Agent skill

Project Deck

by flonat in flonat/flonat-research

Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Project Deck

skills CLI
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill project-deck -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research project-deck --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/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/project-deck .claude/skills/project-deck && 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
project-deck
GitHub stars
145
Token cost
~883 tokens
SKILL.md length
366 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
83
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read project context - Progress logs,… → Design deck structure → Create beautiful output - Clean design,… → …
  • Preparing a project update for collaborators
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, The Philosophy, When to Use and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Project Deck is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps. Use when preparing a project update for collaborators, supervisors, or stakeholders. Not for a research talk centered on one paper; use $talk-deck.

Its SKILL.md is about 880 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. The repository describes itself as: Shareable Claude Code + Codex infrastructure for PhD researchers — skills, agents, hooks, and rules for academic workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing a project update for collaborators
  • Tasks that involve Slides and decks

Example prompts

  • “/project-deck”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(latexmk*), Bash(xelatex*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(mkdir*), Read, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read project context - Progress logs, current focus, recent work
  2. Design deck structure
  3. Create beautiful output - Clean design, good typography, optimal cognitive density
  4. Include visuals - Figures, tables, diagrams that capture the work

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da27600. 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(latexmk*)
    • Bash(xelatex*)
    • Bash(pdflatex*)
    • Bash(mkdir*)
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Project Deck loads about 883 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 366 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~71
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~883

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

The full file from flonat/flonat-research at commit da27600, republished under its MIT licence (© flonat). 366 words, ~883 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/project-deck/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
project-deck
description
Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps. Use when preparing a project update for collaborators, supervisors, or stakeholders. Not for a research talk centered on one paper; use $talk-deck.
allowed-tools
Bash(latexmk*), Bash(xelatex*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(mkdir*), Read, Write, Edit
argument-hint
[project-name-or-path]

Project Deck Skill

Create beautiful presentation decks to communicate project status to your future self and collaborators.

Purpose

Based on Scott Cunningham's Part 7: "Making Beautiful Decks For My Future Self" - using decks not for public speaking but to efficiently communicate work status across time and to coauthors.

The Philosophy

"I use decks to help me keep track of the work I was doing so that I can communicate it to my coauthors and myself later in the week when we meet to go over our projects."

Claude has absorbed the "rhetoric of decks" - the tacit knowledge about what makes presentations effective:

  • One idea per slide
  • Titles are assertions, not labels
  • Lead with conclusions
  • Visual hierarchy signals importance
  • Repeat for retention
  • Transition explicitly

When to Use

  • Before a supervisor meeting
  • At the end of a research sprint
  • When handing off to a coauthor
  • When returning to a dormant project
  • Weekly project status updates

Workflow

  1. Read project context - Progress logs, current focus, recent work
  2. Design deck structure:
    • Research question
    • What's been done (with figures/tables)
    • Key findings so far
    • Current blockers
    • Next steps
  3. Create beautiful output - Clean design, good typography, optimal cognitive density
  4. Include visuals - Figures, tables, diagrams that capture the work

Deck Rhetoric Principles

markdown
## Principles for Effective Decks

1. **One idea per slide** - Don't overload
2. **Titles are assertions** - "Distance increases abortion rates" not "Results"
3. **Lead with conclusions** - Don't bury the lede
4. **Visual hierarchy** - Most important things stand out
5. **Optimal cognitive density** - Smooth delivery, not overloaded
6. **Beautiful figures and tables** - Data visualisation matters
7. **Explicit transitions** - Guide the reader through the narrative

Extended Rhetoric Principles

Show full SKILL.md (156 more words)Show less
For Research Decks
  • Motivation slides: Why should anyone care? What's the gap?
  • Methods slides: Identification strategy in plain English, visualize variation
  • Results slides: Lead with main coefficient, visualize where possible
  • Figures: Clear titles, labeled axes, no chartjunk
For "Decks as Thinking Tools"

When making decks for yourself/coauthors:

  1. Document decisions — Why did we choose this approach?
  2. Visualize data — Patterns you've discovered
  3. Track progress — What's done, what's next
  4. Summarize code — What scripts do what
  5. Capture context — So future-you remembers
Beamer Tips
  • Custom themes > recognizable templates
  • Metropolis or Madrid themes as starting points
  • Sans-serif fonts for readability
  • Generous margins and whitespace
  • Compile without warnings (fix overfull hboxes)

Example Prompt

"Create a project deck for my Indifference Adjustments paper. Read my progress logs and the current state of the project, then make a 10-slide deck that I can use in my supervisor meeting next week. Include the key figures and a clear 'what's next' section."

© flonat, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/project-deck of flonat/flonat-research.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da27600

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Questions about Project Deck

What does Project Deck do?

Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps. Project Deck is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Create a concise presentation deck that communicates a project's current state, decisions, evidence, risks, and next steps.

When should I use Project Deck?

Project Deck fits situations like: preparing a project update for collaborators; tasks that involve Slides and decks.

How do I install Project Deck in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill project-deck -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/project-deck in flonat/flonat-research) into .claude/skills/project-deck in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Project Deck in Codex?

Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill project-deck -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/project-deck in flonat/flonat-research) into .agents/skills/project-deck in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Project Deck 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill project-deck -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/project-deck, .gemini/skills/project-deck, .github/skills/project-deck and .opencode/skills/project-deck in your project.

What does Project Deck need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Project Deck is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(latexmk*), Bash(xelatex*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(mkdir*), Read, Write, Edit.

Does Project Deck access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Project Deck 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 Project Deck use?

Project Deck is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Project Deck use?

About 883 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Project Deck?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Project Deck: Image To Editable Ppt (ningzimu/image-to-editable-ppt-skill, 2.8k stars), Codex Slides (nexu-io/codex-slides, 924 stars), Slides (fcakyon/claude-codex-settings, 1.2k stars) and Ppt Image First (NyxTides/ppt-image-first, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Project Deck?

flonat (a GitHub user) maintains it in flonat/flonat-research, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 83 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

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