Claude Official Skill: PPTX — PowerPoint Presentations

What it is

The PPTX skill is an official Claude Code skill that enables Claude to create, edit, and format PowerPoint presentations directly from conversation. You can describe the content you want, and Claude generates a .pptx file with proper slide layouts, charts, tables, and formatting. The skill handles everything from simple text slides to complex data visualizations.

The skill targets anyone who needs to produce slide decks regularly: consultants preparing client deliverables, engineers documenting architectures, and managers building team updates. Instead of manually arranging slides in PowerPoint, you describe what you need and Claude builds it.

How it saves time or tokens

Creating a 10-slide deck manually takes 30-60 minutes of layout work. With this skill, Claude generates the deck in seconds from a text description. Revisions happen through conversation rather than click-and-drag editing. The skill uses the python-pptx library efficiently, so the token cost is primarily in the content description rather than the file generation logic.

How to use

1. Install the skill in Claude Code:

claude skill install anthropics/skills/pptx

Or manually copy the skill content to .claude/skills/pptx/SKILL.md.

1. Ask Claude to create a presentation:

Create a 5-slide deck about our Q2 product roadmap:
- Slide 1: Title slide with company name
- Slide 2: Key metrics table
- Slide 3: Feature timeline chart
- Slide 4: Team priorities
- Slide 5: Q&A

1. Claude generates the .pptx file and saves it to your working directory.

Example

Generating a presentation with a chart:

from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.chart.data import CategoryChartData
from pptx.enum.chart import XL_CHART_TYPE

prs = Presentation()
slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[5])

chart_data = CategoryChartData()
chart_data.categories = ['Q1', 'Q2', 'Q3', 'Q4']
chart_data.add_series('Revenue', (120, 145, 160, 185))

slide.shapes.add_chart(
    XL_CHART_TYPE.COLUMN_CLUSTERED,
    Inches(1), Inches(1.5), Inches(8), Inches(5),
    chart_data
)

prs.save('quarterly_report.pptx')

Related on TokRepo

• AI Tools for Content — more AI content creation tools
• AI Tools for Documentation — document generation and formatting tools

Common pitfalls

• Complex animations and transitions are not supported by python-pptx; the generated decks use static layouts
• Brand-specific templates should be provided as a base .pptx file for Claude to build upon; otherwise Claude uses default white layouts
• Very large decks (50+ slides) may hit context limits; generate in batches of 10-15 slides for best results