Create Lecture Skill for Claude
Create a new Beamer lecture `.tex` from source papers and materials, with notation consistency checks and the project's preamble wired in. Use when user says "create a lecture on X", "new lecture from these papers", "start a deck on topic Y", "scaffold a new Beamer file", "build me a lecture from these PDFs". Scaffolds the full deck — NOT for compiling existing `.tex` (use `/compile-latex`).
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill create-lectureThe instruction itself
11 sections, as written by the authorLecture Creation Workflow
Create a beautiful, pedagogically excellent Beamer lecture deck.
This is a collaborative, iterative process. The instructor drives the vision; Claude is a thinking partner.
CONSTRAINTS (Non-Negotiable)
- Read the knowledge base FIRST — notation registry, narrative arc, applications database
- Every new symbol MUST be checked against the notation registry
- Motivation before formalism — no exceptions
- Worked example within 2 slides of every definition
- Max 2 colored boxes per slide
- No
\pauseor overlay commands (check project rules) - Transition slides at major conceptual pivots
- Thread at least 1 running empirical application throughout
- All citations verified against the bibliography
10. Work in batches of 5-10 slides — share for feedback, don't bulk-dump
WORKFLOW
Phase 0: Intake & Context (Pre-Flight Report required)
Read the inputs, then produce a Pre-Flight Report in your response before Phase 1 starts.
Inputs to read:
.claude/rules/knowledge-base-template.md— notation registry, narrative arc, applications.claude/rules/content-invariants.md— INV-1..INV-8 govern slide content- Any source papers / existing slides the user provided
- The previous lecture's
.tex(last section + ending slide) if one exists
Required Pre-Flight Report block:
## Pre-Flight Report
**Sources read:**
- [source 1]: [one-line takeaway — what notation, what result, what diagram]
- [source 2]: ...
**Notation registry check:**
- New symbols this lecture will introduce: [list]
- Symbols reused from prior lectures: [list, with the lecture each was introduced in]
- Conflicts detected: [none / specific clashes]
**Narrative position:** [Where does this lecture sit in the course arc? What did the previous lecture end on? What does the next lecture need you to set up?]
**Pedagogical goal:** [one sentence]
**Running application:** [which real-world example threads through this deck]
State the pedagogical goal, get user confirmation, then proceed.
First-lecture fallback (fresh fork, empty knowledge base). If .claude/rules/knowledge-base-template.md still has unfilled placeholder tables (no notation registry entries, no applications, no prior lectures in Slides/), do NOT halt waiting for it. Instead:
- Acknowledge the template is empty and we're creating the course's first lecture.
- Propose a minimal starter knowledge base from the user's topic: 5-8 key symbols with conventions, 1-2 running applications, a short narrative arc (intro → main idea → implications). Present for approval.
- Write the approved stub into the knowledge base template so subsequent lectures inherit it.
- Continue to Phase 1.
This prevents /create-lecture from deadlocking for every new forker.
Phase 1: Paper Analysis (When Papers Provided)
- Split into chunks, extract key ideas
- Map paper notation → course notation
- Identify slide-worthy content
- Present summary for approval
Phase 2: Structure Proposal
- Propose outline (5-Act or 3-Part template)
- List TikZ diagrams and R figures needed
- List new notation to introduce
- GATE: User approves before Phase 3
Phase 3: Draft Slides (Iterative)
- Work in batches of 5-10 slides
- Check notation, apply creation patterns
- Quality checks during drafting
Phase 4: Figures & Code
- R scripts following conventions
- TikZ diagrams in Beamer source (single source of truth)
- Save RDS for future Quarto integration
Phase 5: Polish & Compile
- Full 3-pass compilation
- Run Devil's Advocate
- Run Substance Review (if domain reviewer configured)
- Update knowledge base with new notation
Post-Creation Checklist
[ ] Lecture compiles without errors
[ ] No overfull hbox > 10pt
[ ] All citations resolve
[ ] Every definition has motivation + worked example
[ ] Max 2 colored boxes per slide
[ ] 2-3 Socratic questions embedded
[ ] Transition slides between sections
[ ] At least 1 running application threaded throughout
[ ] New notation added to knowledge base
[ ] Session log updated
[ ] Devil's Advocate run
Cross-references
.claude/skills/translate-to-quarto/SKILL.md— port the finished Beamer deck to a Quarto RevealJS mirror..claude/skills/qa-quarto/SKILL.md— adversarial Beamer↔Quarto parity (loop-until-dry)..claude/skills/deploy/SKILL.md— render + publish the lecture to GitHub Pages..claude/skills/scaffold-exercises/SKILL.md— problem sets + solutions to accompany the lecture.
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Take pedrohcgs/create-lecture from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.