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Fetch Slides by pamelafox — Agent Skill

Name: Fetch Slides
Author: pamelafox

Fetch Slides

Fetch presentation slides from a URL and convert them to PDF. Supports direct PDF URLs, PPTX URLs, OneDrive sharing links, and RevealJS HTML presentations. For RevealJS, also extracts slide text content and links to a markdown file. USE FOR: download slides, fetch slides from URL, convert PPTX to PDF, get RevealJS slides, OneDrive slides.

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Fetch slides from a URL

Run the fetch_slides.py script to download and convert slides:

uv run .agents/skills/fetch-slides/fetch_slides.py <url> <output_dir>

Arguments

url (required): URL of the slides. Supported formats:
- Direct PDF URL (e.g., https://example.com/slides.pdf)
- PPTX URL (auto-detected via Content-Type header)
- OneDrive sharing link (e.g., https://onedrive.live.com/:p:/g/personal/... or https://1drv.ms/...)
- RevealJS HTML presentation URL (e.g., https://example.com/slides/)
output_dir (required): Directory to save output files. Created if it doesn't exist.

Outputs

slides.pdf — Always produced. The presentation as a PDF file.
slides_content.md — Only for RevealJS presentations. Contains extracted text content and links from each slide, with section headings marked.

Prerequisites

For PPTX conversion: LibreOffice must be installed
- macOS: brew install --cask libreoffice
- Ubuntu: apt-get install libreoffice
For RevealJS presentations: Playwright browsers must be installed
- uv run playwright install chromium

How it works

The script makes an HTTP HEAD request to detect the content type
Based on the content type:
- PDF: Downloads directly
- PPTX: Downloads the file, then converts to PDF using LibreOffice (headless mode)
- OneDrive: Converts the sharing URL to a direct download URL (appends ?download=1), then handles as PDF or PPTX
- RevealJS HTML: Uses Playwright to open the presentation with ?print-pdf appended, renders to PDF. Also parses the HTML to extract slide text content and links.

---name: fetch-slidesdescription: Fetch presentation slides from a URL and convert them to PDF. Supports direct PDF URLs, PPTX URLs, OneDrive sharing links, and RevealJS HTML presentations. For RevealJS, also extracts slide text content and links to a markdown file. USE FOR: download slides, fetch slides from URL, convert PPTX to PDF, get RevealJS slides, OneDrive slides.---# Fetch slides from a URLRun the [fetch_slides.py](./fetch_slides.py) script to download and convert slides:```bashuv run .agents/skills/fetch-slides/fetch_slides.py <url> <output_dir>```## Arguments- `url` (required): URL of the slides. Supported formats: - Direct PDF URL (e.g., https://example.com/slides.pdf) - PPTX URL (auto-detected via Content-Type header) - OneDrive sharing link (e.g., `https://onedrive.live.com/:p:/g/personal/...` or `https://1drv.ms/...`) - RevealJS HTML presentation URL (e.g., `https://example.com/slides/`)- `output_dir` (required): Directory to save output files. Created if it doesn't exist.## Outputs- **slides.pdf** — Always produced. The presentation as a PDF file.- **slides_content.md** — Only for RevealJS presentations. Contains extracted text content and links from each slide, with section headings marked.## Prerequisites- **For PPTX conversion**: LibreOffice must be installed - macOS: `brew install --cask libreoffice` - Ubuntu: `apt-get install libreoffice`- **For RevealJS presentations**: Playwright browsers must be installed - `uv run playwright install chromium`## How it works1. The script makes an HTTP HEAD request to detect the content type2. Based on the content type: - **PDF**: Downloads directly - **PPTX**: Downloads the file, then converts to PDF using LibreOffice (headless mode) - **OneDrive**: Converts the sharing URL to a direct download URL (appends `?download=1`), then handles as PDF or PPTX - **RevealJS HTML**: Uses Playwright to open the presentation with `?print-pdf` appended, renders to PDF. Also parses the HTML to extract slide text content and links.

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