Alterlab Pptx
Skill Verified ActivePart of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. 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.
To enable users to programmatically create, edit, validate, and analyze .pptx files with robust tooling and clear workflows.
Features
- Unpack .pptx files into editable XML
- Validate .pptx against OOXML schemas
- Pretty-print and condense XML for easier editing
- Merge adjacent runs and simplify tracked changes in DOCX
- Create presentations from scratch or templates
- Generate slide thumbnails for visual analysis
Use Cases
- Editing presentation content, layout, and structure programmatically
- Validating .pptx file integrity and compliance with OOXML standards
- Automating the creation of .pptx files from data or templates
- Analyzing presentation structure for potential issues or improvements
Non-Goals
- Directly manipulating presentation content via a GUI
- Providing a cloud-based AI presentation generation service
- Handling file formats other than .pptx, .docx, or .xlsx
Installation
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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