pptx

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with layouts, (4) Adding comments or speaker notes, or any other presentation tasks

1.48x

Quality

81%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

80%

1.48x

Average score across 10 eval scenarios

Securityby

Medium

Suggest reviewing before use

Quality

Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A highly actionable body with clear, validated multi-step workflows and concrete copy-paste commands. Its weaknesses are verbosity from large inline reference catalogs and progressive-disclosure gaps: two referenced files are missing from the bundle and reference material is inlined rather than separated.

Suggestions

Move the 18-entry color palette catalog and the visual-detail/border/typography option lists into a separate referenced file (e.g. design-reference.md) and summarize the key rules inline.

Provide the missing html2pptx.md and ooxml.md files the workflows MANDATE reading, or remove the mandatory-read instructions, since the referenced paths do not exist in the bundle.

Extract the full inventory.py JSON schema into its own reference doc, keeping only a minimal example inline in SKILL.md.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient and actionable, but the 18-palette color catalog and lengthy visual-detail/border/typography option lists are inline reference material that much of is design guidance Claude could derive or that could live in a referenced file, so it earns 'mostly efficient but could be tightened'.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable commands and code throughout — 'python -m markitdown path-to-file.pptx', 'python scripts/rearrange.py template.pptx working.pptx 0,34,34,50,52', and concrete inventory/replacement JSON schemas — copy-paste ready, matching the top anchor.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Three numbered multi-step workflows each include explicit validation checkpoints ('Validate immediately after each edit and fix any validation errors before proceeding', 'Repeat until all slides are visually correct') with error-recovery feedback, matching 'Clear sequence with explicit validation steps'.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	References to html2pptx.md and ooxml.md are clearly signaled one-level-deep pointers, but those files are not present in the bundle, and the SKILL.md itself is a ~480-line monolith with large inline reference material (palette catalog, full inventory JSON schema) that should be split out — 'some structure but could be better organized'.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

85%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific description that clearly states capabilities and an explicit use-trigger, with concrete enumerated actions. Its only gap is trigger-term coverage, which would benefit from common synonyms like 'PowerPoint' or 'slides'.

Suggestions

Add natural trigger synonyms such as 'PowerPoint', 'slides', and 'decks' alongside 'presentations (.pptx files)' to improve trigger-term coverage.

Consider leading with the '.pptx' file extension in the trigger clause so the most common user phrasing matches even more directly.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names multiple concrete actions — '(1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with layouts, (4) Adding comments or speaker notes' — matching the 'Lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both what ('Presentation creation, editing, and analysis') and when via the explicit 'When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for:' trigger clause, matching the top anchor.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes 'presentations (.pptx files)' but omits common natural variations users say like 'PowerPoint', 'slides', or 'decks', so coverage is partial rather than comprehensive.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The .pptx niche with its enumerated task list is clearly distinct and unlikely to trigger for other skills, matching 'Clear niche with distinct triggers'.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 2 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat
Path: resources/skills/pptx/SKILL.md
Commit: b8dbc89

Reviewed: about 7 hours ago

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