| name | slides-grab-card-news |
| description | Generate square Instagram-style card news by reusing the slides-grab workflow with card-news mode enabled. Defaults to per-slide PNG export. |
| metadata | {"short-description":"Square card-news workflow on top of slides-grab (PNG by default)"} |
slides-grab Card News Skill
Use this when the user wants card news instead of a widescreen presentation.
Goal
Reuse the existing slides-grab plan/design/export workflow, but generate square outputs optimized for Instagram posts. Per-slide PNG is the default export since Instagram and most card-news distribution channels consume images, not PDFs.
Workflow
- Reuse the normal outline process from
slides-grab-plan.
- During design and review, keep every card at 720pt x 720pt and run:
slides-grab validate --slides-dir <path> --mode card-newsslides-grab build-viewer --slides-dir <path> --mode card-newsslides-grab edit --slides-dir <path> --mode card-news
- During export, default to per-slide PNG for Instagram-ready output:
slides-grab png --slides-dir <path> --slide-mode card-news --resolution 2160p- Optional
--output-dir <path>/out-png to choose the output folder (defaults to <slides-dir>/out-png).
- Only produce PDF/PPTX/Figma when the user explicitly asks for it:
slides-grab pdf --slides-dir <path> --slide-mode card-news --output <name>.pdfslides-grab convert --slides-dir <path> --mode card-news --output <name>.pptx (experimental / unstable)slides-grab figma --slides-dir <path> --mode card-news --output <name>-figma.pptx (experimental / unstable)
- Remind the user that PPTX/Figma exports remain experimental / unstable.
Rules
- Optimize layouts for square Instagram-style card news, not 16:9 slides.
- Default the export to
slides-grab png --slide-mode card-news; only switch to PDF/PPTX/Figma when the user explicitly requests it.
- Reuse existing design, viewer, editor, and export policy wherever possible.
- Do not implement SNS/Instagram publishing automation.
- Use the packaged CLI and bundled skills only.
