slides

name	slides
description	Create presentations (PPTX or HTML slideshow) from content, research, or project files
user_invocable	true

/slides — Presentation Creator

Create professional presentations from any AutoMates content.

How It Works

1. Identify the content source — ask the user what to turn into slides, or read from a specified file/folder in Work_Space/.

2. Choose the format — ask the user:

   • PPTX (PowerPoint) — uses the office-skills toolkit at Tools/office-skills/
   • HTML (browser slideshow) — self-contained HTML file, keyboard navigation, no dependencies

3. Build the presentation:

For PPTX:

• Read Tools/office-skills/public/pptx/SKILL.md COMPLETELY before starting
• Follow the html2pptx workflow: design slides in HTML/CSS → render to PPTX
• Use Tools/office-skills/venv/bin/python for all Python commands
• Use the office-skills Node.js tools for HTML-to-PPTX conversion
• Save output to Tools/office-skills/outputs/<presentation-name>/
• Generate thumbnail grid for visual validation
• If the pptx-server MCP is available, use its tools for direct PPTX creation

For HTML:

• Create a single self-contained HTML file with embedded CSS and JS
• Dark professional theme (dark gray/black background, clean sans-serif font)
• Keyboard navigation (arrow keys, spacebar)
• Slide counter
• Responsive design
• Save to the same folder as the source content

4. Validate — check for text cutoff, layout issues, missing content.

5. Deliver — tell the user where the file is saved.

Tips

• For product research → use HTML (includes images via URLs)
• For corporate/branded decks → use PPTX (template support)
• Always ask about the audience before designing
• Keep slides clean: one idea per slide, minimal text
• Use tables for comparisons, not bullet points

Dependencies

• PPTX: Tools/office-skills/ (venv + node_modules must be installed)
• HTML: No dependencies — works everywhere
• MCP: pptx-server (optional, for direct PPTX manipulation)