PPTX

by anthropics

PPTX is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in skills.

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Install PPTX

Copy PPTX into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pptx ~/.claude/skills/pptx

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/pptx/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/pptx
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What PPTX does

PPTX creates, edits, and reads PowerPoint presentations programmatically using scripts and direct XML manipulation. Use it when a .pptx or .potx file needs to be opened, created, modified, or extracted from in any workflow.

PPTX is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. PPTX comes from a repository tagged agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

PPTX creation, editing, and analysis

A .pptx is a ZIP archive of XML files. Choose your approach by task:

Task	Approach
Create a new deck	Write a `pptxgenjs` script — see gotchas below
Edit an existing deck, or build from a template	unzip → edit `ppt/slides/slideN.xml` → zip
Read content	`markitdown deck.pptx` (one block per slide under `<!-- Slide number: N -->` markers); visual grid: `python scripts/thumbnail.py deck.pptx`

Scripts

Paths are relative to this skill's directory. Everything else is plain Python, node, or shell.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands PPTX provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/options

Frequently asked about PPTX

What else does anthropics publish alongside PPTX?
PPTX is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Algorithmic Art, Brand Guidelines and Canvas Design. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way PPTX does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/skills page.
How does PPTX compare to other Automation skills?
PPTX ranks #10 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of PPTX against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.