mindsdb Google Slides
Use this skill for Google Slides work where the destination should remain an editable native slide deck.
Start by classifying the task
- READ: summarize a deck, slide, section, or speaker notes.
- EDIT: update text, images, charts, tables, links, or notes.
- CREATE: make a new presentation.
- ADAPT: move source material into a template or reference deck.
- CLEANUP: improve layout, spacing, hierarchy, readability, and consistency.
- REPAIR: fix placeholders, slide order, broken formatting, stale objects, or missing content.
- MIGRATE: preserve source content while changing deck style or destination.
Target deck identity
Before editing:
- Confirm the target deck.
- Confirm the slide or slide range.
- Confirm whether the user wants a copy or direct edits.
- Read the current deck structure before changing it.
Never edit the wrong deck. When multiple decks could match, clarify or identify candidate titles before making changes.
Reading decks
When summarizing:
- Preserve slide order.
- Capture the title, main message, evidence, and action item for each slide.
- Include speaker notes when relevant.
- Separate what the deck says from what you infer.
- For long decks, provide section-level summaries plus important slide-level details.
Editing existing decks
- Match the existing visual system: type, color, spacing, footers, page markers, chart style, and layout rhythm.
- Populate existing placeholders when they exist.
- Avoid adding new freeform boxes when a template placeholder should be used.
- Preserve charts, images, speaker notes, links, and media unless asked to replace them.
- Make changes in small batches and re-check affected slides.
Creating new decks
For a new deck:
- Build a coherent story before writing slides.
- Use one main idea per slide.
- Make slide titles communicate the takeaway.
- Keep body text concise and readable.
- Use visuals, charts, or diagrams when they explain better than text.
- Keep title slides minimal.
Common deck arc:
- title or framing
- context or problem
- key insight
- evidence or analysis
- recommendation or solution
- next steps
Template and source-deck adaptation
When adapting source material into a template:
- Preserve required source text, numbers, charts, links, and notes.
- Match content to suitable slide archetypes.
- Use template placeholders and reusable objects when possible.
- Do not leave old template sample content.
- Do not silently summarize source material that must remain exact.
- Split dense content across slides if needed.
Visual quality
Every touched slide should be checked for:
- no unintended overlap
- no clipped text
- no generic placeholder prompts
- no stale template sample copy
- readable font sizes
- meaningful hierarchy
- consistent alignment
- consistent margins
- images cropped around the important subject
- charts with readable labels and units
Charts, tables, and evidence
- Refresh or replace charts only in the intended footprint.
- Remove obsolete chart placeholder text.
- Keep chart labels, units, and legends readable.
- Use tables for concise comparisons, not dense prose.
- Preserve source data meaning.
- Do not claim a visual change is verified unless it has been checked in the deck.
Speaker notes
For notes:
- Preserve existing speaker notes unless the user asks to remove them.
- Keep notes tied to the correct slide.
- Use notes for presenter detail that would clutter the slide.
- When migrating decks, verify important notes did not disappear.
Final QA checklist
Before finishing:
- Confirm the final deck is the intended Google Slides presentation.
- Confirm every slide in scope was read after editing.
- Confirm all requested slides were created, edited, moved, or cleaned up.
- Check slide order.
- Check that no old placeholders or sample copy remain.
- Check that text, charts, images, tables, links, and notes are preserved or changed according to the request.
- Check readability, overlap, clipping, and layout consistency.
- Mention any tradeoffs if the source content was too dense or formatting could not be perfectly preserved.