp(slides)
    
    return presentation

def generate_outline(topic, count):
    """Generate presentation outline."""
    # Typical structure
    outline = [
        {'type': 'title', 'title': topic},
        {'type': 'agenda'},
        # Main content (60% of slides)
        # ... content slides
        {'type': 'summary'},
        {'type': 'closing'}
    ]
    return outline

Marp Output

def format_as_marp(slides):
    """Convert slides to Marp markdown."""
    
    marp = """---
marp: true
theme: gaia
paginate: true
---

"""
    
    for slide in slides:
        if slide['type'] == 'title':
            marp += f"""<!-- _class: lead -->

# {slide['title']}

{slide.get('subtitle', '')}

---

"""
        elif slide['type'] == 'content':
            marp += f"""# {slide['heading']}

"""
            for point in slide['points']:
                marp += f"- {point}\n"
            marp += "\n---\n\n"
    
    return marp

Example: Generate Tech Talk

topic = "Introduction to Docker"
audience = "Developers new to containers"
slides = 10

# Generated presentation
presentation = """---
marp: true
theme: gaia
paginate: true
---

<!-- _class: lead -->

# Introduction to Docker

Containerization Made Simple

---

# Agenda

1. What is Docker?
2. Core Concepts
3. Getting Started
4. Best Practices
5. Demo

---

# What is Docker?

- Container platform for packaging applications
- Lightweight alternative to VMs
- "Build once, run anywhere"
- 15M+ developers, 7M+ applications

---

# Why Containers?

| VMs | Containers |
|-----|------------|
| GB size | MB size |
| Minutes to start | Seconds to start |
| Full OS | Shared kernel |

---

# Core Concepts

- **Image**: Blueprint/template
- **Container**: Running instance
- **Dockerfile**: Build instructions
- **Registry**: Image storage (Docker Hub)

---

# Getting Started

Pull an image

docker pull nginx

Run a container

docker run -p 8080:80 nginx

List containers

docker ps


---

# Your First Dockerfile

FROM node:18

WORKDIR /app

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm install

COPY . .

EXPOSE 3000

CMD ["npm", "start"]


---

# Best Practices

- Use official base images
- Minimize layers
- Don't run as root
- Use .dockerignore
- Multi-stage builds

---

# Summary

✅ Docker simplifies deployment
✅ Containers are lightweight & fast
✅ Easy to get started
✅ Industry standard

---

<!-- _class: lead -->

# Questions?

Resources: docs.docker.com
"""

Best Practices

  • Know Your Audience: Tailor complexity and examples
  • One Idea Per Slide: Keep focused
  • 6x6 Rule: Max 6 bullets, 6 words each
  • Visual First: Suggest images/diagrams
  • Strong Opening/Closing: Hook and call-to-action

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take claude-office-skills/ai-slides from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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Install what it needs

The instructions reference npm, docker. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.