# translate-to-quarto

Converts Beamer LaTeX slides into Quarto RevealJS presentations inside Quarto/. Useful when preparing academic decks for online publication without rewriting math.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1671
- Author: pedrohcgs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/translate-to-quarto/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/translate-to-quarto

## What it does

The skill transforms `.tex` slides into a `.qmd` deck while treating the original Beamer file as the primary source of truth. Before generating slides, it checks for theme SCSS styles, runs `/extract-tikz` to prepare diagrams, and inventories RDS datasets. The `beamer-translator` subagent then mirrors frames one-to-one, preserving verbatim formulas.

Figures transition to static SVG or interactive Plotly charts loaded from RDS data. The pipeline runs visual inspection, checks pedagogical layout, proofreads content via `/proofread`, and performs parity validation with `/qa-quarto`. Any corrections discovered during translation sync back to the original `.tex` document.

Custom environments require matching CSS in your SCSS theme beforehand. The workflow stops before version control: it marks the deck ready, leaving git commits and pull requests to the user.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill translate-to-quarto -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill translate-to-quarto -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill translate-to-quarto -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow translate-to-quarto
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/translate-to-quarto/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill translate-to-quarto -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --path .claude/skills/translate-to-quarto
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill translate-to-quarto -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/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/translate-to-quarto/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- convert LaTeX Beamer presentations into Quarto RevealJS HTML slides
- preserve raw math blocks and slide environments during conversion
- turn RDS data into interactive Plotly figures for slides
- verify visual and structural parity with the `/qa-quarto` check
- sync translation corrections back to the original Beamer `.tex` file

## Example prompts
- Translate `Lecture01_Intro.tex` into a Quarto RevealJS deck
- Mirror `Lecture04_Regression.tex` in `Quarto/` and run the parity checks
- Convert this Beamer lecture `Lecture02_Overview.tex` to quarto

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: translate-to-quarto
description: Translate a Beamer `.tex` lecture to a Quarto RevealJS `.qmd` mirror. Multi-phase: TikZ extraction → slide-by-slide translation → citation conversion → automatic QA parity check. Use when user says "translate to quarto", "port to revealjs", "make an html version", "convert this beamer to quarto", "mirror this lecture in qmd", or after a Beamer deck is ready for web publication. Output lands in `Quarto/`.
argument-hint: "[LectureN_Topic.tex]"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Write", "Edit", "Bash", "Agent", "Task"]
context: fork
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# Beamer → Quarto Translation Workflow

Full translation of a Beamer LaTeX lecture to Quarto RevealJS HTML slides.

**The Beamer `.tex` is the source of truth:** the `.qmd` mirrors it, and corrections found during translation go back to the `.tex` (Phase 10).

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## Phase 0: Pre-Flight Checks

### 0A. Environment Parity Audit
Scan Beamer for all custom environments. Verify CSS equivalents exist in your theme SCSS. If any are missing, create them FIRST.

### 0B. TikZ Freshness Verification
Run `/extract-tikz` to verify SVGs match current Beamer source.

### 0C. RDS Data Inventory
List all RDS files needed for interactive charts.

### 0D. Citation Key Mapping
Extract all citations from Beamer, map to bibliography keys.

## Phase 1: Pre-Translation Preparation
- Read complete Beamer source, count frames
- Inventory figures (TikZ → SVG, R plots → plotly, other → SVG)

## Phase 2: Create QMD File with YAML Header
- Standard RevealJS YAML with theme, logo, footer, bibliography
- Setup chunk for R data loading if needed

## Phase 3: Slide-by-Slide Translation
- Delegate to `beamer-translator` agent
- 1:1 frame-to-slide mapping
- Verbatim math, environment parity, no font reduction

## Phase 4: TikZ Diagram Integration
Reference extracted SVGs with 0-based indexing.

## Phase 5: R Figure Integration (Plotly-First)
Interactive plotly from RDS data, static SVG for TikZ/complex figures.

## Phase 6: First Render & Content Fidelity Check
Render, count slides, go through EVERY slide checking for issues.

## Phase 6.5: Pedagogical Review
Run pedagogy-reviewer before visual polish.

## Phase 7: Visual Polish
Semantic colors, transition slides, framing sentences.

## Phase 8: Proofreading
Run `/proofread` on the QMD file.

## Phase 9: Final Verification & Deployment
Render, then check the rendered output yourself (the rendered HTML, plus any screenshot or PDF export the user supplies) — every figure present, no overflow, all environments styled.

## Phase 10: Beamer Source Sync
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