scientific-slides

scientific-slides is a skill for Claude Code from Zaoqu-Liu/ScienceClaw. It costs 34 tokens per session (3,464 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A design guide for scientific presentations, covering story structure, pacing, visual hierarchy, slide text, figures, citations, and delivery preparation. It is guidance rather than a tool for creating PowerPoint files.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan and improve conference talks, seminars, thesis defences, research presentations, and professional scientific slides.
Why use it?
It helps researchers present complex findings clearly without overcrowding slides or losing the audience in technical detail.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is python scripts/generate_slide_image.py "Title slide for presentation: 'Machine Learning: From Theory to Practice'. Subtitle: 'AI Conference 2025'. Speaker: K-De.

Good fit Use it to plan and improve conference talks, seminars, thesis defences, research presentations, and professional scientific slides.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Zaoqu-Liu/ScienceClaw
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/scientific-slides

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 34 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,464 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00034 $0.03464
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.01732
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00693
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00346

Measured 8d ago against content hash 6f11227d1729, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scientific-slides scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/scientific-slides/SKILL.md · 309 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 309 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Scientific Slides

NOTE: For generating .pptx files, use the pptx-generation skill which provides complete Python helpers and templates. This skill is a design reference only.

Overview

Scientific presentations are a critical medium for communicating research, sharing findings, and engaging with academic and professional audiences. This skill provides comprehensive guidance for creating effective scientific presentations, from structure and content development to visual design and delivery preparation.

Key Focus: Oral presentations for conferences, seminars, defenses, and professional talks.

CRITICAL DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: Scientific presentations should be VISUALLY ENGAGING and RESEARCH-BACKED. Avoid dry, text-heavy slides at all costs. Great scientific presentations combine:

  • Compelling visuals: High-quality figures, images, diagrams (not just bullet points)
  • Research context: Proper citations from research-lookup establishing credibility
  • Minimal text: Bullet points as prompts, YOU provide the explanation verbally
  • Professional design: Modern color schemes, strong visual hierarchy, generous white space
  • Story-driven: Clear narrative arc, not just data dumps

Remember: Boring presentations = forgotten science. Make your slides visually memorable while maintaining scientific rigor through proper citations.

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

  • Preparing conference presentations (5-20 minutes)
  • Developing academic seminars (45-60 minutes)
  • Creating thesis or dissertation defense presentations
  • Designing grant pitch presentations
  • Preparing journal club presentations
  • Giving research talks at institutions or companies
  • Teaching or tutorial presentations on scientific topics

Slide Generation with Nano Banana Pro

This skill uses Nano Banana Pro AI to generate stunning presentation slides automatically.

There are two workflows depending on output format:

Default Workflow: PDF Slides (Recommended)

Read the full file on GitHub · 309 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 309 lines · 34 tokens per session scan A 6f11227d1729

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scientific-slides is a skill published in the GitHub repository Zaoqu-Liu/ScienceClaw (60 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 34 tokens to every session and 3,464 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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