Agent skill

Codex Slides Research

by nexu-io in nexu-io/codex-slides

Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Codex Slides Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexu-io/codex-slides --skill codex-slides-research -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexu-io/codex-slides codex-slides-research --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/nexu-io/codex-slides.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/codex-slides-research .claude/skills/codex-slides-research && 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
codex-slides-research
GitHub stars
928
Token cost
~508 tokens
SKILL.md length
234 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck.

  • Works in 5 steps: If a research workflow fits, call… → Call create_outline / CLI outline with… → Revise the draft with revise_outline /… → …
  • Other presentation requests that need current facts
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Slides and decks

What it does

Codex Slides Research is an agent skill from nexu-io/codex-slides. Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck. Use for market, competitive, policy, technical, academic, or other presentation requests that need current facts, figures, comparisons, or citations.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Slides and decks. It works with Microsoft PowerPoint and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: 🎨 Open-source AI slide studio inside Codex: image-native decks, every slide a full visual canvas. ⚡ 10+ high-quality slides in ~4–5 minutes — Fast mode renders every page in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Other presentation requests that need current facts
  • Tasks that involve Slides and decks

Example prompts

  • “/codex-slides-research”

Workflow steps

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

  1. If a research workflow fits, call list_scenarios / CLI scenarios and
  2. Call create_outline / CLI outline with researchDoc set to the reviewed brief.
  3. Revise the draft with revise_outline / CLI revise-outline when needed.
  4. Call render_deck / CLI render only after the outline is accepted.
  5. Call open_codex_slides / CLI open and navigate the returned project

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dbc2a59. 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.

    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

Codex Slides Research loads about 508 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 234 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~508

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 nexu-io/codex-slides at commit dbc2a59, republished under its MIT licence (© nexu-io). 234 words, ~508 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/codex-slides-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
codex-slides-research
description
Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck. Use for market, competitive, policy, technical, academic, or other presentation requests that need current facts, figures, comparisons, or citations.

Codex Slides Research

The canonical codex-slides sibling skill owns the complete workflow. Use deep_research when MCP is available; otherwise run CLI command research at ../codex-slides/scripts/codex-slides.mjs. Preserve its Markdown and citations so the user can review or edit the evidence before slide generation.

For the default interactive workflow, first open the Codex Slides home screen in the Codex Browser, submit the research request there, and keep the created project visible while its research, outline, style, and render checkpoints advance. Use the lower-level sequence below only for CLI automation, recovery, or a user-requested headless workflow:

  1. If a research workflow fits, call list_scenarios / CLI scenarios and pass the selected scenarioId into deep_research / CLI research with one to four rounds. This carries the scenario's evidence contract into the search brief.
  2. Call create_outline / CLI outline with researchDoc set to the reviewed brief.
  3. Revise the draft with revise_outline / CLI revise-outline when needed.
  4. Call render_deck / CLI render only after the outline is accepted.
  5. Call open_codex_slides / CLI open and navigate the returned project resource or URL in the in-editor Browser for visual verification.

For an explicitly requested unattended fast path, call create_deck with research: true. Do not claim a brief is source-backed when its returned Markdown has no source links.

For a durable outline revision or render that should survive navigation, use start_project_run, then retain and track its runId while the Browser remains on the matching checkpoint.

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

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/codex-slides-research of nexu-io/codex-slides.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dbc2a59

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Questions about Codex Slides Research

What does Codex Slides Research do?

Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck. Codex Slides Research is an agent skill from nexu-io/codex-slides. Compatibility entry point for researching a current topic into a source-backed Markdown brief and turning it into a Codex Slides outline or rendered deck.

When should I use Codex Slides Research?

Codex Slides Research fits situations like: other presentation requests that need current facts; tasks that involve Slides and decks.

How do I install Codex Slides Research in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Codex Slides Research in Codex?

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

Can I use Codex Slides Research 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 nexu-io/codex-slides --skill codex-slides-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/codex-slides-research, .gemini/skills/codex-slides-research, .github/skills/codex-slides-research and .opencode/skills/codex-slides-research in your project.

What does Codex Slides Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Codex Slides Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Codex Slides Research 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 Codex Slides Research 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 Codex Slides Research use?

Codex Slides Research 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 Codex Slides Research use?

About 508 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Codex Slides Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Codex Slides Research: Creating Slidev Presentations (mcpc-tech/mcpc, 103 stars), Slidev CLI Skilld (skilld-dev/vue-ecosystem-skills, 181 stars), Paper2slides (QuZhan51496/paper2anything, 469 stars) and Beamer (Noi1r/beamer-skill, 364 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Codex Slides Research?

nexu-io (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexu-io/codex-slides, which has 928 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 21, 2026.

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