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pptx

by anthropics

AI Summary

This skill enables AI assistants to intelligently handle PowerPoint files by triggering whenever .pptx files are involved—whether creating presentations, extracting content, editing slides, or working with templates. It's valuable for developers and users who need seamless automation around presentation workflows.

Install

Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:

I want to install the "pptx" skill in my project.

Please run this command in my terminal:
# Install skill into your project (8 files)
mkdir -p .claude/skills/pptx && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/SKILL.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/SKILL.md" && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/LICENSE.txt "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/LICENSE.txt" && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/editing.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/editing.md" && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/pptxgenjs.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/pptxgenjs.md" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/pptx/scripts && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/scripts/__init__.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/scripts/__init__.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/pptx/scripts && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/scripts/add_slide.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/scripts/add_slide.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/pptx/scripts && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/scripts/clean.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/scripts/clean.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/pptx/scripts && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/pptx/scripts/thumbnail.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/pptx/scripts/thumbnail.py"

Then restart Claude Code (or reload the window in Cursor) so the skill is picked up.

Description

Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or extracting text from any .pptx file (even if the extracted content will be used elsewhere, like in an email or summary); editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations; combining or splitting slide files; working with templates, layouts, speaker notes, or comments. Trigger whenever the user mentions "deck," "slides," "presentation," or references a .pptx filename, regardless of what they plan to do with the content afterward. If a .pptx file needs to be opened, created, or touched, use this skill.

Visual overview

python scripts/thumbnail.py presentation.pptx

Quick Reference

| Task | Guide | |------|-------| | Read/analyze content | python -m markitdown presentation.pptx | | Edit or create from template | Read editing.md | | Create from scratch | Read pptxgenjs.md | ---

Text extraction

python -m markitdown presentation.pptx

Raw XML

python scripts/office/unpack.py presentation.pptx unpacked/ ` ---

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