# visual-audit

Runs layout audits on Quarto and Beamer decks to detect overflow, font clashes, and box fatigue before you present.

- 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/visual-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/visual-audit

## What it does

This skill catches layout flaws in Quarto (`.qmd`) and Beamer (`.tex`) presentations. For Quarto projects, it renders HTML output and runs `scripts/slide-qa.py` using headless Chrome. The tool measures pixel overflow past edges and flags broken assets or casing errors in local image paths. When handling Beamer, it compiles the deck and inspects the log for overfull hbox warnings.

The review identifies inline font overrides, missing negative margins, and colored box fatigue, where having three or more boxes on a single slide breaks deck rules. To resolve density problems, it enforces a spacing-first hierarchy: reduce vertical margins, condense lists, and inline formulas before touching typography. Font sizes must never drop below 0.85em.

Editing tools `Edit` and `MultiEdit` are disallowed. The skill creates an issue report per slide instead of applying automatic code patches directly.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow visual-audit
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill visual-audit -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/visual-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect text and elements overflowing slide boundaries
- spot broken asset links and letter-case errors in paths
- flag excessive colored boxes and font size overrides
- apply spacing-first recommendations to dense slides

## Example prompts
- Audit the visual layout of `Quarto/presentation.qmd`
- Check if elements overflow in `slides.tex`
- Run a visual audit on `lecture.qmd`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: visual-audit
description: Adversarial visual-layout audit of a Quarto `.qmd` or Beamer `.tex` deck. Flags overflow, font inconsistency, box fatigue, spacing, and alignment issues. Use when user says "visual audit", "check the layout", "does this overflow?", "look for visual issues", "audit the slides", or after reworking a deck's appearance. Does NOT check writing or pedagogy — pair with `/proofread` or `/pedagogy-review`.
argument-hint: "[QMD or TEX filename]"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Write", "Bash"]
disallowed-tools: ["Edit", "MultiEdit"]
---

# Visual Audit of Slide Deck

Perform a thorough visual layout audit of a slide deck.

## Steps

1. **Read the slide file** specified in `$ARGUMENTS`

2. **For Quarto (.qmd) files:**
   - Render with `quarto render Quarto/$ARGUMENTS`
   - Measure the render: `"${SLIDE_QA_PYTHON:-python3}" scripts/slide-qa.py Quarto/<deck>.html`. It loads the deck in headless Chrome with every fragment shown and writes `quality_reports/audits/slide-qa/<deck>/report.md` — per-slide pixels past each edge, the offending element, content hidden inside scrolling elements — plus one screenshot per slide, and broken images or local files whose path is missing or in the wrong letter case (these break on GitHub Pages). OVERFLOW findings come from this report, and a broken or wrong-case asset is a finding too; Read the screenshots of flagged and dense slides for the other checks.
   - If it exits 2 (usually Playwright is missing — the script prints the one-time venv install and the `SLIDE_QA_PYTHON` line to set), say so, fall back to reading the rendered HTML of the dense slides and any screenshot the user supplies, and name the slides the user should eyeball

3. **For Beamer (.tex) files:**
   - Compile (see `/compile-latex`), check the log for overfull hbox warnings, and Read the PDF pages that carry figures or dense content

4. **Audit every slide for:**

   **OVERFLOW:** Content exceeding slide boundaries
   **FONT CONSISTENCY:** Inline font-size overrides, inconsistent sizes
   **BOX FATIGUE:** 3+ colored boxes on one slide (INV-7 allows two), wrong box types
   **SPACING:** Missing negative margins, missing fig-align
   **LAYOUT:** Missing transitions, missing framing sentences, semantic colors

5. **Produce a report** organized by slide with severity and recommendations

6. **Follow the spacing-first principle:**
   1. Reduce vertical spacing with negative margins
   2. Consolidate lists
   3. Move displayed equations inline
   4. Reduce image/SVG size
   5. Last resort: font size reduction (never below 0.85em)
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© pedrohcgs · MIT · https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/visual-audit/SKILL.md

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