Turn text into slides
Turns text into a set of styled slide images, starting with an outline before making the pictures.
Good for: People who want to turn an article into slides to share
Make a new PowerPoint deck, edit an existing .pptx, or just pull the text out of one.
Good for: People who need slides for a class assignment or a talk
Before you start: You'll need Node.js and Python on your computer. To render slides as images and check the layout, install LibreOffice.
Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.
You say to AI
Make an 8-slide PowerPoint from this outline, 16:9, with a fresh, clean color scheme.
What AI does
What you get
An 8-slide deck that opens straight in PowerPoint.
You say to AI
Turn the text on every slide of talk.pptx into an outline.
What AI does
What you get
An outline laid out slide by slide.
Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on anthropics/skills
Which AI tool do you use?
1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @pptx -gWith no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.
Don't feel like opening a terminal?
Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @pptx -g2. Reopen your AI tool
New Skills only get picked up after a restart.
3. Just say what you want
Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use pptx to help me…”.
Turns text into a set of styled slide images, starting with an outline before making the pictures.
Good for: People who want to turn an article into slides to share
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Good for: People who want flowcharts or mind maps without dragging boxes around
Splits a post into 1 to 10 cartoon-style image cards, made for Xiaohongshu (RED).
Good for: People who post picture-and-text content on Xiaohongshu (RED) or WeChat