scientific-slides

Generates research presentation slides for Beamer and PowerPoint from notes and figures.

321|26|Updated Mar 10, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/mkurman/tamux --skill scientific-slides-mkurman
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Skill: scientific-slides
Source: https://github.com/mkurman/tamux/tree/main/skills/scientific-skills/scientific-slides
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/mkurman/tamux --skill scientific-slides-mkurman

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires requests, Pillow, pymupdf, PyPDF2, python-pptx, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) and assets (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Streamline the creation of research presentation slides by providing structure, design templates, timing guidance, and visual validation for scientific talks, reducing manual layout work and ensuring consistent, professional output.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Slide structure templates and design guidelines for PowerPoint and LaTeX Beamer, ensuring a visual-first, publication-ready presentation.
  • Timing guidance and storytelling best practices tailored for conferences, seminars, defenses, and grant pitches.
  • Visual validation workflows and templates that facilitate high-quality figures, color palettes, and typography suitable for projection.
  • Reusable templates and layouts to accelerate deck creation across multiple talks and audiences.

Quick Start

Provide your research notes and figures, and run the tool to generate a complete, presentation-ready slide deck.

Frequently Asked Questions about scientific-slides

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate Beamer presentation slides from research notes?

Generating Beamer presentation slides from research notes involves providing your text and figures to the tool, which applies structured templates and visual-verification workflows to output a ready-to-present LaTeX deck with minimal post-editing.

Can I create PowerPoint decks for a thesis defense automatically?

You can create PowerPoint decks for a thesis defense automatically by supplying your research notes and figures. The tool applies reusable templates and timing guidance via python-pptx to output a structured, presentation-ready academic deck.

What is the best way to structure a grant pitch presentation with consistent visuals?

The best way to structure a grant pitch presentation with consistent visuals is using predefined slide structure templates. These enforce layout constraints, color palettes, and typography suitable for projection to ensure a publication-ready deck.

Does this slide generation tool support visual validation for academic talks?

Yes, this slide generation tool supports visual validation for academic talks. It implements a visual-verification workflow using dependencies like Pillow and PyPDF2 to validate figure quality, layout constraints, and accessibility before delivering the final deck.

Do I need LaTeX installed to use these presentation templates?

You do not need LaTeX installed to generate PowerPoint presentation templates, which rely on python-pptx. However, generating Beamer decks requires a LaTeX environment to compile the structured templates into a final presentation format.