# Ppt Editing Skill

Edit existing PowerPoint files or templates with XML-safe workflows.

- Repository: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/skills (13760 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-04-18
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add MiniMax-AI/skills --skill ppt-editing-skill -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add MiniMax-AI/skills --skill ppt-editing-skill -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add MiniMax-AI/skills --skill ppt-editing-skill -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add MiniMax-AI/skills --skill ppt-editing-skill -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add MiniMax-AI/skills`

## Description

Edit existing PowerPoint files or templates with XML-safe workflows. Use for template-based deck updates: analyze layouts, map content to slides, duplicate/reorder/delete slides safely, edit slide XML in parallel, clean orphaned assets, and repack validated PPTX output.

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

# Editing Presentations

## Template-Based Workflow

When using an existing presentation as a template:

1. **Copy and analyze**:
   ```bash
   cp /path/to/user-provided.pptx template.pptx
   python -m markitdown template.pptx > template.md
   ```
   Review `template.md` to see placeholder text and slide structure.

2. **Plan slide mapping**: For each content section, choose a template slide.

   ⚠️ **USE VARIED LAYOUTS**, monotonous presentations are a common failure mode. Don't default to basic title + bullet slides. Actively seek out:
   - Multi-column layouts (2-column, 3-column)
   - Image + text combinations
   - Full-bleed images with text overlay
   - Quote or callout slides
   - Section dividers
   - Stat/number callouts
   - Icon grids or icon + text rows

   **Avoid:** Repeating the same text-heavy layout for every slide.

   Match content type to layout style (e.g., key points → bullet slide, team info → multi-column, testimonials → quote slide).

3. **Unpack**

4. **Build presentation** (do this yourself, not with subagents):
   - Delete unwanted slides (remove from `<p:sldIdLst>`)
   - Duplicate slides you want to reuse (`add_slide.py`)
   - Reorder slides in `<p:sldIdLst>`
   - **Complete all structural changes before step 5**

5. **Edit content**: Update text in each `slide{N}.xml`.
   **Use subagents here if available**, slides are separate XML files, so subagents can edit in parallel.

6. **Clean**

7. **Pack**

## Output Structure

Copy the user-provided file to `template.pptx` in cwd. This preserves the original and gives a predictable name for all downstream scripts.

```bash
cp /path/to/user-provided.pptx template.pptx
```

```text
./
├── template.pptx               # Copy of user-provided file (never modified)
├── template.md                 # markitdown extraction
├── unpacked/                   # Editable XML tree
└── edited.pptx                 # Final repacked deck
```

Minimum expected deliverable: `edited.pptx`.

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## Scripts

The rest: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/pptx-plugin/skills/ppt-editing-skill/SKILL.md