html-ppt

html-ppt — HTML PPT Studio

Author professional HTML presentations as static files. One theme file = one look. One layout file = one page type. One animation class = one entry effect. All pages share a token-based design system in assets/base.css.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/lewislulu/html-ppt-skill

One command, no build. Pure static HTML/CSS/JS with only CDN webfonts.

What the skill gives you

• 36 themes (assets/themes/*.css) — minimal-white, editorial-serif, soft-pastel, sharp-mono, arctic-cool, sunset-warm, catppuccin-latte/mocha, dracula, tokyo-night, nord, solarized-light, gruvbox-dark, rose-pine, neo-brutalism, glassmorphism, bauhaus, swiss-grid, terminal-green, xiaohongshu-white, rainbow-gradient, aurora, blueprint, memphis-pop, cyberpunk-neon, y2k-chrome, retro-tv, japanese-minimal, vaporwave, midcentury, corporate-clean, academic-paper, news-broadcast, pitch-deck-vc, magazine-bold, engineering-whiteprint
• 15 full-deck templates (templates/full-decks/<name>/) — complete multi-slide decks with scoped .tpl-<name> CSS. 8 extracted from real-world decks (xhs-white-editorial, graphify-dark-graph, knowledge-arch-blueprint, hermes-cyber-terminal, obsidian-claude-gradient, testing-safety-alert, xhs-pastel-card, dir-key-nav-minimal), 7 scenario scaffolds (pitch-deck, product-launch, tech-sharing, weekly-report, xhs-post 3:4, course-module, presenter-mode-reveal — dedicated to Presenter Mode)
• 31 layouts (templates/single-page/*.html) with realistic demo data
• 27 CSS animations (assets/animations/animations.css) via data-anim
• 20 canvas FX animations (assets/animations/fx/*.js) via data-fx — particle-burst, confetti-cannon, firework, starfield, matrix-rain, knowledge-graph (force-directed), neural-net (pulses), constellation, orbit-ring, galaxy-swirl, word-cascade, letter-explode, chain-react, magnetic-field, data-stream, gradient-blob, sparkle-trail, shockwave, typewriter-multi, counter-explosion
• Keyboard runtime (assets/runtime.js) — arrows, T (theme), A (anim), F/O, S (presenter mode: magnetic-card popup with CURRENT / NEXT / SCRIPT / TIMER cards), N (notes drawer), R (reset timer in presenter)
• FX runtime (assets/animations/fx-runtime.js) — auto-inits [data-fx] on slide enter, cleans up on leave
• Showcase decks for themes / layouts / animations / full-decks gallery
• Managed Chromium render script for PNG export

When to use

Use when the user asks for any kind of slide-based output or wants to turn text/notes into a presentable deck. Prefer this over building from scratch.

🎤 Presenter Mode (Presenter Mode + verbatim script)

If the user mentions any of: presentation / sharing / talk script / verbatim script / speaker notes / presenter view / presenter view / teleprompter, or says things like "I need to present xxx to the team", "I want to give a tech talk", "I'm afraid I won't speak fluently", "I want a PPT with a verbatim script" — use the presenter-mode-reveal full-deck template and write 150–300 words of verbatim script in each slide's <aside class="notes">.

See references/presenter-mode.md for the full authoring guide including the 3 rules of speaker script writing:

1. Not a script, but cue signals — bold key words + transition sentences as separate paragraphs
2. 150–300 words per page — a pace of 2–3 minutes/page
3. Use spoken language, not written language — "therefore"→"so", "this solution"→"this approach"

All full-deck templates support the S key presenter mode (it's built into runtime.js). S opens a new popup window with 4 magnetic cards:

• 🔵 CURRENT — pixel-perfect iframe preview of the current slide
• 🟣 NEXT — pixel-perfect iframe preview of the next slide
• 🟠 SPEAKER SCRIPT — large-font verbatim script (scrollable)
• 🟢 TIMER — elapsed time + slide counter + prev/next/reset buttons

Each card is draggable by its header and resizable by the bottom-right corner handle. Card positions/sizes persist to localStorage per deck. A "Reset layout" button restores the default arrangement.

