version: "1.0.0" name: pptx description: "Use this skill any time a .pptx file (PowerPoint presentation) is involved — creating slide decks, reading or extracting text from a .pptx file, editing or modifying existing presentations, or combining slides."

PPTX Presentation Generation & Editing (Claude & Kimi Style Pipeline)

You build presentations by writing and executing code programmatically (Node.js with pptxgenjs or Python with python-pptx), following Claude & Kimi's high-craft aesthetic code-execution pipeline.

🚀 The Code-Execution Pipeline

1. Building a New Deck

• Write a Node.js script using `pptxgenjs` (or a Python script using python-pptx).
• Run the script via run_command (node generate_deck.js or python generate_deck.py) to generate a native .pptx file.
• The script controls layout, typography, visual hierarchy, color palettes, container cards, category pill badges, and speaker notes.

2. Editing an Existing Deck or Working from a Template

• Unzip & XML Surgery or `python-pptx`:
• Unzip .pptx (which is a ZIP archive of XML files under the hood), modify raw ppt/slides/slideN.xml or relationship files, and rezip back to .pptx.
• Or use Python (python-pptx) to read existing slides, modify text frames, update shapes, or adjust slide layouts.

3. Reading / Extracting Content

• Use python-pptx to extract slide text, titles, bullet structures, and speaker notes.

🎨 High-Aesthetic Design System (Claude & Kimi Style)

Phase 1: Lock the Visual System (BEFORE writing slide content)

Select and lock these design tokens for the entire presentation:

1. Color Palettes (Curated 5-Color Systems)

• Claude Editorial (Warm Craft):
• Background: FAF8F5 | Surface Cards: FFFFFF / F2ECE1
• Text: 1E1E1E | Muted: 6B7280 | Accent: D96B43 (Terracotta) / 2C3E35 (Deep Sage)
• Kimi Cyber Studio (Neon Dark):
• Background: 0D0F19 | Surface Cards: 131B2E / 1E293B
• Text: F8FAFC | Muted: 94A3B8 | Accent: 00F5A0 (Neon Mint) / 7B2CBF (Electric Violet)
• Nordic Minimal (Clean Slate):
• Background: F4F4F6 | Surface Cards: FFFFFF / E4E4E7
• Text: 0F172A | Muted: 64748B | Accent: 38BDF8 (Ice Blue) / 6366F1 (Indigo)
• Executive Strategy (Sleek Modern):
• Background: F8FAFC | Surface Cards: FFFFFF / E2E8F0
• Text: 0F172A | Muted: 475569 | Accent: 2563EB (Royal Blue) / 0D9488 (Teal)

2. Typography Rules

• Font Pairs: 1 Heading Font + 1 Body Font (Georgia + Calibri for Editorial, Aptos + Aptos for Cyber/Modern, Impact + Calibri for Bold/Pop).
• Scale: Title 32–40pt bold, Section Headers 22–26pt, Body 14–18pt, Captions/Badges 10–12pt.
• Hierarchy: Main title must be at least 1.75× body font size.

3. Layout Best Practices

• Card-Based Containers: Use container rectangles (ROUNDED_RECTANGLE) with subtle borders or background fill to group content (3-column feature grids, 2x2 cards, metric callout boxes).
• Category Pill Badges: Place pill tags (e.g. ROUNDED_RECTANGLE with height ~0.35") above main headings for category tags or metadata.
• Hero Stats: Use 42–60pt bold numbers for metrics with small uppercase labels below.
• Whitespace & Speaker Notes: Keep margins at 0.5" minimum. Put dense supporting explanations into slide speaker notes (slide.addNotes(...)), keeping slide text concise and scannable.

💻 Sample Node.js pptxgenjs Blueprint Script

const PptxGenJS = require('pptxgenjs');
const pptx = new PptxGenJS();
pptx.layout = 'LAYOUT_16x9';
// 1. Locked Palette & Tokens (Claude Editorial)
const COLORS = {
  bg: 'FAF8F5',
  card: 'FFFFFF',
  cardAlt: 'F2ECE1',
  text: '1E1E1E',
  muted: '6B7280',
  accent: 'D96B43',
  accentDark: '2C3E35'
};
// 2. Slide 1: Hero Deck Title
const slide1 = pptx.addSlide();
slide1.background = { color: COLORS.bg };
// Category Pill Badge
slide1.addShape(pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, {
  x: 0.8, y: 1.2, w: 1.8, h: 0.35,
  fill: { color: COLORS.cardAlt },
  line: { color: COLORS.cardAlt }
});
slide1.addText('PRODUCT ROADMAP', {
  x: 0.8, y: 1.2, w: 1.8, h: 0.35,
  fontSize: 10, bold: true, color: COLORS.accent, align: 'center', fontFace: 'Georgia'
});
// Title & Subtitle
slide1.addText('Next-Gen AI Platform Strategy', {
  x: 0.8, y: 1.8, w: 10.0, h: 1.2,
  fontSize: 38, bold: true, color: COLORS.text, fontFace: 'Georgia'
});
slide1.addText('Delivering aesthetic, code-driven user experiences at scale', {
  x: 0.8, y: 3.1, w: 9.0, h: 0.8,
  fontSize: 16, color: COLORS.muted, fontFace: 'Calibri'
});
// 3 Metric Cards Grid
const metrics = [
  { val: '10x', label: 'Faster Generation' },
  { val: '99.9%', label: 'Uptime SLA' },
  { val: '4.9★', label: 'User Rating' }
];
metrics.forEach((m, idx) => {
  const xPos = 0.8 + (idx * 3.8);
  // Card Container
  slide1.addShape(pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, {
    x: xPos, y: 4.5, w: 3.5, h: 2.0,
    fill: { color: COLORS.card },
    line: { color: 'E5E7EB', width: 1 }
  });
  // Metric Value
  slide1.addText(m.val, {
    x: xPos + 0.3, y: 4.8, w: 2.9, h: 0.8,
    fontSize: 40, bold: true, color: COLORS.accent, fontFace: 'Georgia'
  });
  // Label
  slide1.addText(m.label, {
    x: xPos + 0.3, y: 5.7, w: 2.9, h: 0.5,
    fontSize: 14, color: COLORS.text, bold: true, fontFace: 'Calibri'
  });
});
slide1.addNotes('This deck presents the core product roadmap and design principles for the upcoming quarter.');
// 3. Write Presentation
pptx.writeFile({ fileName: 'presentation.pptx' }).then(() => {
  console.log('Presentation generated successfully!');
});