Agent skill

Textbook To Presentation Generator

by dmccreary in dmccreary/ibook-skills

Generates a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design, 4-act storytelling structure, and speaker notes.

No licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Textbook To Presentation Generator

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dmccreary/ibook-skills --skill textbook-to-presentation-generator -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dmccreary/ibook-skills textbook-to-presentation-generator --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/dmccreary/ibook-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/archived/textbook-to-presentation-generator .claude/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator && 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
textbook-to-presentation-generator
GitHub stars
105
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
991 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Generates a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design, 4-act storytelling structure, and speaker notes.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read the Textbook → Design the Presentation Structure → Design the Visual System → …
  • Converting a textbook into slides for classroom delivery
  • SKILL.md covers Core Philosophy: The Medium IS…, When to Use This Skill, Prerequisites and Workflow, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls npm and python

What it does

Textbook To Presentation Generator is an agent skill from dmccreary/ibook-skills. Generates a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design, 4-act storytelling structure, and speaker notes. Use when converting a textbook into slides for classroom delivery.

Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/slide-patterns.md` and `references/speaker-notes-guide.md`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering PowerPoint presentations, Slides and decks and Storytelling. It works with Microsoft PowerPoint and python-pptx.

When your agent uses it

  • Converting a textbook into slides for classroom delivery
  • Tasks that involve PowerPoint presentations
  • Tasks that involve Slides and decks

Example prompts

  • “Use the textbook-to-presentation-generator skill to generate a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design…”
  • “/textbook-to-presentation-generator”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the Textbook
  2. Design the Presentation Structure
  3. Design the Visual System
  4. Generate the Presentation
  5. Write Speaker Notes
  6. Generate and Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 98a9991. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npm
    • python

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, 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

Textbook To Presentation Generator loads about 2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 991 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.1k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 991 words (~2,006 tokens).

name
textbook-to-presentation-generator

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/archived/textbook-to-presentation-generator of dmccreary/ibook-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/slide-patterns.md
  • references/speaker-notes-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 98a9991

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Questions about Textbook To Presentation Generator

What does Textbook To Presentation Generator do?

Generates a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design, 4-act storytelling structure, and speaker notes. Textbook To Presentation Generator is an agent skill from dmccreary/ibook-skills. Generates a lecture PowerPoint from an intelligent textbook using pptxgenjs — visual design, 4-act storytelling structure, and speaker notes.

When should I use Textbook To Presentation Generator?

Textbook To Presentation Generator fits situations like: converting a textbook into slides for classroom delivery; tasks that involve PowerPoint presentations; tasks that involve Slides and decks.

How do I install Textbook To Presentation Generator in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dmccreary/ibook-skills --skill textbook-to-presentation-generator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/archived/textbook-to-presentation-generator in dmccreary/ibook-skills) into .claude/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Textbook To Presentation Generator in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dmccreary/ibook-skills --skill textbook-to-presentation-generator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/archived/textbook-to-presentation-generator in dmccreary/ibook-skills) into .agents/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Textbook To Presentation Generator 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 dmccreary/ibook-skills --skill textbook-to-presentation-generator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator, .gemini/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator, .github/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator and .opencode/skills/textbook-to-presentation-generator in your project.

What does Textbook To Presentation Generator need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Textbook To Presentation Generator needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm and python). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js.

Does Textbook To Presentation Generator access the network?

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

Is Textbook To Presentation Generator safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Textbook To Presentation Generator use?

No licence was found for Textbook To Presentation Generator or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Textbook To Presentation Generator use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Textbook To Presentation Generator?

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Who maintains Textbook To Presentation Generator?

dmccreary (a GitHub user) maintains it in dmccreary/ibook-skills, which has 105 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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