presentations

What this skill does

# Kortix Presentations — Slide Deck Creation Skill

You are loading the presentation creation skill. Follow these instructions for ALL presentation work.

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## Autonomy Doctrine

**Act, don't ask.** Receive the topic, research it, design a custom theme, create all slides, validate, preview, export. No permission requests. No presenting options. Just deliver a complete, polished deck.

- **Decide the structure yourself.** Pick the right number of slides, the right layout, the right visuals.
- **Research before designing.** Never use generic colors. Find actual brand colors and visual identity.
- **Create all slides in parallel.** Don't build one at a time — batch them.
- **Validate and preview before delivering.** Fix any overflows or visual issues yourself.
- Only ask for clarification if the topic is completely unclear or genuinely ambiguous.

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## Available Tools

- **`presentation-gen`** — Create, manage, validate, preview, and export slides.
  - `create_slide` — Create a single slide (HTML body content)
  - `list_slides` / `delete_slide` — Manage slides
  - `list_presentations` / `delete_presentation` — Manage presentations
  - `validate_slide` — Check dimensions via Playwright (must fit 1920x1080)
  - `export_pdf` — Render all slides to merged PDF via Playwright
  - `export_pptx` — 3-layer PPTX (background + visual elements + editable text) via Playwright + python-pptx
  - `preview` — Start local HTTP server at `http://localhost:3210` with keyboard nav, fullscreen, thumbnails
- **`image-search`** — Search Google Images. Batch queries with `|||` separator.
- **`image-gen`** — Generate images via Replicate (Flux Schnell). Actions: `generate`, `edit`, `upscale`, `remove_bg`.
- **`web-search`** — Search the web via Tavily. Batch queries with `|||` separator.
- **`scrape-webpage`** — Fetch and extract content from URLs via Firecrawl.

**CRITICAL**: ALWAYS use `presentation-gen` with `action: "create_slide"` to build slides. NEVER create slide HTML files manually.

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## Folder Structure

```
presentations/
  images/                  ← shared images (downloaded BEFORE slides)
    hero.jpg
    logo.png
  [presentation-name]/     ← created automatically by create_slide
    metadata.json
    slide_01.html
    slide_02.html
    viewer.html            ← auto-generated on every create/delete
```

Images go to `presentations/images/` BEFORE the presentation folder exists. Reference images as `../images/[filename]` from slides.

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## Efficiency Rules

1. **Batch searches** — Multiple queries in ONE call using `|||` separator
2. **Chain shell commands** — ALL folder creation + image downloads in ONE bash command
3. **Parallel slide creation** — Create ALL slides simultaneously (multiple `create_slide` calls at once)

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# Creation Workflow

## Phase 1: Topic Confirmation

1. Extract the topic from the user's message
2. If clear enough to act on, proceed immediately with defaults:
   - Target audience: "General public" unless specified
   - Goals: "Informative overview" unless specified
3. Only ask for clarification if the topic is completely unclear

## Phase 2: Theme Design

1. **Batch web search for brand identity** — ALL in one call:
   - `[topic] brand colors`
   - `[topic] visual identity`
   - `[topic] official website design`
   - `[topic] brand guidelines`

2. **Define custom color scheme** based on research:
   - USE ACTUAL brand colors found in research
   - FORBIDDEN: "blue for tech", "red for speed", "green for innovation" without research backing
   - For companies: use their official brand colors
   - For people: find their associated visual identity
   - Document WHERE you found the color information
   - Define: primary, secondary, accent, text color, font choices, layout patterns

## Phase 3: Research and Content Planning

Complete ALL steps including ALL image downloads before Phase 4.

1. **Batch content research** — ALL in one call:
   - `[topic] history background`
   - `[topic] key features`
   - `[topic] statistics data facts`
   - `[topic] significance impact`
   - Scrape key pages for detail

2. **Create content outline** — one main idea per slide. Note a TOPIC-SPECIFIC image query for each slide (always include the actual topic name/brand/person — never generic category queries).

3. **Batch image search** — ALL queries in one call with `num_results: 2`

4. **Select images** based on:
   - Topic specificity (actual brand/person images, not generic stock)
   - Dimensions (landscape for backgrounds, portrait for side panels)
   - Visual quality and relevance

5. **Download ALL images in one command**:
   ```bash
   mkdir -p presentations/images && \
   curl -L "URL1" -o presentations/images/slide1_hero.jpg && \
   curl -L "URL2" -o presentations/images/slide2_detail.jpg && \
   ls -lh presentations/images/
   ```
   Verify ALL expected files exist. Retry any failures.

6. **Document image mapping**: slide number -> filename, dimensions, orientation, placement

## Phase 4: Slide Creation

Only start after Phase 3 is complete with all images downloaded and verified.

1. **Create ALL slides in parallel** — multiple `create_slide` calls simultaneously:
   ```
   presentation-gen(
     action: "create_slide",
     presentation_name: "my_pres",
     slide_number: 1,
     slide_title: "Introduction",
     content: "<div>...</div>",
     presentation_title: "My Presentation"
   )
   ```

2. **Use downloaded images** — Reference as `../images/filename` in `<img>` tags:
   - Landscape → full-width backgrounds, hero images
   - Portrait → side panels, accent images
   - Square → centered focal points, logos

## Phase 5: Validate, Preview, Export

1. **Validate** — `presentation-gen` with `action: "validate_slide"` on each slide. Fix any overflows (content exceeding 1920x1080).

2. **Preview** — `presentation-gen` with `action: "preview"` to launch viewer at `http://localhost:3210`.

3. **Export** — both formats:
   - `action: "export_pdf"` — merged PDF via Playwright
   - `action: "export_pptx"` — 3-layer PPTX (background + visuals + editable text)

   Both require `presentation_name`. Output saved in the presentation folder.

## Phase 6: Deliver

Review all slides for visual consistency, then report:
- What was created (topic, slide count, theme)
- Viewer URL: `http://localhost:3210`
- Paths to exported PDF and PPTX files

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# Slide Content Rules

## HTML Rules

- HTML body content ONLY — no `<!DOCTYPE>`, `<html>`, `<head>`, `<body>` tags (added automatically)
- Inter font is pre-loaded — use it directly
- Use emoji for icons — no Font Awesome or icon libraries
- Design for FIXED **1920x1080 pixels** — NOT responsive
- `box-sizing: border-box` on all containers
- Max 40px container padding
- `overflow: hidden` on all containers

## Typography

| Element | Size | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Titles | 48-72px | 700-900 |
| Subtitles | 32-42px | 600-700 |
| Headings | 28-36px | 600 |
| Body | 20-24px | 400-500 |
| Small/captions | 16-18px | 300-400 |

Line height: 1.5-1.8 for all text.

## Layout — PRESENTATION, NOT WEBSITE

**FORBIDDEN:**
- Multi-column card grids
- Responsive patterns, `vw`/`vh` units, media queries
- Scrolling content
- More than 5 bullet points per slide
- More than 2 ideas per slide

**REQUIRED:**
- Centered, focused content
- Large titles with visual impact
- Fixed pixel dimensions only
- 1-2 ideas per slide max
- 3-5 bullet points max
- Think PowerPoint: large title, centered content, minimal elements

## Color Usage

- **Primary** — backgrounds, main elements
- **Secondary** — subtle backgrounds, section dividers
- **Accent** — highlights, CTAs, key numbers
- **Text** — all text content
- Consistent scheme across ALL slides — no slide should look like it belongs to a different deck

## Image Placement Patterns

### Full-bleed background
```html
<div style="position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('../images/hero.jpg') center/cover;"></div>
<div style="position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);"></di