# Utility Slideshow Creator

Generates professional presentations from a JSON deck specification using 18 slide...

- Repository: https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills (780 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-slideshow-creator -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-slideshow-creator -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-slideshow-creator -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-slideshow-creator -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add product-on-purpose/pm-skills`

## Description

Generates professional presentations from a JSON deck specification using 18 slide types with dark/light variants, content-to-layout decision logic, and calibrated character limits. Ships with a default professional theme.

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

<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->

# Slideshow Creator

Generate professional presentations (.pptx and .pdf) from a JSON deck specification. Zero design decisions at generation time - Claude selects slide types and fills content slots; all visual properties are pre-decided by the theme.

## When to Use

- Creating slide decks for stakeholder updates, product reviews, team presentations
- Generating professional .pptx files from content briefs
- Producing consistent presentations without manual formatting
- Exporting presentations to PDF for sharing or archiving

## When NOT to Use

- Creating complex data visualizations (use dedicated charting tools)
- Building interactive web presentations (this produces .pptx, not HTML)
- Editing existing PowerPoint files (this creates new decks from scratch)

## How It Works

**Two-phase architecture:**

1. **Spec phase (Claude)** - Read the content brief, select slide types using decision logic, write a JSON deck specification. Content slots have character limits calibrated to prevent overflow. This is the only phase that costs tokens.
2. **Generation phase (Local script)** - Run `node scripts/generate-deck.js deck-spec.json` to produce .pptx. Optionally run `node scripts/export-pdf.mjs deck-spec.json` for PDF. Deterministic rendering, zero token cost.

Both outputs come from the same JSON spec, so .pptx and .pdf always match.

## 18 Slide Types

The rest: https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/utility-slideshow-creator/SKILL.md