Rylai PPT

Use the bundled Python workflow to create a clean, editable .pptx. The renderer is an original Rylai implementation built on python-pptx. It uses local PowerPoint elements and does not load HTML templates, remote images, or hosted assets.

Requirements

• Python 3
• python-pptx
• Optional LibreOffice for rendering to PDF

Workflow

1. Read the user's source material and identify the audience, purpose, slide count, language, and required facts.
2. Create a JSON deck specification by adapting examples/deck.json.
3. Keep one message per slide. Split dense content instead of shrinking text.
4. Validate the specification:

python <skill-dir>/scripts/build_deck.py build <deck.json> <output.pptx>

5. Build the presentation:

python <skill-dir>/scripts/build_deck.py inspect <output.pptx>

6. Render the result when LibreOffice is available:

python <skill-dir>/scripts/build_deck.py render <output.pptx> <render-dir>

7. Check clipping, contrast, reading order, repeated wording, and slide count before delivery.

Slide Types

• cover: title, subtitle, eyebrow, footer
• section: number, title, summary
• bullets: title, kicker, and two to six structured items
• metrics: title and two to four value cards
• comparison: two labeled lists with two to five items each
• timeline: two to five ordered steps
• quote: quotation and attribution
• closing: final title, subtitle, and contact line

Read references/deck-spec.md when field-level constraints are needed. Unknown slide fields fail validation so the deck stays portable and deterministic.

Design Rules

• Use the theme fields in the JSON spec rather than editing renderer constants for each deck.
• Use a restrained multi-color palette with one primary accent and one secondary accent.
• Keep titles short, body copy specific, and metrics attributable to the user's material.
• Use only the supported local vector icons: circle, square, diamond, check, and arrow.
• Do not add remote URLs as image sources. This workflow intentionally has no image field.
• Preserve user-provided brand wording. Do not invent customer names, testimonials, statistics, or claims.

Runtime Notes

• Codex, Hermes, and Claude execute the same bundled Python scripts.
• Resolve all bundled paths from this skill directory.
• Write generated decks to the user's requested workspace, not inside the installed skill.
• Report the final path and the number and types of slides created.

Authored by Rylai for Codex, Hermes, and Claude.