cyberneticlibrary

Generate magazine-quality slide decks

generate-slidescommandsetup L21
jpfielding/dicos.rs
What it does

Generate magazine-quality slide deck as self-contained HTML

Best for

Product/pitch presentations requiring distinctive visual impact and temporal storytelling without custom design tool.

Inputs
  • · Topic/narrative for slide deck (text via $@)
  • · Visual reference: templates/slide-deck.html, references/slide-patterns.md, references/css-patterns.md
Outputs
  • · Single HTML file (self-contained, no external dependencies)
  • · Slide sequence with temporal narrative arc
  • · Varied compositional layouts per slide (centered, left-heavy, split, full-bleed)
  • · Inline SVG, Mermaid diagrams, Chart.js sparklines where relevant
Requires
  • · visual-explainer skill
  • · surf CLI (optional, for title slide background images)
  • · Mermaid, Chart.js, CSS Grid/Flexbox
Preconditions
  • · visual-explainer skill available
  • · Template patterns read (slide-patterns.md, css-patterns.md)
  • · Aesthetic direction chosen (Midnight Editorial, Warm Signal, Terminal Mono, Swiss Clean, or custom)
Failure modes
  • · surf CLI not available — falls back to solid-color backgrounds
  • · Mermaid diagram exceeds viewport — CSS zoom controls + overflow protection applied
  • · Three+ centered slides in sequence — layout checker flags for compositional variety
Trust signals
  • · Opt-in slide generation (only when /generate-slides invoked or explicit request)
  • · Compositional variety enforcement (no repetitive layouts)
  • · Aesthetic commitment (one direction per deck, not random mixing)
  • · Defensive CSS (overflow, zoom, depth tiers documented in css-patterns.md)