PPTX Slide Auditor Skill

2. Slide-by-Slide Audit

For each slide with issues:

Slide N: [Slide title]

• Status: Ready / Fix before sending / Major revision
• Issues found:
  • [Specific issue with exact location — e.g. "Body text extends beyond the text frame on the right side"]
  • [Issue 2]
• Suggested fix: [Specific action — move element, reduce text, resize]

Slides with no issues: just list the slide numbers. Do not write anything else about them.

3. Pattern Issues Across the Deck

Issues that repeat across multiple slides:

[Pattern title — e.g. "Inconsistent body text size"]

• Slides affected: [list]
• Root cause: [master slide issue / manual overrides / mixed templates]
• Fix: [Single action to resolve across all affected slides]

4. Visual Hierarchy Check

5. Audience-Specific Flags

Based on the stated audience:

• Executive audience: flag slides with too much text, complex tables, or unclear bottom-line messages
• External client: flag slides with internal jargon, unfinished placeholder text, or confidentiality concerns
• Live presentation: flag slides that will be hard to read from the back of a room
• Async/video: flag slides that assume a presenter voiceover

6. Prioritised Fix List

Order by: fixes before handoff (critical) > consistency fixes (high) > polish (medium).

Quality Checks

• Every issue references a specific slide number and location on the slide
• Pattern issues are identified separately from slide-specific issues
• Fix list is ordered by impact, not by slide order
• Audience-appropriate concerns flagged explicitly
• Slides without issues are listed briefly, not ignored

Example Trigger Phrases

• "Audit this slide deck before my board meeting"
• "Review this PowerPoint for layout issues"
• "Check this presentation for consistency problems"
• "QA my deck before I send it to the client"
• "What is wrong with slide 7 in this deck?"

Why This Works Better on Opus 4.7

Earlier models struggled with precise spatial analysis of slide layouts — they would hallucinate issues or miss obvious overflow problems. Opus 4.7 vision improvements mean coordinates map 1:1 to pixels, making slide-level issue detection reliable without manual screenshot annotation.3d:["$","$L44",null,{"content":"$45","frontMatter":{"name":"pptx-slide-auditor","description":"Audit a PowerPoint presentation for layout issues, text overflow, visual hierarchy problems, and consistency gaps. Use when asked to review a slide deck, check a presentation before a meeting, audit slides for layout problems, or QA a deck before sharing. Produces a slide-by-slide report with issues ranked by severity and specific fixes. Best used with Claude Opus 4.7 or newer for reliable slide-level vision analysis."}}]