Agent skill

Make A Deck

A skill your agent uses when the user asks for a slide presentation.

Install Make A Deck

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-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/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .claude/skills/make-a-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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .claude/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-deck --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .agents/skills/make-a-deck && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .agents/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-deck --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .cursor/skills/make-a-deck && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .cursor/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git --path skills/make-a-deck

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-deck --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .gemini/skills/make-a-deck && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .gemini/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-deck

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .github/skills/make-a-deck && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .github/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-deck -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign make-a-deck --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/make-a-deck .opencode/skills/make-a-deck && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "make-a-deck" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/make-a-deck into .opencode/skills/make-a-deck/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "make-a-deck", 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: make-a-deck
GitHub stars: 261
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 664 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 9
Repo updated: Jun 27, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user asks for a slide presentation.

Works in 4 steps: Ask the intake questions. → Write the full title sequence and review… → Define TYPE_SCALE and SPACING constants. → …
The user asks for a slide presentation
SKILL.md covers Output location, Role shift, Intake and Canvas, plus 9 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Make A Deck is an agent skill from manalkaff/opendesign. Use when the user asks for a slide presentation. Shifts into presentation-designer mode — fixed 1920×1080 canvas, chapter-driven titles, slide-native type scale, not web-layout reflexes.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 and Typography. The repository describes itself as: claude.ai/design open-sourced! The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

The user asks for a slide presentation
Tasks that involve Slides and decks
Tasks that involve Typography

Example prompts

“/make-a-deck”

Workflow steps

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

Ask the intake questions.
Write the full title sequence and review it for flow as a standalone artifact. Revise before building anything.
Define TYPE_SCALE and SPACING constants.
Build slides. Give copywriting the same attention as layout — a well-composed slide with a weak title still fails.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cecd9bb. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are css).
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

Make A Deck loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 664 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

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 manalkaff/opendesign at commit cecd9bb, republished under its MIT licence (© manalkaff). 664 words, ~1,229 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/make-a-deck/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: make-a-deck
description: Use when the user asks for a slide presentation. Shifts into presentation-designer mode — fixed 1920×1080 canvas, chapter-driven titles, slide-native type scale, not web-layout reflexes.

Loaded when the user asks for a slide presentation.

Output location

Write all output files to ./opendesign/mockups/<task-slug>/. Derive the slug from the deck topic (e.g. q3-board-update, product-launch).

Role shift

You are a presentation designer — a consultant, analyst, or executive preparing for a boardroom. You are not a web designer. The output is HTML, but the design thinking is slide-native: fixed canvas, chapter-driven flow, read from across the room.

Intake

Ask for deck length in minutes if it is not given. Length drives slide count, pacing, and how much text per slide is defensible. Also confirm: audience, delivery mode (live vs. read-alone), brand context, required sections.

Canvas

1920×1080 by default. Fixed-size canvas. Letterbox on smaller viewports; scale uniformly with JS.
One <section> per slide.
Never reflow slides to viewport width. Slides are compositions, not responsive pages.

Type scale and spacing constants

Define these at the top of the stylesheet and reference them from every slide. Never use ad-hoc pixel values.

css

:root {
  --title: 64px;
  --subtitle: 44px;
  --body: 34px;
  --small: 28px;

  --pad-top: 100px;
  --pad-bottom: 80px;
  --pad-x: 100px;
  --title-gap: 52px;
  --item-gap: 28px;
}

Adjust the numbers to the brand if one is given, but the structure stays the same: named constants only, referenced everywhere.

Web defaults (14–16px body, 48–72px padding) are too small for slides. Do not regress to them.

When the user specifies sizes in points, convert: px = pt × 1.333. "36pt body" → 48px body.

Title discipline

Pick ONE grammatical style for titles across the entire deck and stick to it. Either topic noun-phrases (Market position, Why now, The path forward) or short declarative sentences (Our margins are shrinking, We need to move first). Do not mix.
Titles should read like chapters. Someone reading only the titles should follow the story.
The title sequence is a standalone deliverable. Write every title first. Read them back as a block. Check they tell the story of the deck without any slide content. Revise until the title list alone is coherent.

AI-isms to refuse

Overdramatic verdicts: "The future is here." "The time is now." "Everything changes."
"It's not X. It's Y." framings and other speaker-punchline constructions.
Faux-insight ("Innovation reimagined.") and abstract-noun stacking ("Scale. Momentum. Trust.").
Rhetorical questions posing as headlines.

Content density

Avoid walls of text. Prefer tables, diagrams, quotes, images, and single dominant figures. A slide with one sentence and one chart usually outperforms a slide with five bullets.

Visual variety

Mix slide types across the deck: full-bleed image slides, large-figure slides, quote slides, table slides, textual slides, section headers. A deck of twelve textual slides in a row reads as a memo, not a presentation.

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Parallelism

Section header slides must be visually identical to each other across the deck — same layout, same type treatment, same position of the section number.
Repeated elements (page numbers, footers, logos, running titles) must live in the same position on every slide they appear. Pixel-level consistency.

Image handling

Full-bleed for atmospheric imagery: edge-to-edge, no padding, optional overlay.
Aspect-fit for screenshots and diagrams: letterbox inside the content area, do not crop.
Contrasting background for transparent PNGs and logos: choose a background tone that makes the asset readable, do not rely on the default canvas color.

Forbidden deck tropes

Takeaway boxes in the lower-right corner.
Cards with a colored left-border accent strip.
Accent-border call-out boxes in general.
Emoji used as iconography.
Self-drawn SVG illustrations or diagrams. Use brand icons, user-provided images, or labeled placeholders.
Gradient backgrounds used as a default wash.

Planning steps (run in order)

Ask the intake questions.
Write the full title sequence and review it for flow as a standalone artifact. Revise before building anything.
Define TYPE_SCALE and SPACING constants.
Build slides. Give copywriting the same attention as layout — a well-composed slide with a weak title still fails.

Verification reminder

Open space in the bottom third of a slide is correct slide composition, not a defect. Slides are read across a room; margins are functional. Resist web-layout reflexes that want to fill the space with a card, a stat, or a decorative shape. If a slide feels "empty," check whether the title is doing its job before adding chrome.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/make-a-deck of manalkaff/opendesign.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cecd9bb

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Questions about Make A Deck

What does Make A Deck do?

A skill your agent uses when the user asks for a slide presentation. Make A Deck is an agent skill from manalkaff/opendesign. Use when the user asks for a slide presentation.

When should I use Make A Deck?

Make A Deck fits situations like: the user asks for a slide presentation; tasks that involve Slides and decks; tasks that involve Typography.

How do I install Make A Deck in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Make A Deck in Codex?

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

Can I use Make A 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 manalkaff/opendesign --skill make-a-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/make-a-deck, .gemini/skills/make-a-deck, .github/skills/make-a-deck and .opencode/skills/make-a-deck in your project.

What does Make A Deck need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Make A Deck is instructions for the agent only.

Does Make A 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 Make A 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 Make A Deck use?

Make A 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 Make A Deck use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 Make A Deck?

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Who maintains Make A Deck?

manalkaff (a GitHub user) maintains it in manalkaff/opendesign, which has 261 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 27, 2026.

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

Install Make A Deck

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Output location

Role shift

Intake

Canvas

Type scale and spacing constants

Title discipline

AI-isms to refuse

Content density

Visual variety

Parallelism

Image handling

Forbidden deck tropes

Planning steps (run in order)

Verification reminder

Files

Compare with similar skills

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