# reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation

Generates structured PDF reports and slide decks for PowerPoint or Google Slides. Useful when converting raw data and diagrams into deliverable files.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 15 installs · ★ 7596
- Author: OpenAI · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/build-web-data-visualization/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation

## What it does

This skill treats deliverables as sequences of claims backed by durable visual assets instead of raw dashboard dumps. Every embedded chart or diagram requires an isolated asset pass with source notes and clear sizing. Screenshots are strictly a last resort.

For slide automation, the workflow targets PowerPoint via `pptxgenjs` or Google Slides through its API with explicit element geometry. PDF generation in Codex typically builds an HTML layout with SVG or PNG assets, then prints via Playwright or Puppeteer. Direct compilation through `pdf-lib` and `PDFKit` is also supported.

Agents must wait for layout concept approval before generating implementation code. The skill enforces a visual design contract covering figure slots, data layers, and fallback rules. SVG serves vector print needs, while PNG covers slides and Word docs where vector support varies.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Workspace

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/build-web-data-visualization/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation/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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/build-web-data-visualization/skills/reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate PDF reports by printing HTML layouts via Playwright
- assemble PowerPoint decks with programmatic charts using `pptxgenjs`
- place C4, ERD, and architecture diagrams into technical documentation
- build static key-frame fallbacks for animated or 3D visuals

## Example prompts
- Build an HTML financial report and export it to PDF using Playwright.
- Create a PowerPoint deck from these survey metrics using `pptxgenjs`.
- Insert these architecture diagrams into the documentation as vector SVG assets.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: reports-pdfs-and-slide-automation
description: Lay out and export data-rich reports and documents. Use when the user needs report structure, figure packaging, PDFs, PowerPoint or Google Slides automation, or programmatic insertion of visualizations, UML-like diagrams, or architecture diagrams into documents.
---

# Reports, PDFs, and Slide Automation

## Overview

Use this skill when the output is a deliverable rather than a standalone chart. That includes reports, briefing decks, PDFs, slide exports, document embeds, and reusable figure assets that other systems can place into files.

Default assumption: build figures as durable assets first, then compose them into documents. Do not rely on screenshots unless the workflow truly has no better option.

For editorial reports and infographic packages, use `../../references/foundations/editorial-infographic-system.md` before layout. For visual stories that include animation, generated imagery, illustrated substrates, WebGL, particles, 3D, or scrollytelling, also use `../../references/foundations/art-directed-interactive-visual-stories.md`. When page, slide, or figure composition materially affects interpretation, use `../../references/foundations/meaning-preserving-visual-design-workflow.md` and `../../references/foundations/mobile-first-responsive-visualization.md` for concept generation, user approval, mobile variants, and semantic design contracts. The deliverable should read as a sequence of claims supported by figures, not as a dashboard export.

For reports, decks, PDFs, and documents with multiple meaningful figures, use `../../references/foundations/embedded-visualization-self-use.md` before page or slide composition. Each chart, map, table-graphic, inset, flow layer, static fallback, and export-only frame needs a specialist owner and mini-brief before it becomes a placed asset.

## Common Targets

- HTML reports
- PDF reports generated from HTML or direct PDF libraries
- PowerPoint decks
- Google Slides decks
- Word or Docs-style narrative documents
- Markdown and static-site reports
- Technical documentation with UML, ERD, C4, BPMN, flow, state machine, dependency, schema, or architecture diagram assets

## Figure Packaging Rules

1. Inventory every meaningful embedded figure or visual layer before layout, assign a primary specialist owner, and write a mini-brief covering job, data shape, encoding, interaction or static fallback, accessibility, QA, and fresh-pass status.
2. Use an authorized delegated specialist or explicit local specialist pass for substantial figures before composition. The report or deck owner integrates the results, keeps shared encodings consistent, and performs final editorial QA.
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