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Slide Generation

  • 1.2k installs
  • 255 repo stars
  • Updated February 27, 2026
  • lingzhi227/agent-research-skills

slide-generation is an agent skill that generates research presentation slides from paper sections, figures, and key results.

About

The slide-generation skill creates research talk slides from existing paper content, figures, and tables produced by upstream agent-research-skills. It maps one idea per slide, uses concise bullets, preserves citation markers, and highlights key results or diagrams without dumping full paper paragraphs. Agents choose layouts for title, motivation, method, results, ablation, and conclusion slides while keeping speaker-note optional detail separate. Output targets LaTeX beamer or Markdown slide decks depending on project conventions. Use when preparing conference presentations after paper sections and figures exist.

  • Builds research slides from existing sections, figures, and tables.
  • One-idea-per-slide structure with concise bullets and citations.
  • Supports method, results, ablation, and conclusion layouts.
  • Keeps speaker notes separate from sparse on-slide text.
  • Downstream of paper-writing and figure-generation skills.

Slide Generation by the numbers

  • 1,234 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +37 installs in the week ending Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #227 of 1,879 Documentation skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Security screen: MEDIUM risk (skills.sh audit)
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

slide-generation capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities
one idea per slide structuring · figure and table inclusion · citation preserving bullets · method and results layouts · speaker note separation
Use cases
presentations · documentation
From the docs

What slide-generation says it does

slide-generation
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill slide-generation

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Last updatedFebruary 27, 2026
Repositorylingzhi227/agent-research-skills

How do I turn this paper content into a concise research talk slide deck?

Generate research presentation slides from paper sections, figures, and key results.

Who is it for?

Researchers preparing conference talks after paper sections and figures are drafted.

Skip if: Skip for generating paper PDFs or experimental tables from raw logs.

When should I use this skill?

User needs research slides, beamer deck, or talk outline from existing paper assets.

What you get

A slide deck with title, method, results, and conclusion slides citing figures and key metrics.

  • Beamer .tex slide deck
  • Conference frame templates

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Slide Generation

Convert a completed paper into presentation slides or poster.

Input

  • $0 — Paper LaTeX file (main.tex) or paper directory

References

  • Slide templates and layout patterns: ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/references/slide-templates.md

Scripts

Extract paper elements for slides

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides_skeleton.tex
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --format json --output elements.json
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides.tex --theme metropolis

Parses .tex, extracts title/authors/sections/equations/figures/tables, generates Beamer skeleton.

Workflow

Step 1: Extract Key Content

From the paper, extract: 1. Title, authors, affiliations 2. Core contribution (1-3 bullet points from abstract) 3. Key figures (all \includegraphics paths) 4. Key tables (simplified versions) 5. Key equations (numbered equations from Methods) 6. Main results (best numbers from Results section)

Step 2: Design Slide Structure

Standard oral presentation flow (~15-20 slides):

Slide #ContentSource Section
1Title slideTitle/Authors
2Motivation / ProblemIntroduction
3Why existing solutions failRelated Work
4-5Our approach (high-level)Methods
6-8Technical details + equationsMethods
9Experimental setupExperiments
10-13Results (figures + tables)Results
14Ablation studyResults
15Limitations & Future workDiscussion
16ConclusionConclusion
17Thank you + Q&A

Step 3: Generate Beamer LaTeX

\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer}
\usetheme{metropolis}
\title{Paper Title}
\author{Authors}
\date{Venue Year}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
\begin{itemize}
    \item Problem statement
    \item Why it matters
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% ... more frames
\end{document}

Step 4: Simplify for Presentation

  • Tables: reduce to essential rows/columns
  • Equations: show only the key insight, not full derivation
  • Figures: use largest versions, add annotations
  • Text: bullet points only, no paragraphs

Step 5: Generate Poster Layout (Optional)

For poster sessions, use a multi-column layout:

  • Column 1: Introduction + Motivation
  • Column 2: Methods + Key Equations
  • Column 3: Results + Figures
  • Column 4: Conclusions + References

Rules

  • Maximum 1 key message per slide
  • Figures should be large and readable
  • No more than 6 bullet points per slide
  • Equations should be simplified versions
  • Include slide numbers
  • Use consistent color scheme matching the paper's figures
  • Presentation should be self-contained (understandable without reading the paper)

Related Skills

  • Upstream: paper-compilation, figure-generation
  • See also: self-review, paper-assembly

Related skills

Forks & variants (2)

Slide Generation has 2 known copies in the catalog totaling 13 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.

FAQ

What slide structure does slide-generation use?

Title, motivation, method, results, ablation, and conclusion layouts with one idea per slide.

Does it paste full paper paragraphs on slides?

No. It uses concise bullets and preserves citations without dumping full text.

Which upstream skills feed it?

paper-writing-section and figure-generation outputs in the agent-research-skills pipeline.

Is Slide Generation safe to install?

skills.sh reports 3 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.

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