Slidedown

Convert Markdown files into beautiful, professionally-designed PowerPoint presentations (.pptx) that open natively in Keynote, PowerPoint, and Google Slides. Use this skill whenever the user wants to turn a .md file into slides, create a presentation from markdown content, generate a deck from text/notes, or mentions 'slidedown', 'md to slides', 'markdown to presentation', 'markdown to pptx', or 'markdown to keynote'. Also trigger when the user has a .md file and wants it as a slide deck, or asks to 'make slides from' any text content. This skill handles the full pipeline: parsing markdown, se

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add Viniciuscarvalho/slidedown --skill slidedown

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Viniciuscarvalho/slidedown.git /tmp/slidedown
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/slidedown/. ~/.claude/skills/slidedown

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# SlideDown Skill

Convert Markdown → Beautiful PPTX (Keynote/PowerPoint compatible)

## Quick Start

```bash
# 1. Install dependencies (first time only)
npm install -g pptxgenjs react-icons react react-dom sharp

# 2. Run the converter
node /path/to/skill/scripts/md2pptx.js input.md output.pptx [theme]
```

Available themes: `midnight`, `aurora`, `sunset`, `minimal`, `forest`, `brutalist`

Default theme: `midnight`

---

## Markdown Syntax for Slides

The converter uses these conventions to parse markdown into slides:

| Markdown | Slide Behavior |
|----------|---------------|
| `# Title` | Title/hero slide (centered, large) |
| `---` | New slide separator |
| `## Heading` | Slide heading |
| `> Quote text` | Highlighted quote block with accent border |
| `- List item` | Styled bullet point |
| `**bold**` | Bold emphasis |
| `*italic*` | Italic text |
| `` `code` `` | Inline code styling |
| ```` ```lang ... ``` ```` | Code block with dark background |
| `![alt](url)` | Image (downloaded and embedded) |
| `` | Speaker notes (not visible on slide) |
| Tables (`\| ... \|`) | Auto-styled data table |

### Example Markdown

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Details

Skill name: slidedown
Repository: Viniciuscarvalho/slidedown
License: MIT
Repo updated: 6 March 2026

FAQ

What does the Slidedown skill do?

How do I install the Slidedown skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add Viniciuscarvalho/slidedown --skill slidedown. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Slidedown popular?

It lives in Viniciuscarvalho/slidedown, which has 9 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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