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By lamm-mit/scienceclaw (GitHub) · research · 251 stars · scanned at commit 894598c
Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design templates, timing guidance, and visual validation. Works with PowerPoint and LaTeX Beamer.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
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- skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 208
python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "slide description" -o output.png - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 236
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY='your_api_key_here' - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 246
python scripts/slides_to_pdf.py slides/*.png -o presentation.pdf - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 313
python scripts/generate_schematic.py "your diagram description" -o figures/output.png - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 482
python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "Title: Introduction..." -o slides/01.png - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 567
python scripts/pdf_to_images.py presentation.pdf review/slide --dpi 150 - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 650
python scripts/validate_presentation.py presentation.pdf --duration 15 - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 795
python scripts/pdf_to_images.py presentation.pdf review/slides - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 985
python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "Title: Introduction\nContent: Key points" -o slide.png - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 1000
python scripts/slides_to_pdf.py slides/*.png -o presentation.pdf - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 1015
python scripts/validate_presentation.py presentation.pdf --duration 15 - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 1027
python scripts/pdf_to_images.py presentation.pdf output/slide --dpi 150 - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 1093
python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "Title slide: 'Your Research Title'. Conference name, K-Dense. FORMATTING GOAL: [your color scheme], minimal professional - skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md, line 1130
python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "diagram description" -o figures/fig1.png --visual-only - skills/scientific-slides/scripts/generate_slide_image.py, line 132
result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=False) - skills/scientific-slides/scripts/validate_presentation.py, line 247
result = subprocess.run( - skills/scientific-slides/scripts/validate_presentation.py, line 254
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, FileNotFoundError):
Downloads and installs other software
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Can call paid AI services billed to you
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Connects to the internet
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'scientific-slides' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'scientific-slides' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named scientific-slides already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '894598cd3a90891a077c254566276bd379038bad' -- 'skills/scientific-slides' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/scientific-slides' ~/.agents/skills/'scientific-slides' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'scientific-slides' ~/.claude/skills/'scientific-slides' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-13 | 894598c | 72 |