/slide-generation

name: slide-generation
description: Convert a completed paper into presentation slides (Beamer LaTeX) or poster. Extract key figures, tables, equations, and create a narrative flow for oral presentation. Identified gap in existing tools — designed from best practices.
argument-hint: [paper-tex]

Slide Generation

Convert a completed paper into presentation slides or poster.

Input

• `$0` — Paper LaTeX file (main.tex) or paper directory

References

• Slide templates and layout patterns: `~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/references/slide-templates.md`

Scripts

Extract paper elements for slides

python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides_skeleton.tex
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --format json --output elements.json
python ~/.claude/skills/slide-generation/scripts/extract_paper_elements.py --tex main.tex --output slides.tex --theme metropolis

Parses .tex, extracts title/authors/sections/equations/figures/tables, generates Beamer skeleton.

Workflow

Step 1: Extract Key Content

From the paper, extract: 1. **Title, authors, affiliations** 2. **Core contribution** (1-3 bullet points from abstract) 3. **Key figures** (all \includegraphics paths) 4. **Key tables** (simplified versions) 5. **Key equations** (numbered equations from Methods) 6. **Main results** (best numbers from Results section)

Step 2: Design Slide Structure

Standard oral presentation flow (~15-20 slides):

| Slide # | Content | Source Section | |---------|---------|---------------| | 1 | Title slide | Title/Authors | | 2 | Motivation / Problem | Introduction | | 3 | Why existing solutions fail | Related Work | | 4-5 | Our approach (high-level) | Methods | | 6-8 | Technical details + equations | Methods | | 9 | Experimental setup | Experiments | | 10-13 | Results (figures + tables) | Results | | 14 | Ablation study | Results | | 15 | Limitations & Future work | Discussion | | 16 | Conclusion | Conclusion | | 17 | Thank you + Q&A | — |

Step 3: Generate Beamer LaTeX

\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer}
\usetheme{metropolis}
\title{Paper Title}
\author{Authors}
\date{Venue Year}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
\begin{itemize}
    \item Problem statement
    \item Why it matters
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% ... more frames
\end{document}

Step 4: Simplify for Presentation

• Tables: reduce to essential rows/columns
• Equations: show only the key insight, not full derivation
• Figures: use largest versions, add annotations
• Text: bullet points only, no paragraphs

Step 5: Generate Poster Layout (Optional)

For poster sessions, use a multi-column layout:

• Column 1: Introduction + Motivation
• Column 2: Methods + Key Equations
• Column 3: Results + Figures
• Column 4: Conclusions + References

Rules

• Maximum 1 key message per slide
• Figures should be large and readable
• No more than 6 bullet points per slide
• Equations should be simplified versions
• Include slide numbers
• Use consistent color scheme matching the paper's figures
• Presentation should be self-contained (understandable without reading the paper)

Related Skills

• Upstream: [paper-compilation](../paper-compilation/), [figure-generation](../figure-generation/)
• See also: [self-review](../self-review/), [paper-assembly](../paper-assembly/)