| name | paper2ppt |
| description | Turn research papers into concise, editable PPT decks with a restrained discussion-class whiteboard style. Use when Codex needs to read a paper PDF or paper notes, optionally borrow Paper2Slides for content planning, and then create a simple editable PPTX for paper reading, discussion sessions, group meetings, or seminar reports. |
Paper2PPT
Create editable paper-reading decks in a restrained whiteboard style. This skill is for discussion slides, not marketing decks.
Default Style
- White background.
- One large title near the top.
- Left side or top area uses grouped unordered bullets.
- Group headers are larger and usually red.
- Body bullets are smaller and black.
- Use figures and tables from the paper as evidence, not decoration.
- Remove meaningless cards or floating boxes unless the user explicitly asks for them.
Core Workflow
- Read the paper PDF or notes first.
- Extract a small narrative arc instead of copying the paper section by section.
- If useful, use Paper2Slides as an upstream planning/reference stage only.
- Reorganize the content into the requested slide outline.
- Build an editable
.pptx, not screenshots.
- Keep titles and bullets editable text; keep paper figures/tables as evidence images.
Default Seven-Slide Arc
Use this when the user wants a standard paper-reading deck:
- Research Problem + Challenges
- Prior Work + Observation
- Insight + Architecture Overview
- Detailed Design I
- Detailed Design II
- Evaluation I
- Evaluation II
Layout Rules
- Keep each slide to 2-3 bullet groups.
- Prefer unordered bullets over paragraphs.
- Make group headers visibly larger than body text.
- Keep one main visual area per slide.
- Do not put meaningless summary cards in the middle-upper area.
- On evaluation slides, put the headline metric or conclusion in red.
Paper2Slides Integration
When the user explicitly wants Paper2Slides or when it helps:
- Use Paper2Slides for paper parsing, summary extraction, or slide-plan inspiration.
- Do not rely on Paper2Slides image-only output as the final deliverable when the user wants editable PPT.
- Treat Paper2Slides as the planning/source-extraction stage, then rebuild the final deck as editable PPTX.
Read references/workflow.md for the full hybrid workflow and packaging notes.
Bundled Source
This skill includes a full example project under assets/example-boosting-resource-leak-7slides/:
build/build_deck.mjs: editable PPTX builder sourcenarrative_plan.md: slide narrativeassets/: paper figure/table screenshotspreview/: rendered slide previewsverification/summary.json: export summaryboosting-resource-leak-paper2slides-7slides.pptx: final example deck
It also includes a vendored upstream copy of Paper2Slides under vendor/Paper2Slides/.
Use this example as a reference implementation when creating similar discussion-style decks.
Publish / Repo Notes
If the user asks to package or publish this skill, include:
SKILL.mdagents/openai.yamlreferences/scripts/assets/example-boosting-resource-leak-7slides/vendor/Paper2Slides/README.mdLICENSE
Read references/publish-notes.md before handing the folder off for GitHub publication.
