PPT-Gen via Draw.io Skill

npx degit xstongxue/best-skills/skills/pptgen-drawio ~/.claude/skills/pptgen-drawio

pptgen-drawio is one of the most pragmatic PPT skills in the Chinese community — it generates editable .drawio files first, then exports to .pptx. This means you can keep editing the diagram in Draw.io before finalizing.

Two modes

Mode	Use case	Default page order
Thesis Defense	学位论文答辩 / 开题 / 预答辩	Cover → ToC → Background → Status → Method → Innovation → Experiments → Conclusion → Acknowledgements → Q&A
General Presentation	Work reports, product intros, talks	Cover → ToC → Section → Content → Summary → Acknowledgements → Q&A

Two built-in styles

1. Classic Academic / Business Formal — #1B2A4A primary + #C9A84C accent
2. Modern Minimalist / Big-Type — #231F20 primary + #F5C638 accent

Custom template support

Drop your own .pptx template into ppt_template/, run python scripts/analyze_pptx.py to extract its style as a .md reference, and pptgen-drawio will follow that style. Real defense flow: thesis advisor’s slide template → script extracts → all output matches house style.

Where it shines

• Master’s / PhD thesis defense — has structured extraction integrated with the paper-write skill if you have only the full paper
• Work reports that need to compile from messy notes
• Recurring decks where you want a single style template applied consistently across multiple presentations

Composes with

• paper-write (also by xstongxue) — structured extraction from thesis text
• theme-factory — apply a different theme to the exported .pptx

→ Install on GitHub

Use pptgen-drawio for my master's thesis defense. Topic is "Multi-modal
Retrieval-Augmented Generation." Use the "Modern Minimalist / Big-Type"
style. Generate cover → ToC → background → method → experiments →
conclusion → Q&A pages, then export to .pptx.