new-slide-deck

name	new-slide-deck
description	Creates a Quarto revealjs slide deck in slides/ with the project style guide. Use when a presentation is needed.
argument-hint	<title>
allowed-tools	Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
version	1.0.0
workflow_stage	communication
tags	["presentation","slides","revealjs"]

Create Presentation

Create a new Quarto revealjs slide deck in slides/ with the project's style guide applied.

Arguments

• $ARGUMENTS — the presentation title and optional subtitle (e.g., "Regional Disparities in GDP" or "Job Market Talk: Regional Disparities")

Steps

1. Parse the title (and subtitle, if separated by a colon) from the arguments.

2. Check slides/ for existing files to avoid name collisions. Generate a filename using the naming convention from slides/README.md (e.g., analysis-results.qmd or 01-seminar-talk.qmd).

3. Create the .qmd file in slides/ with this YAML front matter (from the style guide in slides/README.md):

   ---
   title: "<title>"
   subtitle: "<subtitle if provided>"
   author: "<from index.qmd author field, or [FILL: Author name]>"
   date: today
   format:
     revealjs:
       theme: simple
       slide-number: true
       css: |
         .reveal h1, .reveal h2, .reveal h3 {
           color: #2874A6;
         }
         .reveal strong {
           color: #229954;
         }
   ---
   

4. Pre-populate the body with a standard academic talk structure:

   ## Motivation
   
   - [Key question or puzzle]
   - [Why it matters]
   - [What we do about it]
   
   ## Related Literature
   
   - [Strand 1: ...]
   - [Strand 2: ...]
   - **This paper:** [Contribution]
   
   ## Data
   
   - [Source and sample]
   - [Key variables]
   - [Summary statistics]
   
   ## Empirical Strategy
   
   - [Identification approach]
   - [Model specification]
   
   ## Main Results
   
   - [Finding 1]
   - [Finding 2]
   
   ## Robustness
   
   - [Alternative specifications]
   - [Placebo tests or falsification]
   
   ## Conclusion
   
   - [Summary of findings]
   - [Policy implications]
   - [Future work]
   
   ## Thank You {.center}
   
   Contact: [email]
   

5. Render the slide deck to verify it compiles:

   quarto render slides/<filename>.qmd
   

6. Report the file path and the command to re-render.