# slide-generation

Turns a completed LaTeX paper into Beamer presentation slides or a poster. It helps researchers prepare talks and poster sessions directly from paper source files.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 433
- Author: lingzhi227
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/slide-generation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/slide-generation

## What it does

The skill inspects a `main.tex` file or an entire paper directory to extract titles, author lists, equations, tables, and figure paths. It relies on a bundled `extract_paper_elements.py` Python script that parses the TeX source and outputs a Beamer skeleton with the Metropolis theme or a raw JSON element file.

It builds a narrative flow of roughly 15 to 20 slides covering motivation, methods, experiments, and limitations. Content gets trimmed for presentation: tables keep only primary rows, equations highlight core insights, and each slide holds at most 6 bullet points. A four-column layout is also available for conference posters.

Because element extraction depends on the local Python script, running it without Python installed will break the workflow.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills slide-generation
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --path skills/slide-generation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation -a opencode
```

### 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/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/slide-generation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a Beamer LaTeX slide deck from a `main.tex` paper
- extract figures, tables, and key equations from LaTeX sources
- build a 15 to 20 slide outline for an oral presentation
- format a four-column poster layout from research text

## Example prompts
- Generate Beamer presentation slides from `main.tex`
- Create oral presentation slides for the paper in `paper/`
- Build a four-column poster layout from `paper.tex`

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