Coral Geyser PPTX

Coral Geyser Notice PPTX Skill

A reusable fixed-style PowerPoint generation skill. It builds on the pptx skill's technical capabilities while locking in the Coral Geyser Notice visual identity: bold, modern, design-forward, inspired by park-hours posters and visitor field guides.

Core principle — style wins over content volume. When the user's topic contains more information than the format can hold, compress and reinterpret. The deck must feel like a bold modern visitor notice and design-forward visual guide — not a generic tourism brochure, not a text-heavy itinerary, not a business report. Every slide is a notice plate or field guide panel.

Step 1: Gather Inputs (Ask First — Max 3 Questions)

Do not start generating immediately. Use the AskUserQuestion tool to present interactive questions in a single call. Only ask what the user hasn't already provided.

Question 1 — Topic (skip if already provided):

• header: "Topic"
• question: "What is the presentation topic, destination, notice subject, guide title, event, project, or brand/product name?"
• options: 2–3 relevant examples plus allow Other

Question 2 — Slide count (skip if already specified):

• header: "Slides"
• question: "How many slides should the deck include?"
• options: 6 slides, 9 slides (Recommended), 12 slides, 15 slides

Question 3 — Images:

• header: "Images"
• question: "How should images be handled?"
• options:
  • Generate with AI — I'll create cool blue-white environmental images using gpt-image-2
  • Use my uploaded images — Insert images I provide
  • Combine both — Mix uploaded and AI-generated images

If the user hasn't provided dates, location, route, schedule, safety notes, or other details, infer reasonable content or use neutral placeholder copy. Do not keep asking — only follow up if missing info makes it literally impossible to build the deck.

Once you have the three answers, proceed directly to generation.

Step 2: Topic Translation — Everything Becomes a Notice or Field Guide

Before writing any slide copy, translate the user's topic into a Coral Geyser Notice frame. No topic is too technical, too abstract, or too far from travel/nature to work. Every subject can be reframed as a bold public notice, design-forward field guide, route card, visitor briefing, product usage guide, event notice, or operational poster sequence — while preserving the user's actual subject.

Decide the guide title, the one-line field notice, and the location/context label before writing any slides. These anchor the cover and the visual language of the whole deck.

Step 3: Generate Images (if requested)

Read the generate-image skill at /home/node/.claude/skills/generate-image/SKILL.md for the exact API call pattern. Use openai/gpt-image-2 with response_format: "b64_json".

How many images to generate

• 9-slide deck → 4–5 images
• 12–15 slide deck → 5–6 images
• Fewer than 7 slides → 3–4 images

Coral Geyser image prompt formula

Generated images must be cool blue-white, high-contrast, editorial, and atmospheric. They are supporting visual assets — not slide screenshots and never images with embedded text.

Base formula:

Cool blue-white landscape photograph, high contrast, slightly cold tone, crisp editorial outdoor imagery. [Scene descriptor: mist over water / mineral terraces / snow-dusted path / misty forest / steam vents / boardwalk trail / wide river valley / frost-covered rock face]. No readable text, no logos, no recognizable people. Mostly blue-white with minimal warm color. 16:9 landscape composition.

For non-nature topics, reinterpret through abstract environmental forms:

Cool blue-white abstract environmental texture, high contrast, slightly cold. [Mood word: architectural geometry / industrial surface / crystalline detail / aerial landscape / misty atmosphere]. No text, no logos, no people. 16:9.

Save each image to /tmp/coral-geyser-img-N.png.

Step 4: Build the PPTX

Read the pptx skill at /home/node/.claude/skills/pptx/SKILL.md and its pptxgenjs.md reference for the full API. Build using PptxGenJS.

Core style constants — do not deviate

const CORAL  = "E95140";       // dominant background — all coral fields
const STONE  = "E7D8D1";       // primary type, rules, dividers, panels
const WHITE  = "FFFFFF";       // high-contrast accents, numbers
const DARK   = "1A1A1A";       // dark text on stone/white panels if needed
const SANS   = "Arial Black";  // oversized stacked titles (heavy grotesk)
const META   = "Arial";        // compact metadata, labels, schedule rows

If Arial Black is unavailable, substitute Impact or Trebuchet MS Bold.

Layout — LAYOUT_16x9 always (10" × 5.625")

All slides use LAYOUT_16x9. Background is CORAL on every slide unless a slide uses a split-screen where one half is an image panel (image covers that half, CORAL covers the other).

Typography sizing

Notice System Rules — These Override Everything

The most common failure mode is a text-heavy report placed on a coral background. These rules prevent that.

Rule 1: Style wins over content volume

When the topic has more information than the notice format can hold, compress it. Do not add more slides, do not shrink fonts, do not write smaller. Summarise with bold notice-language. Pick one idea per slide and discard the rest for that slide. The Coral Geyser Notice aesthetic takes priority over completeness.

Rule 2: One idea per slide. Under 35 words.

Count visible words before finalising each slide. Most slides must be under 35 words total — title, body, labels, schedule rows, and metadata combined. Body copy should be one short sentence, a compact notice, a short route cue, or a small schedule block. No paragraphs.

Wrong: "The trail begins at the north parking lot, passes through three distinct thermal zones, and visitors should stay on the boardwalk at all times due to the dangerous ground conditions which can cause serious injury."

Right:

STAY ON BOARDWALK
Ground unstable beyond marked path.
North Lot → Thermal Zone A → Overlook

Rule 3: Split-screen composition is the default layout

The Coral Geyser Notice style is defined by the split-screen: a coral information field on one side, an image panel on the other. Use this layout as the default for most slides. The split does not have to be 50/50 — it can be 55/45 or 40/60 — but the two zones must be clearly separated and non-overlapping.

On slides without images, use the full coral field with generous white space rather than filling it with text.

Rule 4: One dominant title, everything else recedes

Every slide has one typographic dominant. Supporting text must be noticeably smaller. Schedule rows, route cues, and metadata must feel compact and secondary. The hierarchy must be obvious at a glance.