# Academic PPTX

Use this skill whenever the user wants to create or improve a presentation for an...

- Repository: https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill (1427 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-07-14
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Use this skill whenever the user wants to create or improve a presentation for an academic context, conference papers, seminar talks, thesis defenses, grant briefings, lab meetings, invited lectures, or any presentation where the audience will evaluate reasoning and evidence. Triggers include: 'conference talk', 'seminar slides', 'thesis defense', 'research presentation', 'academic deck', 'academic presentation'. Also triggers when the user asks to 'make slides' in combination with academic content (e.g., 'make slides for my paper on X', 'create a presentation for my dissertation defense', 'build a deck for my grant proposal'). This skill governs CONTENT and STRUCTURE decisions. For the technical work of creating or editing the .pptx file itself, also read the pptx SKILL.md.

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

# Academic Presentations Skill

## How This Skill Works

This skill has two layers:

1. **This file**, governs content, argument structure, and design standards for academic presentations. Read it fully before planning any slides.
2. **PPTX skill**, governs the technical implementation (creating, editing, and QA-ing the .pptx file). Read it too.

**Always read both before writing any code or creating any files.**

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## Quick Reference

| Task | Guide |
|------|-------|
| Content planning, argument structure, slide-by-slide rules | [content_guidelines.md](content_guidelines.md) |
| Per-slide-type patterns (title, methods, results, etc.) | [slide_patterns.md](slide_patterns.md) |
| Technical creation from scratch | PPTX skill → `pptxgenjs.md` |
| Technical editing of an existing file | PPTX skill → `editing.md` |

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## Step 1: Identify Presentation Type

Before planning a single slide, determine which mode applies.

### Structured Argument (default for academic work)

Use for: conference papers, seminar talks, thesis defenses, dissertation chapters, grant briefings, internal lab presentations, policy briefings, consulting-style research deliverables.

**Priority order: argument structure → data → layout → aesthetics.**

Follow [content_guidelines.md](content_guidelines.md) in full.

### Visual / Narrative

Use for: public engagement talks, science communication to non-specialist audiences, funding pitches to lay panels, event keynotes.

Follow the PPTX skill's design-forward guidelines. Argument structure still matters, but visual storytelling and emotional engagement take priority.

### When in doubt

Default to **Structured Argument**. If the user mentions a paper, a study, a dataset, a thesis, a grant, or a conference, they almost certainly want structured argument mode.

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## Step 2: Plan the Deck Before Creating Any Slides

The rest: https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/blob/HEAD//SKILL.md