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PPTX Deck Context Planner

Plans the narrative, sources and design direction before building an editable PowerPoint deck.

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Repository
wshobson/agents
Stars
42,095
Licence
MIT
Files
2 files

What it does

When you ask an agent to make a new PowerPoint deck, this skill makes it stop and prepare first. It asks who the audience is, what decision the deck should drive, how many slides, and which sources and brand rules apply. It then asks you to pick a storytelling structure (such as pyramid or SCQA) rather than choosing one silently, assigns IDs to sources so every number and quote can be traced, and picks a design direction from a brand guide or a reusable style profile. The result is a documented plan the agent uses before it writes any slide content.

Great for

  • Consultants or analysts preparing a structured board or client deck with traceable sources
  • Teams that want a consistent brand look across many editable slides
  • People who want the agent to ask clarifying questions before drafting a presentation

Skip it if

  • Quick one-off slides where a rough draft is enough; the preparation steps add friction
  • Copying a competitor's or external template's fonts, images or logos, since the skill requires licensing evidence before reuse and does not provide assets itself

Try asking

  • “Help me plan a 12-slide investor update for our board, using the attached Q3 figures as sources”
  • “Prepare the narrative and design context for a sales deck aimed at hospital procurement teams”
  • “Set up a deck plan in SCQA format for a product strategy review, with a palette from our brand guide”
Step-by-step guide: how to use PPTX Deck Context PlannerInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    pptx-deck-context.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip pptx-deck-context.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip pptx-deck-context.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Have your source documents, audience details and brand guide ready before invoking it, so the agent can fill the plan in one pass.
  • Choose a narrative framework yourself; the skill is designed to stop and ask rather than pick one for you.
  • Treat the output plan as a checkpoint: review the source manifest and design lock before the agent builds the slides.

What's inside

  • references/design-profiles.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from wshobson/agents under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.