Why the previews are pixel-perfect: each preview is an <iframe> that loads the actual deck HTML with a ?preview=N query param; runtime.js detects this and renders only slide N with no chrome. So the preview uses the same CSS, theme, fonts, and viewport as the audience view — colors and layout are guaranteed identical.

Smooth navigation: on slide change, the presenter window sends postMessage({type:'preview-goto', idx:N}) to each iframe. The iframe just toggles .is-active between slides — no reload, no flicker. The two windows also stay in sync via BroadcastChannel.

Only presenter-mode-reveal is designed from the ground up around the feature with proper example verbatim script on every slide.

Keyboard in presenter window: ← → navigate (syncs audience) · R reset timer · Esc close popup. Keyboard in audience window: S open presenter · T cycle theme · ← → navigate (syncs presenter) · F fullscreen · O overview.

Before you author anything — infer first, ask only when blocked

Before writing slides, resolve the three decisions below from the user's brief, project metadata, supplied content, and conversation. If they are sufficiently clear, choose a tasteful default and proceed without waiting for confirmation; state the choices briefly in the plan. Ask one consolidated clarification only when a missing answer would materially change the deck.

1. Content & audience. What's the deck about, how many slides, who's watching (engineers / execs / Xiaohongshu readers / students / VC)?
2. Style / theme. Which of the 36 themes fits? If unsure, recommend 2-3 candidates based on tone:
   • Business / investor pitch → pitch-deck-vc, corporate-clean, swiss-grid
   • Tech sharing / engineering → tokyo-night, dracula, catppuccin-mocha, terminal-green, blueprint
   • Xiaohongshu image-text → xiaohongshu-white, soft-pastel, rainbow-gradient, magazine-bold
   • Academic / report → academic-paper, editorial-serif, minimal-white
   • Edgy / cyber / launch → cyberpunk-neon, vaporwave, y2k-chrome, neo-brutalism
3. Starting point. One of the 14 full-deck templates, or scratch? Choose the closest templates/full-decks/<name>/. If the user's content suggests something obvious (e.g. "I want to do a product launch" → product-launch), use it confidently instead of asking blindly.

A good clarification, when one is actually needed, follows the active discovery-question-form protocol and contains only unresolved fields. For example, if content and audience are known but the requested tone spans incompatible themes, ask one theme question with 2–3 recommended options. Do not repeat the form as a markdown checklist.

If the known context already resolves them, scaffold the deck and start writing immediately.

Quick start

1. Scaffold a new deck. From the repo root:

   ./scripts/new-deck.sh my-talk
   open examples/my-talk/index.html
   

2. Pick a theme. Open the deck and press T to cycle. Or hard-code it:

   <link rel="stylesheet" id="theme-link" href="../assets/themes/aurora.css">
   

   Catalog in references/themes.md.
3. Pick layouts. Copy <section class="slide">...</section> blocks out of files in templates/single-page/ into your deck. Replace the demo data. Catalog in references/layouts.md.
4. Add animations. Put data-anim="fade-up" (or class="anim-fade-up") on any element. On <ul>/grids, use anim-stagger-list for sequenced reveals. For canvas FX, use <div data-fx="knowledge-graph">...</div> and include <script src="../assets/animations/fx-runtime.js"></script>. Catalog in references/animations.md.
5. Use a full-deck template. Copy templates/full-decks/<name>/ into examples/my-talk/ as a starting point. Each folder is self-contained with scoped CSS. Catalog in references/full-decks.md and gallery at templates/full-decks-index.html.
6. Render to PNG.

