Beamer Presentation

Name: Beamer Presentation
Author: brycewang-stanford

brycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research

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Updated August 4, 2026
brycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research

Beamer Presentation Creator is a skill that produces academic LaTeX Beamer slide decks for conference, seminar, and job-market talks.

About

Beamer Presentation Creator is a skill that builds academic slide decks in LaTeX Beamer. A developer or researcher uses it to turn a paper or project into conference, seminar, or job-market talk slides with a structured frame layout and clean theme. It provides duration-based slide structures and a ready-to-edit LaTeX template.

Generates LaTeX Beamer academic presentation slides
Time-boxed structures for conference, seminar, and job-market talks
Ships a metropolis-themed slide template with title, motivation, and results frames

Beamer Presentation by the numbers

1 all-time installs (skills.sh)
Ranked #1,366 of 1,879 Documentation skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

At a glance

beamer-presentation capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities: presentation builder · latex slides
Use cases: presentations · documentation

From the docs

What beamer-presentation says it does

This skill helps economists create professional academic presentations using LaTeX Beamer.

SKILL.md

It provides templates for conference talks, job market presentations, and seminar presentations with proper structure and clean aesthetics.

SKILL.md

npx skills add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research --skill beamer-presentation

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What it does

Convert an empirical paper into a structured LaTeX Beamer talk for a conference, seminar, or job-market presentation.

Who is it for?

Researchers converting an empirical paper into a Beamer talk

When should I use this skill?

Preparing conference, seminar, or job-market presentation slides in LaTeX

What you get

LaTeX Beamer .tex source
structured slide deck

By the numbers

3 presentation duration structures (15-20, 45-60, 90 min)

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Beamer Presentation Creator

Purpose

This skill helps economists create professional academic presentations using LaTeX Beamer. It provides templates for conference talks, job market presentations, and seminar presentations with proper structure and clean aesthetics.

When to Use

Preparing conference presentations
Creating job market talk slides
Making seminar/workshop presentations
Converting a paper into presentation slides

Instructions

Step 1: Understand the Context

Ask the user: 1. What type of presentation? (20-min conference, 90-min seminar, job market) 2. What's the paper/project about? 3. What's the target audience expertise level? 4. Do they have specific style preferences?

Step 2: Structure by Time

Duration	Structure
15-20 min	Motivation (2) → Question (1) → Method (2) → Results (3-4) → Conclusion (1)
45-60 min	Add literature review, more results detail, robustness
90 min	Full seminar with theoretical framework, extensive empirics

Step 3: Follow Presentation Best Practices

One idea per slide
Minimal text - use bullets of 3-6 words
Big fonts - minimum 20pt for content
Consistent colors - use a limited palette
Reveal incrementally using \pause or <+-> for complex slides

Example Output

\documentclass[aspectratio=169, 11pt]{beamer}

% ============================================
% THEME AND APPEARANCE
% ============================================

% Clean minimal theme
\usetheme{metropolis}
\usecolortheme{default}

% Or for a more traditional look:
% \usetheme{Madrid}
% \usecolortheme{whale}

% Custom colors
\definecolor{darkblue}{RGB}{0, 51, 102}
\definecolor{lightgray}{RGB}{245, 245, 245}

\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{bg=darkblue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=darkblue}
\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=darkblue}

% Remove navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

% Frame numbers
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]

% ============================================
% PACKAGES
% ============================================

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}

% ============================================
% TITLE PAGE
% ============================================

\title{The Effect of X on Y: \\Evidence from Z}
\subtitle{Short and Descriptive}
\author{Your Name}
\institute{Your University}
\date{Conference Name \\ Month Year}

\begin{document}

% Title slide
\begin{frame}[plain]
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% MOTIVATION (2-3 slides)
% ============================================

\begin{frame}{Motivation: Why This Matters}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item<1-> \textbf{Big picture:} [One sentence on broad relevance]
        \item<2-> \textbf{Specific puzzle:} [What we don't know]
        \item<3-> \textbf{Stakes:} [Why should we care?]
    \end{itemize}
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    \only<4>{
    \begin{block}{Key Statistic}
        \Large \textbf{X\%} of [outcome] can be explained by [factor]
    \end{block}
    }
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{What We Know (and Don't Know)}
    \textbf{Previous literature:}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Author et al. (2020): Finding 1
        \item Other Author (2019): Finding 2
    \end{itemize}
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    \textbf{Gap we fill:}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item[\textcolor{red}{?}] [Open question our paper addresses]
    \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% RESEARCH QUESTION (1 slide)
% ============================================

\begin{frame}{This Paper}
    \begin{center}
        \Large
        \textbf{Research Question:} \\[1em]
        Does [X] cause [Y]? \\[2em]
    \end{center}
    
