Slide Generation

Slide Generation

Convert a completed paper into presentation slides or poster.

Input

• $0 — Paper LaTeX file (main.tex) or paper directory

References

• Slide templates and layout patterns: ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/references/slide-templates.md

Scripts

Extract paper elements for slides

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides_skeleton.tex
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --format json --output elements.json
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides.tex --theme metropolis

Parses .tex, extracts title/authors/sections/equations/figures/tables, generates Beamer skeleton.

Workflow

Step 1: Extract Key Content

From the paper, extract:

• Title, authors, affiliations
• Core contribution (1-3 bullet points from abstract)
• Key figures (all \includegraphics paths)
• Key tables (simplified versions)
• Key equations (numbered equations from Methods)
• Main results (best numbers from Results section)

Step 2: Design Slide Structure

Standard oral presentation flow (~15-20 slides):

| Slide # | Content | Source Section |

|---------|---------|---------------|

| 1 | Title slide | Title/Authors |

| 2 | Motivation / Problem | Introduction |

| 3 | Why existing solutions fail | Related Work |

| 4-5 | Our approach (high-level) | Methods |

| 6-8 | Technical details + equations | Methods |

| 9 | Experimental setup | Experiments |

| 10-13 | Results (figures + tables) | Results |

| 14 | Ablation study | Results |

| 15 | Limitations & Future work | Discussion |

| 16 | Conclusion | Conclusion |

| 17 | Thank you + Q&A | — |

Step 3: Generate Beamer LaTeX

\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer}
\usetheme{metropolis}
\title{Paper Title}
\author{Authors}
\date{Venue Year}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
\begin{itemize}
    \item Problem statement
    \item Why it matters
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% ... more frames
\end{document}

Step 4: Simplify for Presentation

• Tables: reduce to essential rows/columns
• Equations: show only the key insight, not full derivation
• Figures: use largest versions, add annotations
• Text: bullet points only, no paragraphs

Step 5: Generate Poster Layout (Optional)

For poster sessions, use a multi-column layout:

• Column 1: Introduction + Motivation
• Column 2: Methods + Key Equations
• Column 3: Results + Figures
• Column 4: Conclusions + References

Rules

• Maximum 1 key message per slide
• Figures should be large and readable
• No more than 6 bullet points per slide
• Equations should be simplified versions
• Include slide numbers
• Use consistent color scheme matching the paper's figures
• Presentation should be self-contained (understandable without reading the paper)

Related Skills

• Upstream: paper-compilation, figure-generation
• See also: self-review, paper-assembly