# marp-slide

Turns a rough outline into a Marp slide file and picks a fitting look along the way. Handy when you need a deck, not markup.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 217 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/creative-design/marp-slide
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/marp-slide

## What it does

The skill picks a theme first, then copies a template from `assets/`. There are seven: `template-basic.md`, `template-minimal.md`, `template-colorful.md`, `template-dark.md`, `template-gradient.md`, `template-tech.md`, `template-business.md`. Each file carries its own CSS, so nothing external gets linked.

Reference files drive the rest. `references/marp-syntax.md` covers the Marp basics, `references/image-patterns.md` handles picture placement, `references/best-practices.md` sets layout rules. Structure follows those rules too: a lead slide via `_class: lead`, three to five bullets per slide, room around each block. Images use Marp syntax such as `![bg right:40%](image.png)`.

Vague asks like “make it look cool” are handled without follow-up questions: the theme comes from the content, titles get trimmed, dense slides are split. One catch — the guide sets titles at 5–7 characters, a length chosen for Japanese. In English or Russian that count turns headings into stubs, so budget more characters per title.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill creative-design/marp-slide
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill marp-slide -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/marp-slide/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/marp-slide/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/marp-slide/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/marp-slide/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates marp-slide
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/marp-slide/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/creative-design/marp-slide
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/marp-slide/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/creative-design/marp-slide

## When to use it
- produce a Marp slide deck without hand-writing the layout
- match the visual style to a dev talk or a corporate report
- place a diagram beside text or behind a full slide
- tighten a messy draft into readable slides with breathing room
- split a wall of lecture text across several slides

## Example prompts
- Build a ten-slide deck on HTTP caching and save it to `presentation.md`
- Make slides for my Rust meetup talk, tech styling
- Make it look good from my draft in `lecture.md`

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