Dera Presentation Skill — Development skill for Claude Code

DERA Presentation Skill

A Claude Code skill that generates professional PowerPoint presentations using pptxgenjs. Auto-detects presentation type (Explain, Pitch, Board, Strategy, Teach) and adapts structure accordingly.

What it does

• Drafts a "ghost deck" (action titles only) for approval before generating slides
• Generates .pptx files via pptxgenjs with brand-consistent styling
• Enforces action titles, layout variety, and visual elements on every slide
• Runs visual QA by converting slides to images and inspecting for issues

Installation

Option A: Project-level (one repo)

Clone the repo and copy it into your project's skills directory:

git clone https://github.com/dev-rathor/dera-presentation-skill.git
mkdir -p /path/to/your-project/.claude/skills/dera-presentation
cp -r dera-presentation-skill/* /path/to/your-project/.claude/skills/dera-presentation/

Option B: User-level (all projects)

Install to your personal Claude skills directory so it's available everywhere:

git clone https://github.com/dev-rathor/dera-presentation-skill.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dera-presentation
cp -r dera-presentation-skill/* ~/.claude/skills/dera-presentation/

Dependencies

Install the required npm and Python packages:

# Slide generation
npm install -g pptxgenjs

# Icons and rendering (required)
npm install -g react-icons react react-dom sharp

# QA: text extraction
pip install "markitdown[pptx]"

# QA: thumbnail grids
pip install Pillow defusedxml

# QA: slide-to-image conversion (requires LibreOffice + Poppler)
# macOS:
brew install --cask libreoffice
brew install poppler

Usage

In Claude Code, invoke the skill:

/dera-presentation Create a quarterly board review for Q1 2026

Or just describe what you need — Claude will detect presentation intent and use the skill automatically.

Verify It Works

After installing, paste these two prompts into Claude Code to confirm everything is working.

**1. Ch