Agent skill

Slides Polish

by AI4Scientist in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist

Per-page Codex review + targeted python-pptx / Beamer fixes for academic talk slides.

No licenceAuto-check: notesDocuments & Office

Install Slides Polish

skills CLI
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill slides-polish -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist slides-polish --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/slides-polish .claude/skills/slides-polish && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
slides-polish
GitHub stars
128
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~7k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,852 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Per-page Codex review + targeted python-pptx / Beamer fixes for academic talk slides.

  • Works in 6 steps: Inventory, Inspect, Triage → Per-Page Review + Fix Loop → Beamer-Side Polish (if Beamer source… → …
  • Phrases: polish slides
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Is — and Is NOT, Constants, Prerequisites and Inputs, plus 10 more sections
  • Calls pdftoppm, python3 and codex

What it does

Slides Polish is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Per-page Codex review + targeted python-pptx / Beamer fixes for academic talk slides. Use AFTER /paper-slides (or any externally generated PPTX/Beamer) when the deck looks 'mostly OK' but the user wants a final pass that aligns visual weight with a reference, bumps PPTX fonts to projector-readable size, kills italic style leaks, fixes text-frame overflow, and catches per-slide layout drift. Trigger phrases: "polish slides", "slides 排版不对", "PPTX 字体太小", "和 Beamer 比一下", "per-page review", "和 codex 一页一页过".

Its SKILL.md is about 7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Slides and decks, LaTeX and PowerPoint presentations. It works with Microsoft PowerPoint, python-pptx and OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: An autonomous research agent that turns a topic into a peer-reviewed technical report.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: polish slides
  • Per-page review

Example prompts

  • “mostly OK”
  • “polish slides”
  • “slides 排版不对”
  • “/slides-polish”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Inventory, Inspect, Triage
  2. Per-Page Review + Fix Loop
  3. Beamer-Side Polish (if Beamer source present)
  4. PPTX-Side Polish
  5. Verification + Re-Triage
  6. Changelog

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7132192. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash(*)
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Agent
    • mcp__codex__codex

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pdftoppm
    • python3
    • codex
    • pip
    • soffice

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Slides Polish loads about 7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 130 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,852 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~130
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,852 words (~7,012 tokens).

“Polish a generated slide deck — Beamer (.tex + .pdf) and/or PPTX — by running per-page Codex review against a reference visual and applying surgical fixes (font scaling, text-frame resize, callout-box style, em-dash spacing, anonymity placeholders, Chinese-font hints, italic style…”

— opening of SKILL.md by AI4Scientist
name
slides-polish
allowed-tools
Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex
argument-hint
[slides-dir-or-pptx] — reference: <ref-pdf> [— style: generic | why-rf | neurips | icml | iclr | cvpr] [— effort: lite | balanced | max | beast] [— interactive]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/slides-polish of AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7132192

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Slides Polish

What does Slides Polish do?

Per-page Codex review + targeted python-pptx / Beamer fixes for academic talk slides. Slides Polish is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Per-page Codex review + targeted python-pptx / Beamer fixes for academic talk slides.

When should I use Slides Polish?

Slides Polish fits situations like: phrases: polish slides; per-page review.

How do I install Slides Polish in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill slides-polish -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/slides-polish in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .claude/skills/slides-polish in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Slides Polish in Codex?

Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill slides-polish -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/slides-polish in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .agents/skills/slides-polish in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Slides Polish in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill slides-polish -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/slides-polish, .gemini/skills/slides-polish, .github/skills/slides-polish and .opencode/skills/slides-polish in your project.

What does Slides Polish need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Slides Polish needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pdftoppm, python3, codex, pip and soffice). Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex.

Does Slides Polish access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Slides Polish safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Slides Polish use?

No licence was found for Slides Polish or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Slides Polish use?

About 7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Slides Polish?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Slides Polish: Powerpoint Slides (Noi1r/powerpoint-skill, 124 stars), PPTX (rvdbreemen/OTGW-firmware, 207 stars), PPTX Generator (poco-ai/poco-claw, 1.4k stars) and PowerPoint Deck Builder (pipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai, 3.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Slides Polish?

AI4Scientist (a GitHub organization) maintains it in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 3, 2026.

Source: AI4Scientist/nano-scientist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.