Four-skill presentation system: ingest talks into a rhetoric vault, run interactive clarification, generate a speaker profile, then create new presentations that match your documented patterns. Includes an 88-entry Presentation Patterns taxonomy for scoring, brainstorming, and go-live preparation.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
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1.21xAverage score across 30 eval scenarios
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Suggest reviewing before use
Fields below template_skip_patterns are asked during Step 5B (first session only)
when empty. The question column shows what to ask the speaker.
| Config field | Question |
|---|---|
speaker_name | "Name as it appears on slides?" |
speaker_handle | "Social handle for footers?" |
speaker_website | "Website for talk resources?" |
shownotes_url_pattern | "URL pattern for talk pages? (e.g., speaking.example.com/{slug})" |
template_pptx_path | "PowerPoint template path?" |
presentation_file_convention | "File organization? (default: {conference}/{year}/{talk-slug}/)" |
publishing_process.export_format | "How do you export final decks — PDF, keep .pptx only, or both?" |
publishing_process.export_method | "How do you produce the PDF? (e.g., PowerPoint AppleScript, LibreOffice CLI, manual)" |
publishing_process.shownotes_publishing | "Do you publish shownotes for your talks? If yes, how?" |
publishing_process.qr_code | "Do you put QR codes in your decks? If yes, what do they link to?" |
publishing_process.additional_steps | "Any other distribution steps after exporting?" |
{
"config": {
"vault_root": "~/.claude/rhetoric-knowledge-vault",
"vault_storage_path": "/actual/path/if/custom (null when using default location)",
"talks_source_dir": "/path/to/_talks",
"pptx_source_dir": "/path/to/Presentations",
"python_path": "/path/to/python3",
"template_skip_patterns": ["template"],
"speaker_name": "",
"speaker_handle": "",
"speaker_website": "",
"shownotes_url_pattern": "",
"template_pptx_path": "",
"presentation_file_convention": "{pptx_source_dir}/{conference}/{year}/{talk-slug}/",
"clarification_sessions_completed": 0
}
}Stored in the confirmed_intents array of the tracking database. Populated during
clarification sessions when the speaker confirms a pattern is intentional.
{
"confirmed_intents": [{
"pattern": "delayed_self_introduction",
"intent": "deliberate|accidental|context_dependent",
"rule": "Use two-phase intro: brief bio at slide 3, full re-intro mid-talk",
"note": "Speaker confirmed this is an intentional rhetorical device"
}]
}evals
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