PPTX Posters
Create and audit editable scientific posters in macro-free PowerPoint (.pptx) from...
Install
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer --skill pptx-posters -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer2.5k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,538 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Create and audit editable scientific posters in macro-free PowerPoint (.pptx) from author-approved local content and assets. Use when the requested deliverable is a PowerPoint research/conference poster and exact physical, printer, accessibility, provenance, and package-security checks are required.
PPTX posters
Scope
Use this skill only when the requested source/deliverable is an editable PowerPoint poster. Do not route an unspecified poster request here merely because PowerPoint is available.
Version 2.0 generates a real one-slide .pptx from strict local JSON. It does not use
HTML conversion, external templates, schematic/image-generation services, API keys,
environment files, network requests, or mandatory figure styles.
Hard gates
Stop instead of guessing when any gate is unmet:
- The author has not supplied exact poster content and source records.
- Any claim, number, citation, author, affiliation, funding statement, figure, license, or QR target is unresolved.
- Current conference and printer requirements are not confirmed.
- Author approval is not bound to the current manifest content hash.
- An asset is remote, outside the manifest directory, unhashed, or unapproved.
- An input is
.pptm, contains macros/external relationships/OLE/embedded files, or is an untrusted template. - The requested workflow needs PowerPoint to be opened or executed automatically.
- A script reports a package, layout, DPI, contrast, or output-plan blocker.
Never fabricate missing material or leave a plausible placeholder. Drafts fail closed.
Install exact generation dependencies
From the skill directory:
uv venv
uv pip install "python-pptx==1.0.2" "Pillow==12.3.0" "lxml==6.1.1"
Generation requires exactly:
python-pptx==1.0.2
Pillow==12.3.0
lxml==6.1.1
All CLIs use lazy optional imports, so python -B scripts/<tool>.py --help works
without these packages. Use -B to avoid bytecode artifacts.
Establish requirements before layout
Record these separately:
