slides-cog

**Quick judgement** A capable, opinionated slide-generation skill optimized for high-quality PDF decks with strong autonomous content generation. Best suited for users who want fast, polished, presentation-ready PDFs and are comfortable with a PDF-first, less-editable workflow and an upstream dependency on `cellcog`. **What it does well** - Produces complete decks (content + design) from minimal prompts, targeting realistic business and educational use cases. - Emphasizes research-driven content and avoids simple bullet-padding, which is valuable for pitch decks and QBRs. - PDF-first design lets it exploit layout, typography, images, and charts for visually strong outputs. - Good coverage of patterns: pitch, business, sales, educational, event, and image-heavy slideshows. - Clear guidance on prompt patterns (slide count, slide outline, audience, design direction) and when to use `agent` vs `agent team` modes. **Key risks & limitations** - **Dependency on `cellcog`:** You must install and configure the `cellcog` skill first; failures or changes there will affect this skill. - **PDF-first, limited editability:** High quality is concentrated in PDFs. PPTX/DOCX are explicitly lower quality and only produced when requested, which may be a blocker for teams that require heavy post-editing in PowerPoint/Docs. - **Research reliability:** It claims strong research capabilities but provides no audit trail or citations in the description. There is a real risk of hallucinated facts, invented metrics, or overstated claims, which is particularly sensitive in investor, board, or regulatory decks. - **Async usage complexity:** The recommended pattern is fire-and-forget with `notify_session_key`. This is powerful but slightly more complex to integrate than simple synchronous calls and requires a notification/daemon setup. - **Unknown performance and stability under load:** No published latency, rate-limit, or error-handling characteristics; large or complex decks may take time or fail without clear guarantees. **Recommended scenarios** Use `slides-cog` when: - You need **fast, presentable PDFs** for pitches, QBRs, internal strategy reviews, or training sessions, and minimal post-editing is acceptable. - You want the system to **fill in structure and narrative** from a short brief rather than drafting full slide content yourself. - You’re comfortable working primarily in **PDF** and only occasionally need PPTX/DOCX, understanding those formats will be lower fidelity. - You can **supply critical data yourself** (metrics, financials, factual claims) and will manually review content for accuracy and compliance before presenting. Avoid or be cautious when: - Your workflow absolutely requires **high-fidelity, editable PPTX decks** as the primary artifact. - You’re in **high-stakes or regulated settings** (board decks, public investor materials, medical/regulatory presentations) where any hallucinated data would be unacceptable and you cannot guarantee thorough human review. - You don’t want to introduce an additional dependency (`cellcog`) into your stack or cannot support its setup and maintenance.