making-academic-presentations

id	making-academic-presentations
name	making-academic-presentations
version	1.0.0
description	Create academic presentation slide decks and optionally demo videos from research papers.
stages	["promotion"]
tools	["read_file","search_project","write_file","run_terminal"]
summary	Create academic presentation slide decks and optionally demo videos from research papers. Use when the user asks to "make slides", "create a deck", "make a presentation", "demo video", "paper slides", "conference talk slides", or wants to...
primaryIntent	writing
intents	["writing"]
capabilities	["visualization-reporting"]
domains	["general"]
keywords	["making-academic-presentations","promotion","visualization-reporting","making","academic","presentations","create","presentation","slide","decks","optionally","demo"]
source	builtin
status	verified
upstream	{"repo":"dr-claw","path":"skills/making-academic-presentations","revision":"8322dc4ef575affaa374aa7922c0a0971c6db7d7"}
resourceFlags	{"hasReferences":true,"hasScripts":true,"hasTemplates":false,"hasAssets":false,"referenceCount":3,"scriptCount":2,"templateCount":0,"assetCount":0,"optionalScripts":true}

making-academic-presentations

Canonical Summary

Create academic presentation slide decks and optionally demo videos from research papers. Use when the user asks to "make slides", "create a deck", "make a presentation", "demo video", "paper slides", "conference talk slides", or wants to...

Trigger Rules

Use this skill when the user request matches its research workflow scope. Prefer the bundled resources instead of recreating templates or reference material. Keep outputs traceable to project files, citations, scripts, or upstream evidence.

Resource Use Rules

• Read from references/ only when the current task needs the extra detail.
• Treat scripts/ as optional helpers. Run them only when their dependencies are available, keep outputs in the project workspace, and explain a manual fallback if execution is blocked.

Execution Contract

• Resolve every relative path from this skill directory first.
• Prefer inspection before mutation when invoking bundled scripts.
• If a required runtime, CLI, credential, or API is unavailable, explain the blocker and continue with the best manual fallback instead of silently skipping the step.
• Do not write generated artifacts back into the skill directory; save them inside the active project workspace.

Upstream Instructions

Making Academic Presentations

Produce slide decks (and optionally narrated demo videos) from research papers. The human drives all outline and visual decisions — the agent executes.

Pipeline

[1] Script Draft ──→ [2] Slide Generation ──→ [3] TTS Audio (optional) ──→ [4] Video Assembly (optional)
     Claude Code          nanobanana /edit     edge-tts / Kokoro / ElevenLabs       ffmpeg

Skip stages 3–4 for slide-only output. User can enter at any stage.

Stage 1: Script / Outline

Input: paper + user-provided outline or slide plan Output: video-scripts.md or slide-outline.md — per-slide content with talking points

The agent drafts scripts based on the user's outline. The user owns the structure — agent does not decide slide count, order, or what to emphasize.

Stage 2: Slide Generation

Full reference: references/slide-generation.md

Tool: nanobanana (Gemini CLI extension)

Priority order (edit-first):

1. Has paper figure → nanobanana to wrap into slide frame