AI Slides Skill

Overview

This skill enables AI-powered presentation generation. Provide a topic or outline, and get a complete, polished presentation with proper structure, content, and formatting.

How to Use

• Provide a topic, outline, or rough notes

• Specify audience and presentation length

• I'll generate a complete presentation

Example prompts:

• "Create a 10-slide presentation about machine learning"

• "Generate a pitch deck for a SaaS startup"

• "Build training slides on cybersecurity basics"

• "Make a quarterly review presentation from this data"

Domain Knowledge

Presentation Structure

# Effective presentation structure

structure:

  - title_slide:

      title: "Clear, compelling title"

      subtitle: "Context or tagline"

      author: "Presenter name"

  - agenda:

      items: 3-5 main topics

  - introduction:

      hook: "Attention-grabbing opening"

      context: "Why this matters"

  - main_content:

      sections: 3-5 key points

      each_section:

        - heading

        - 3-5 bullets or visual

        - supporting data

  - conclusion:

      summary: "Key takeaways"

      call_to_action: "What to do next"

  - closing:

      thank_you: true

      contact_info: true

      qa_prompt: true

Content Generation Pattern

def generate_presentation(topic, audience, slide_count=10):

    """AI-powered presentation generation."""

    # 1. Generate outline

    outline = generate_outline(topic, slide_count)

    # 2. Expand each section

    slides = []

    for section in outline:

        slide_content = expand_section(section, audience)

        slides.append(slide_content)

    # 3. Add visuals suggestions

    for slide in slides:

        slide['visuals'] = suggest_visuals(slide['content'])

    # 4. Format as Marp markdown

    presentation = format_as_marp(slides)

    return presentation

def generate_outline(topic, count):

    """Generate presentation outline."""

    # Typical structure

    outline = [

        {'type': 'title', 'title': topic},

        {'type': 'agenda'},

        # Main content (60% of slides)

        # ... content slides

        {'type': 'summary'},

        {'type': 'closing'}

    ]

    return outline

Marp Output

def format_as_marp(slides):

    """Convert slides to Marp markdown."""

    marp = """---

marp: true

theme: gaia

paginate: true

---

"""

    for slide in slides:

        if slide['type'] == 'title':

            marp += f"""<!-- _class: lead -->

# {slide['title']}

{slide.get('subtitle', '')}

---

"""

        elif slide['type'] == 'content':

            marp += f"""# {slide['heading']}

"""

            for point in slide['points']:

                marp += f"- {point}\n"

            marp += "\n---\n\n"

    return marp

Example: Generate Tech Talk

topic = "Introduction to Docker"

audience = "Developers new to containers"

slides = 10

# Generated presentation

presentation = """---

marp: true

theme: gaia

paginate: true

---

<!-- _class: lead -->

# Introduction to Docker

Containerization Made Simple

---

# Agenda

1. What is Docker?

2. Core Concepts

3. Getting Started

4. Best Practices

5. Demo

---

# What is Docker?

- Container platform for packaging applications

- Lightweight alternative to VMs

- "Build once, run anywhere"

- 15M+ developers, 7M+ applications

---

# Why Containers?

| VMs | Containers |

|-----|------------|

| GB size | MB size |

| Minutes to start | Seconds to start |

| Full OS | Shared kernel |

---

# Core Concepts

- **Image**: Blueprint/template

- **Container**: Running instance

- **Dockerfile**: Build instructions

- **Registry**: Image storage (Docker Hub)

---

# Getting Started

Pull an image

docker pull nginx

Run a container

docker run -p 8080:80 nginx

List containers

docker ps

# Your First Dockerfile

FROM node:18

WORKDIR /app

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm install

COPY . .

EXPOSE 3000

CMD ["npm", "start"]

# Best Practices

- Use official base images

- Minimize layers

- Don't run as root

- Use .dockerignore

- Multi-stage builds

# Summary

✅ Docker simplifies deployment
✅ Containers are lightweight & fast
✅ Easy to get started
✅ Industry standard

# Questions?

Resources: docs.docker.com
"""

Best Practices

1. Know Your Audience: Tailor complexity and examples

1. One Idea Per Slide: Keep focused

1. 6x6 Rule: Max 6 bullets, 6 words each

1. Visual First: Suggest images/diagrams

1. Strong Opening/Closing: Hook and call-to-action

Resources

• Marp - Markdown presentations

• Slidev - Vue-powered slides

• reveal.js - HTML presentations