How to use the Simple Deck Slides agent skill

What is an agent skill?

An agent skill is a set of instructions packaged as a folder that an AI agent can read and follow when a task matches it. The skill in this guide is defined by a SKILL.md file. When you ask for a presentation, the agent uses these instructions to shape its output rather than improvising a layout.

What the skill makes the agent produce

The skill describes a general-purpose, minimal horizontal-swipe deck, intended for pitches, overviews and study material. The layout is a cover, several content pages and a closing slide. Each content page carries one core message, paired with one image or one chart. A progress bar sits at the top of the page, and the arrow keys move between slides while the URL hash stays in sync.

The source suggests 6 to 10 content slides as a starting point for short material and more for longer material, so the number of slides follows how much content you provide. The bundled example.html shows what the finished output looks like.

• Cover slide, content slides and a closing slide
• One core message per content slide, with one image or chart
• Top progress bar
• Keyboard navigation with left and right arrow keys
• URL hash kept in sync with the current slide

How to install the deck-simple skill

Download the ZIP from the skill page on this site. You can install it in one of two ways.

For Claude Code, unzip the download into ~/.claude/skills/ to make it available everywhere, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder to make it available only in that project.

In the Claude apps, upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

• Personal install: ~/.claude/skills/
• Project install: .claude/skills/ inside your project folder
• Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload the ZIP

How to trigger the skill with a natural request

You do not need a special command. Describe the deck you want in plain language and say what the material is for, such as a pitch, a product overview or a study summary. Paste or attach your notes so the agent has the content to build from.

The skill is a good fit when you want a simple deck rather than a styled magazine-look layout, so you can say so directly.

• "Turn these notes into a simple swipeable slide deck for a product overview."
• "Make a short pitch deck from this summary. Plain style, one message per slide."
• "Convert my study notes on cell biology into a browsable HTML presentation."

What the skill needs and how it runs

The source lists no special requirements. It does not run scripts and does not use the network, so the skill itself only supplies instructions to the agent. The output is an HTML file you open yourself in a browser.

Because the output is HTML rather than an editable slide file, you cannot open it in PowerPoint or Google Slides to edit it in the usual way.

• Requirements: none listed in the source
• Runs scripts: no
• Uses network: no
• Output: an HTML deck you open in a browser

Safety notes before you use it

The skill does not run scripts or make network calls, according to the source. Still, review any HTML the agent produces before you share it, and check that it contains only the content you intended. Licensing is Apache-2.0, as listed for this item.

• Review generated HTML before sharing it publicly
• Confirm the deck contains no private notes you did not mean to include

Tips for better decks

Give the agent clean, organised notes with a clear order of points. Each content slide holds one core message, so split dense material into separate points. Because the style is intentionally minimal, skip this skill if you need strong branding or art direction.

• Structure your notes into distinct points before pasting them
• Open example.html first to see the expected look
• Use this skill for generic decks, not highly branded presentations