Academic Slides

Rylai Codex-Hermes-Claude Edition | Maintained and adapted by Rylai

Runtime Compatibility

• Codex: install under ~/.agents/skills/academic-slides.
• Hermes: install under ~/.hermes/skills/academic-slides or expose the bundle through skills.external_dirs.
• Claude Code: install under ~/.claude/skills/academic-slides or <project>/.claude/skills/academic-slides.
• Claude.ai and Cowork: upload and enable the matching per-skill ZIP.
• Resolve bundled files relative to this skill directory; do not depend on paths from another machine.
• Check tools, packages, credentials, network access, and runtime capabilities before execution.

Academic Slides

Create or improve an academic presentation and its talk narrative.

Workflow

1. Confirm audience, setting, duration, slide count, source paper, and required output.
2. Define one main claim and an evidence sequence that fits the allotted time.
3. Build a slide outline with action titles, visual intent, and speaker purpose.
4. Use the presentation tooling available in the runtime or repository.
5. Keep methods and results legible; move secondary detail to backup slides.
6. Add rehearsal timing, likely questions, and a backup-slide plan.
7. Render and visually inspect the deck before delivery.

Bundled Guidance

• assets/talk-outline-template.md: planning worksheet.
• references/talk-structure.md: narrative structures by talk type.
• references/slide-design.md: hierarchy and density rules.
• references/slide-creation.md: implementation and QA workflow.
• references/delivery-and-qa.md: rehearsal, timing, and Q&A preparation.

Quality Bar

• Titles should state takeaways rather than topic labels.
• Avoid dense paper paragraphs, tiny figures, and unsupported decorative visuals.
• Never claim a slide or deck was rendered when only an outline was produced.