# Beamer Presentation

Create academic presentations in Beamer with professional themes

- Repository: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills (4869 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill beamer-presentation -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill beamer-presentation -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill beamer-presentation -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill beamer-presentation -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills`

## Description

Create academic presentations in Beamer with professional themes

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Beamer Presentation Creator

## Purpose

This skill helps economists create professional academic presentations using LaTeX Beamer. It provides templates for conference talks, job market presentations, and seminar presentations with proper structure and clean aesthetics.

## When to Use

- Preparing conference presentations
- Creating job market talk slides
- Making seminar/workshop presentations
- Converting a paper into presentation slides

## Instructions

### Step 1: Understand the Context

Ask the user:
1. What type of presentation? (20-min conference, 90-min seminar, job market)
2. What's the paper/project about?
3. What's the target audience expertise level?
4. Do they have specific style preferences?

### Step 2: Structure by Time

| Duration | Structure |
|----------|-----------|
| 15-20 min | Motivation (2) → Question (1) → Method (2) → Results (3-4) → Conclusion (1) |
| 45-60 min | Add literature review, more results detail, robustness |
| 90 min | Full seminar with theoretical framework, extensive empirics |

### Step 3: Follow Presentation Best Practices

- **One idea per slide**
- **Minimal text** - use bullets of 3-6 words
- **Big fonts** - minimum 20pt for content
- **Consistent colors** - use a limited palette
- **Reveal incrementally** using `\pause` or `<+->` for complex slides

## Example Output

```latex
\documentclass[aspectratio=169, 11pt]{beamer}

% ============================================
% THEME AND APPEARANCE
% ============================================

% Clean minimal theme
\usetheme{metropolis}
\usecolortheme{default}

% Or for a more traditional look:
% \usetheme{Madrid}
% \usecolortheme{whale}

% Custom colors
\definecolor{darkblue}{RGB}{0, 51, 102}
\definecolor{lightgray}{RGB}{245, 245, 245}

\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{bg=darkblue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=darkblue}
\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=darkblue}

% Remove navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

The rest: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/09-meleantonio-awesome-econ-ai-stuff/_skills/communication/beamer-presentation/SKILL.md