    \textbf{Preview of findings:}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Main result in plain language
        \item Key magnitude: [Quantitative summary]
    \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% EMPIRICAL STRATEGY (2-3 slides)
% ============================================

\begin{frame}{Data}
    \textbf{Sources:}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Dataset 1: [Description, years, N]
        \item Dataset 2: [Description, matching method]
    \end{itemize}
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    \textbf{Sample:}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Unit of observation: [What is an observation?]
        \item Final sample: [N] observations, [Time period]
    \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Identification Strategy}
    \textbf{Challenge:} [Endogeneity concern in one sentence]
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    \textbf{Solution:} We exploit [natural experiment / instrument / RDD]
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    \textbf{Key assumption:} [Identification assumption in plain language]
    
    \begin{equation*}
        Y_{it} = \alpha + \beta \cdot \text{Treatment}_{it} + \gamma X_{it} + \mu_i + \delta_t + \varepsilon_{it}
    \end{equation*}
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% RESULTS (3-5 slides)
% ============================================

\begin{frame}{Main Result}
    \begin{center}
        \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{figures/main_result.pdf}
    \end{center}
    
    \vspace{0.5em}
    
    \textbf{Takeaway:} [One sentence interpretation]
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Main Result: Regression Table}
    \begin{table}
        \centering
        \small
        \begin{tabular}{lccc}
            \toprule
            & (1) & (2) & (3) \\
            & OLS & + Controls & + FE \\
            \midrule
            Treatment & 0.052*** & 0.048*** & 0.041** \\
                      & (0.012)  & (0.011)  & (0.015) \\
            \midrule
            Controls & No & Yes & Yes \\
            Fixed Effects & No & No & Yes \\
            N & 10,000 & 9,850 & 9,850 \\
            \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
    \end{table}
    
    \textbf{Economic magnitude:} 1 SD increase in X $\rightarrow$ Y\% increase in outcome
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Robustness Checks}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item[\checkmark] Alternative specifications
        \item[\checkmark] Placebo tests
        \item[\checkmark] Different sample cuts
        \item[\checkmark] [Other relevant checks]
    \end{itemize}
    
    \vspace{1em}
    
    $\rightarrow$ Results robust across specifications
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% CONCLUSION (1 slide)
% ============================================

\begin{frame}{Takeaways}
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item \textbf{Finding 1:} [Main result]
        \item \textbf{Finding 2:} [Secondary result]
        \item \textbf{Implication:} [Policy/theory takeaway]
    \end{enumerate}
    
    \vspace{2em}
    
    \begin{center}
        \Large Thank you! \\[0.5em]
        \normalsize your.email@university.edu
    \end{center}
\end{frame}

% ============================================
% APPENDIX
% ============================================

\appendix

\begin{frame}[noframenumbering]{Appendix: Additional Results}
    [Backup slides for Q\&A]
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Theme Recommendations

Audience	Theme	Notes
Academic	`metropolis`	Clean, modern, minimal
Conference	`Madrid`	Traditional, professional
Job market	`default` with custom colors	Safe, customizable
Policy	`CambridgeUS`	Authoritative look

Best Practices

1. One message per slide - if you need more, split it 2. Use figures over tables when possible 3. Highlight key numbers in results tables 4. Build complex slides incrementally with \pause 5. Prepare backup slides for anticipated questions 6. Practice timing - 1-2 minutes per slide max

Common Pitfalls

❌ Too much text on slides
❌ Reading slides word-for-word
❌ Tables with too many columns
❌ Skipping the roadmap/preview
❌ Ending with "Questions?" instead of takeaways

References

Changelog

v1.0.0

Initial release with conference talk template