   ./scripts/render.sh templates/theme-showcase.html       # one shot
   ./scripts/render.sh examples/my-talk/index.html 12      # 12 slides
   

Authoring rules (important)

• Always start from a template. Don't author slides from scratch — copy the closest layout from templates/single-page/ first, then replace content.
• Use tokens, not literal colors. Every color, radius, shadow should come from CSS variables defined in assets/base.css and overridden by a theme. Good: color: var(--text-1). Bad: color: #111.
• Don't invent new layout files. Prefer composing existing ones. Only add a new templates/single-page/*.html if none of the 30 fit.
• Respect chrome slots. .deck-header, .deck-footer, .slide-number and the progress bar are provided by assets/base.css + runtime.js.
• Keyboard-first. Always include <script src="../assets/runtime.js"></script> so the deck supports ← → / T / A / F / S / O / hash deep-links.
• One .slide per logical page. runtime.js makes .slide.is-active visible; all others are hidden.
• Supply notes. Wrap speaker notes in <div class="notes">…</div> inside each slide. Press S to open the overlay.
• NEVER put presenter-only text on the slide itself. Descriptive text like "this page shows……" or "Speaker: here you can add……" or small explanatory captions aimed at the presenter MUST go inside <div class="notes">, NOT as visible <p> / <span> elements on the slide. The .notes class is display:none by default — it only appears in the S overlay. Slides should contain ONLY audience-facing content (titles, bullet points, data, charts, images).

Writing guide

See references/authoring-guide.md for a step-by-step walkthrough: file structure, naming, how to transform an outline into a deck, how to choose layouts and themes per audience, how to do a Chinese + English deck, and how to export.

Catalogs (load when needed)

• references/themes.md — all 36 themes with when-to-use.
• references/layouts.md — all 31 layout types.
• references/animations.md — 27 CSS + 20 canvas FX animations.
• references/full-decks.md — all 15 full-deck templates.
• references/presenter-mode.md — Presenter Mode + verbatim script writing guide (must-read for tech talks/presentations).
• references/authoring-guide.md — full workflow.

File structure

html-ppt/
├── SKILL.md                 (this file)
├── references/              (detailed catalogs, load as needed)
├── assets/
│   ├── base.css             (tokens + primitives — do not edit per deck)
│   ├── fonts.css            (webfont imports)
│   ├── runtime.js           (keyboard + presenter + overview + theme cycle)
│   ├── themes/*.css         (36 token overrides, one per theme)
│   └── animations/
│       ├── animations.css   (27 named CSS entry animations)
│       ├── fx-runtime.js    (auto-init [data-fx] on slide enter)
│       └── fx/*.js          (20 canvas FX modules: particles/graph/fireworks…)
├── templates/
│   ├── deck.html                  (minimal 6-slide starter)
│   ├── theme-showcase.html        (36 slides, iframe-isolated per theme)
│   ├── layout-showcase.html       (iframe tour of all 31 layouts)
│   ├── animation-showcase.html    (20 FX + 27 CSS animation slides)
│   ├── full-decks-index.html      (gallery of all 14 full-deck templates)
│   ├── full-decks/<name>/         (14 scoped multi-slide deck templates)
│   └── single-page/*.html         (31 layout files with demo data)
├── scripts/
│   ├── new-deck.sh                (scaffold a deck from deck.html)
│   └── render.sh                  (managed Chromium → PNG)
└── examples/demo-deck/            (complete working deck)

Rendering to PNG

scripts/render.sh uses Playwright's managed Chromium renderer. Do not call the user's installed Google Chrome directly for PNG export, especially on macOS desktop builds where Crashpad/profile permissions can abort Chrome before a screenshot is written. If the managed renderer fails once, surface that error and stop instead of retrying alternate Chrome launch commands.

For multi-slide capture, runtime.js exposes #/N deep-links, and render.sh iterates 1..N.

./scripts/render.sh templates/single-page/kpi-grid.html        # single page
./scripts/render.sh examples/demo-deck/index.html 8 out-dir    # 8 slides, custom dir

Keyboard cheat sheet

←  →  Space  PgUp  PgDn  Home  End    navigate
F                                       fullscreen
S                                       open presenter window (magnetic cards: current/next/script/timer)
N                                       quick notes drawer (bottom overlay)
R                                       reset timer (in presenter window)
?preview=N                              URL param — force preview-only mode (single slide, no chrome)
O                                       slide overview grid
T                                       cycle themes (reads data-themes attr)
A                                       cycle demo animation on current slide
#/N in URL                              deep-link to slide N
Esc                                     close all overlays

License & author

MIT. Copyright (c) 2026 lewis <sudolewis@gmail.com>.