slidev:extract-outline

Extract Outline from Existing Slides

Reverse engineer a structured outline from an existing Slidev presentation by analyzing slide structure, titles, and content.

Use cases:

• Legacy presentations needing structure documentation
• Received slides from collaborators, need outline for context
• Made extensive slide edits, want updated outline
• Creating handout outline from presentation
• Refactoring presentation structure

Execution

1. Locate Presentation

Search for slides.md files:

# Find all slides.md in current directory and subdirectories
find . -name "slides.md" -type f -not -path "*/node_modules/*"

If no slides.md found:

• Inform user: "No presentation found in current directory"
• Suggest: "Create a new presentation with /slidev:init or /slidev:generate"
• Exit

If multiple slides.md found:

• List all with paths and brief descriptions
• Ask user which one to analyze
• Use selected path

If exactly one found:

• Proceed with that file
• Show path to user: "Analyzing presentation at: [path]"

2. Read Master Slides File

Read slides.md to extract structure:

The master file contains slide includes with comments:

---
src: ./slides/01-title.md
---
<!-- Slide 1: Title -->

---
src: ./slides/02-hook.md
---
<!-- Slide 2: Hook - Opening question -->

Parse master file:

1. Extract all src: paths to individual slide files
2. Extract slide numbers and descriptions from comments (format: <!-- Slide N: Description -->)
3. Build slide mapping: slide number → file path → description

Expected data structure:

Slides:
  1: ./slides/01-title.md → "Title"
  2: ./slides/02-hook.md → "Hook - Opening question"
  3: ./slides/03-problem.md → "Problem Statement"
  ...
  18: ./slides/18-conclusion.md → "Conclusion - Key Takeaways"
  19: ./slides/19-questions.md → "Questions"
  20: ./slides/20-backup-methodology.md → "Backup - Detailed Methodology"

3. Read Individual Slide Files

For each slide file, extract: