Academic Presentations Skill

Install

npx skillfoxx add skills/academic-presentations-skill-for-claude

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a claude-code -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a cursor -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a github-copilot -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a codex -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a gemini-cli -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a cline -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a roo -y

npx skills add gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a opencode -y

This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.

What it does

The skill replaces Claude's default design-forward slide style with the conventions used in academic and analytical work. Every slide title becomes a full sentence stating the takeaway rather than a topic label, and the whole deck is arranged as a logical argument built on situation, complication, resolution. A ghost deck check reads the titles in sequence: they must tell the entire story on their own. The skill sets rules for charts and tables, requires source citations and a references slide, and keeps the look minimal with white backgrounds, one sans-serif font and no more than three colors. The pptx file itself is produced by Claude's built-in skill, while this one governs content, structure and presentation standards.

Who it is for. For researchers, teachers, graduate students and analysts who need a rigorous presentation driven by data and argument.

Example request

Build slides for my thesis defense, with titles as full sentences stating the takeaway

Limitations

The skill only governs content and formatting; the pptx file is assembled by Claude's built-in skill, so code execution and file creation must be enabled in settings. The rules target academic and analytical contexts and deliberately limit visual effects. Installation is described as uploading the archive in claude.ai.

How to disable. Disable or remove the academic-pptx skill in the skills settings, or delete the skill folder from the agent's skills directory.

Security check

• The skill consists of instructions and formatting rules and ships no scripts of its own

README in short

The README describes a skill for high-quality academic presentations: conference talks, seminar slides, defenses and grant briefings. It requires titles as full sentences, an argument-driven deck structure, the ghost deck check, one exhibit per results slide with the finding annotated, source citations and a closing conclusions slide. The look is minimal: white background, one sans-serif font, up to three colors. Installation is by uploading the archive to the claude.ai skills section, and file generation relies on the built-in pptx skill. A PDF summary of the advice and an MIT license are included.

SKILL.md

---
name: academic-pptx
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. 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."
---

# 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.

## Step 1: Identify Presentation Type

### 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.

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

Produce a slide-by-slide outline (title, action title, exhibit type). Use the ghost deck test during planning: read only the proposed action titles in sequence. They must tell the complete argument.

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