Academic Paper to PPTX
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Creates or revises a Chinese-language academic PPTX deck from a scientific paper or reading notes, reusing the paper's figures and adding speaker notes.
Plans and structures academic decks for conference talks, seminars, thesis defenses and grant briefings, with argument-first slides, and leaves file creation to the PPTX skill.
Install Academic Presentations
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptx --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .claude/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptx --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .agents/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptx --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .cursor/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptx --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .gemini/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptxInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .github/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill academic-pptx --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-pptx" agent skill from https://github.com/Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill/tree/main into .opencode/skills/academic-pptx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-pptx", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
academic-pptx- GitHub stars
- 1.1k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 797 words
- Files
- 6
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Proprietary
At a glance
Plans and structures academic decks for conference talks, seminars, thesis defenses and grant briefings, with argument-first slides, and leaves file creation to the PPTX skill.
- Works in 4 steps: Identify Presentation Type → Plan the Deck Before Creating Any Slides → Apply Design Standards → …
- Preparing a conference talk or seminar deck
- SKILL.md covers How This Skill Works, Quick Reference, Step 1: Identify Presentation… and Step 2: Plan the Deck Before…, plus 4 more sections
- Calls pip and npm
What it does
This skill governs content and structure for academic presentations and works alongside a separate PPTX skill that handles the file itself, so both must be read before writing code or creating files. It first identifies the presentation type. Structured Argument is the default for conference papers, seminars, thesis defenses and grant briefings, with priority on argument structure, then data, layout and aesthetics, while a Visual or Narrative mode covers public engagement talks and lay-audience pitches.
Before building, the agent produces a slide-by-slide outline with title, action title and exhibit type, and confirms it with you when the deck exceeds 10 slides or the content is complex. A ghost deck test requires that the action titles, read in sequence, tell the whole argument. Design follows communication-first rules that override the PPTX skill's design-forward defaults, such as a white background for content slides. The folder holds content guidelines, slide patterns for each slide type and a best-practices PDF, and the licence is proprietary.
When your agent uses it
- Preparing a conference talk or seminar deck
- Building slides for a thesis defense
- Making a grant briefing presentation with a structured argument
- Checking a deck outline with the ghost deck test
Example prompts
- “Make slides for my paper on soil carbon storage for a conference talk.”
- “Create a presentation for my dissertation defense and outline it first.”
- “Build a deck for my grant proposal briefing.”
Requirements
- The PPTX skill, for creating and editing the file
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Identify Presentation Type
- Plan the Deck Before Creating Any Slides
- Apply Design Standards
- Build and QA
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f2b703. 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:
pipnpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip and 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
Academic Presentations loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 200 tokens; SKILL.md has 797 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Its licence (Proprietary) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 797 words (~1,871 tokens).
- name
- academic-pptx
- license
- Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files in the repository root of Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill.
- SKILL.md
- Academic_Presentation_Best_Practices_DH_built_with_Claude_2_2026.pdf
- LICENSE
- README.md
- content_guidelines.md
- slide_patterns.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f2b703
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Academic Presentations next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Presentations this skillGabberflast/academic-pptx-skill | 1.1k | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Proprietary | |
| Academic Paper to PPTXYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Academic WritingZimoLiao/scholaraio | 577 | — | ~827 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Conference Talk Slides from PapersOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs | 13k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Xiaobei Skill Academic Paper To Pptxiao24bei/xiaobei-skill | 584 | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Paper2slidesQuZhan51496/paper2anything | 469 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Academic Presentations
What does Academic Presentations do?
Plans and structures academic decks for conference talks, seminars, thesis defenses and grant briefings, with argument-first slides, and leaves file creation to the PPTX skill. This skill governs content and structure for academic presentations and works alongside a separate PPTX skill that handles the file itself, so both must be read before writing code or creating files. It first identifies the presentation type.
When should I use Academic Presentations?
Academic Presentations fits situations like: preparing a conference talk or seminar deck; building slides for a thesis defense; making a grant briefing presentation with a structured argument; checking a deck outline with the ghost deck test.
How do I install Academic Presentations in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill repository) into .claude/skills/academic-pptx in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Academic Presentations in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill repository) into .agents/skills/academic-pptx in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Academic Presentations 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 Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-pptx, .gemini/skills/academic-pptx, .github/skills/academic-pptx and .opencode/skills/academic-pptx in your project.
What does Academic Presentations need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Academic Presentations needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip and npm). Our summary lists: The PPTX skill, for creating and editing the file.
Does Academic Presentations access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Academic Presentations 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 Academic Presentations use?
Academic Presentations carries a proprietary licence (declared in SKILL.md). It is published on GitHub, but it is not open source: read the licence file before using or sharing it.
How many tokens does Academic Presentations use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.5k 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 Academic Presentations?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Presentations: Academic Paper to PPTX (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars), Academic Writing (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 577 stars), Conference Talk Slides from Papers (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars) and Xiaobei Skill Academic Paper To Ppt (xiao24bei/xiaobei-skill, 584 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Academic Presentations?
Gabberflast (a GitHub user) maintains it in Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill, which has 1,136 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on July 14, 2026.
Source: Gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.