If you're making slides for a conference talk, thesis defense, or grant pitch, this is the structural spine you need. It enforces action titles over topic labels, runs the "ghost deck test" to check if your titles alone tell the argument, and keeps you honest about one insight per slide. The design defaults are communication-first: white backgrounds, minimal color, left-aligned body text, and no decorative nonsense. It layers on top of the technical PPTX skill, so you get both argument structure and clean file generation. Includes academic-specific QA checks like citation presence and a proper conclusions slide instead of a useless "Thank You" closer.
npx skills add https://github.com/gabberflast/academic-pptx-skill --skill academic-pptx