DOCUMENTS / Anthropic
Anthropic PowerPoint Presentations
Guides new-slide generation and template editing with OOXML validation and rendered thumbnail checks.
“Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide”
01 / THE REASONING
Why this made the selection.
- Explains presentation-specific failure modes in chart axes, colors and shared slide assets.
- Pairs XML validation with a thumbnail workflow that can expose clipping and inconsistent slide layout.
02 / THE REVIEW RECORD
What we actually inspected.
Source review has boundaries.
A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge.
Material inspected
- skills/pptx/SKILL.md
- skills/pptx/scripts/thumbnail.py
- skills/pptx/scripts/office/validate.py
- skills/pptx/LICENSE.txt
Our findings
- The validator can compare a changed deck against its original to separate inherited template errors.
- The thumbnail script checks the relationship between rendered pages and visible slides and represents hidden slides separately.
- The guide warns that duplicated slides may share chart or embedded parts, so edits can affect the original slide.
Not established by this review
- Source inspection only; no skill installation or workflow execution was performed.
The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior.
03 / PUT IT TO WORK
Add a skill to your workflow.
DOCUMENTED COMMAND
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skillsCopying does not execute this command. It may retrieve a newer version than the reviewed source.
- In Claude Code, first register the official marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills.
- Install the document-skills plugin under the applicable Anthropic agreement, or use the document capabilities supplied in Claude.
- This catalogue does not redistribute these restricted definitions or offer a cross-agent copying command.
Before you start
- Claude Code or an eligible Claude service
- Applicable Anthropic service access and terms
- Use the complete plugin and the rendering dependencies listed in its documentation.
04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
The source trail.
Our notes are separate from the original resource.
Check upstream before adopting a new version.
https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/pptx/SKILL.md
Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, compatibility, access
https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/pptx/scripts/thumbnail.py
Supports: review, limitations, access
https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/pptx/scripts/office/validate.py
Supports: review, limitations, access
https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/pptx/LICENSE.txt
Supports: license
https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/README.md
Supports: install, compatibility, access
https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/blob/7407f3893ad4dceab546ac002c3ef806e4000c73/README.md
Supports: install