Slide Generation

Convert a completed paper into presentation slides or poster.

Input

• $0 — Paper LaTeX file (main.tex) or paper directory

References

• Slide templates and layout patterns: ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/references/slide-templates.md

Scripts

Extract paper elements for slides

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides_skeleton.tex

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --format json --output elements.json

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides.tex --theme metropolis

Parses .tex, extracts title/authors/sections/equations/figures/tables, generates Beamer skeleton.

Workflow

Step 1: Extract Key Content

From the paper, extract:

• Title, authors, affiliations

• Core contribution (1-3 bullet points from abstract)

• Key figures (all \includegraphics paths)

• Key tables (simplified versions)

• Key equations (numbered equations from Methods)

• Main results (best numbers from Results section)

Step 2: Design Slide Structure

Standard oral presentation flow (~15-20 slides):

Slide #

Content

Source Section

1

Title slide

Title/Authors

2

Motivation / Problem

Introduction

3

Why existing solutions fail

Related Work

4-5

Our approach (high-level)

Methods

6-8

Technical details + equations

Methods

9

Experimental setup

Experiments

10-13

Results (figures + tables)

Results

14

Ablation study

Results

15

Limitations & Future work

Discussion

16

Conclusion

Conclusion

17

Thank you + Q&A

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Step 3: Generate Beamer LaTeX

\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\title{Paper Title}

\author{Authors}

\date{Venue Year}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{frame}{Motivation}

\begin{itemize}

    \item Problem statement

    \item Why it matters

\end{itemize}

\end{frame}

% ... more frames

\end{document}

Step 4: Simplify for Presentation

• Tables: reduce to essential rows/columns

• Equations: show only the key insight, not full derivation

• Figures: use largest versions, add annotations

• Text: bullet points only, no paragraphs

Step 5: Generate Poster Layout (Optional)

For poster sessions, use a multi-column layout:

• Column 1: Introduction + Motivation

• Column 2: Methods + Key Equations

• Column 3: Results + Figures

• Column 4: Conclusions + References

Rules

• Maximum 1 key message per slide

• Figures should be large and readable

• No more than 6 bullet points per slide

• Equations should be simplified versions

• Include slide numbers

• Use consistent color scheme matching the paper's figures

• Presentation should be self-contained (understandable without reading the paper)

Related Skills

• Upstream: paper-compilation, figure-generation

• See also: self-review, paper-assembly