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PPTX Skill

by anthropics/skills

Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved in any way - as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations;…

Skill content

Create, edit, read, and manipulate PowerPoint presentations with design guidance and quality assurance workflows.

- Supports three primary workflows: reading/extracting text from existing .pptx files, editing presentations via template unpacking and repacking, and creating decks from scratch using PptxGenJS

- Includes 10 curated color palettes and typography pairings designed to avoid generic AI aesthetics, plus layout patterns (two-column, icon rows, grids, half-bleed images) with specific spacing and contrast rules

- Provides mandatory QA process using subagents for visual inspection, with automated checks for placeholder text, overlapping elements, text overflow, and low-contrast content

- Converts slides to JPEG images for detailed inspection and includes tools for text extraction, thumbnail generation, and XML unpacking for advanced editing

PPTX Skill

Quick Reference

Task
Guide

Read/analyze content
python -m markitdown presentation.pptx

Edit or create from template
Read editing.md

Create from scratch
Read pptxgenjs.md

Reading Content

# Text extraction
python -m markitdown presentation.pptx