When you're running Claude in headless mode without an open PowerPoint instance, this skill lets you generate complete decks as file artifacts instead. It wraps python-pptx into a simple contract: write a Python script that outputs to ./out/, optionally pull from a firm template, and return the path. The conventions mirror the live pitch-deck skill (one idea per slide, every number sourced, charts as embedded PNGs when precision matters), so you get the same structured output whether you're driving Office interactively or rendering files in a managed agent session. It's the fallback for when mcp__office__powerpoint_* tools aren't available, which makes it clean separation of concerns rather than yet another way to do the same thing.
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services --skill pptx-author