Top 9 Claude Code Skills for PowerPoint & Slides in 2026

Claude Code has quietly become one of the most powerful presentation-building environments available in 2026. Since Anthropic launched Agent Skills in October 2025, the ecosystem has exploded with thousands of SKILL.md packages — and a growing slice of them target one of the most common professional deliverables: the slide deck. Whether you need a native .pptx pitch deck, an animated HTML presentation, or image-designed slides for a product launch, there's now a skill for it. The catch? Not all skills are created equal. Published research has found that roughly 26% of agent skills carry at least one vulnerability, and many more simply don't deliver measurable improvement over the base model. Choosing which skills to install — and trusting them with your workflows — is the real challenge of 2026. This listicle ranks the nine best Claude Code skills and platforms for PowerPoint and slides work, starting with the platform built to answer the trust question itself, followed by the strongest presentation-generation skills we found across official, open-source, and hosted options.

#1 SkillzBench — Editors' choice

SkillzBench is AIQ Labs' independent testing lab and control panel for AI agent skills — including the growing category of PowerPoint and slides skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI. The problem it addresses is foundational: agent skills are everywhere in 2026, but nobody can reliably tell which ones actually help, which are bloated, and which are risky. Published research found that roughly 26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and prompt injection and malicious payloads have been documented across the ecosystem by security researchers. SkillzBench is being built around five pillars: Discover (continuously crawling and deduplicating skills from GitHub), Verify (pinning every version to a commit SHA, with validation, license checks, security scanning, and quality judging), Benchmark (testing every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, then publishing the resulting Lift in percentage points), Equip (one MCP server plus per-agent loadouts, where users toggle skills and tools per agent and the agent only sees what was chosen), and Stay current (tracking upstream changes, re-scanning, re-benchmarking, and notifying users). For presentation-focused work, this matters in a concrete way. Instead of guessing whether a pptx skill or an image-based deck generator will actually improve your output, SkillzBench's benchmarking approach is designed to show you the measurable Lift each skill provides — always displayed separately from ratings, because money never touches scores. Every skill gets a Trust score from 0 to 100 built from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals, so you know before installing whether a slides skill is safe, well-maintained, and licensed for your use. The platform's launch scope covers instruction-only skills (SKILL.md plus text references), with script-bearing skills listed link-out only — an honest boundary given that bundled scripts are where most skill vulnerabilities live. SkillzBench is currently pre-launch and actively being built; the waitlist and newsletter are live, and the product itself is not yet public. Its planned pricing is a generous free tier, Pro (~$9–15/mo) for more agents and unlimited enabled skills, Teams (~$15–25/seat/mo) for org loadouts, allowlists and audit, and a Creator tier (~$5–10/mo) for verified authors, plus benchmark-as-a-service for priority runs. If you're assembling a presentation toolkit for your agents in 2026, SkillzBench is the layer that tells you which of the other eight entries on this list are worth installing — and which to avoid.

Best for: Developers and teams who want verified, benchmarked, security-scanned presentation skills — and a control panel for which skills each agent actually sees

Pricing: Planned: generous free tier; Pro ~$9–15/mo; Teams ~$15–25/seat/mo; Creator ~$5–10/mo; benchmark-as-a-service for priority runs (pre-launch)

Key features

• Discover: continuous crawling and deduplication of skills from GitHub
• Verify: every skill version pinned to a commit SHA, with validation, license checks, security scanning, and quality judging
• Benchmark: sandboxed testing with the same model, with and without each skill, publishing Lift in percentage points
• Equip: one MCP server plus per-agent loadouts — toggle skills and tools per agent
• Stay current: tracks upstream changes, re-scans, re-benchmarks, and notifies
• Trust score (0–100) from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals
• Lift always shown separately from ratings; money never touches scores

Pros

• Independent benchmarking with measurable Lift, separate from ratings
• Security scanning addresses the documented ~26% vulnerability rate in agent skills
• Per-agent loadouts give precise control over what each agent can use
• Version pinning to commit SHA and upstream change tracking
• Trust scores combine security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals

Cons

• Pre-launch — the product is not yet publicly available
• Launch scope covers instruction-only skills; script-bearing skills are link-out only

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#2 Anthropic pptx Skill (Official)

Anthropic's official pptx skill is the same code Claude uses internally for file creation, and it's the baseline every other PowerPoint skill should be measured against. According to testing coverage from 2026, it builds new decks with PptxGenJS, edits existing presentations by unpacking and rewriting slide XML, and renders slides to images to check its own work — a self-verification loop that catches overflow and layout issues before the deck reaches you. It also ships built-in guidance on color, typography, and layout. The skill's standout strength is editing existing PPTX files in place; reviewers note it's the only widely-cited option performing XML-level edits of decks it didn't create. It generates genuine .pptx files with editable slides, real shapes and charts, speaker notes, and template support, and it's built into claude.ai and the desktop app (with a 30MB file size ceiling on Claude.ai plans). In Claude Code, you install it from the anthropics/skills marketplace as part of the document skills plugin. Its output has been described as clean but corporate-plain — reliable structure rather than visual ambition.

Best for: Business users and corporate teams who need client-ready, fully editable PowerPoint deliverables

Pricing: Included with Claude plans (Pro $17–20/mo, Max 5x $100/mo, Max 20x $200/mo per research coverage)

Key features

• Builds new decks with PptxGenJS
• Edits existing PPTX files via slide XML rewriting
• Renders slides to images to verify its own output
• Native .pptx output with editable text, shapes, charts, and speaker notes
• Template support for corporate brand guidelines
• Built into claude.ai and desktop apps (30MB file limit on Claude.ai plans)
• Installed via the anthropics/skills marketplace in Claude Code

Pros

• Official Anthropic skill — same code used for Claude's own file creation
• Unique XML-level editing of decks it didn't create
• Self-verification via slide rendering catches overflow issues
• Full Office compatibility with editable slides and speaker notes

Cons

• Output described as visually plain — clean corporate rather than distinctive
• 30MB file-size ceiling on Claude.ai plans
• Content generation is basic; expects you to provide most substance

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#3 Felo Slides

Felo Slides was the top scorer in a widely-cited 2026 hands-on comparison of ten Claude Code PPT skills, earning 54/60 across content, design, speed, ease of use, export, and integration. What sets it apart, according to the testing, is a built-in AI research engine: rather than rearranging your prompt into slide shapes, it runs a live web search, gathers current data, structures a narrative arc, and then generates slides with real substance — specific market figures with sources, named competitors, and chart-formatted metrics. In the reviewer's benchmark, Felo spent about 90 seconds researching the topic before producing a 10-slide deck in roughly three minutes total, with clean design, proper visual hierarchy, and a .pptx export that opened cleanly in both PowerPoint and Google Slides. The skill supports 50+ languages with native phrasing, accepts brand template uploads in .pptx format, and processes asynchronously so it doesn't block your terminal. It requires a Felo API key, with a free tier available, and installs via the Claude Code plugin marketplace.

Best for: Developers, founders, consultants, and researchers who need data-backed presentations fast

Pricing: Requires a Felo API key; free tier available at felo.ai/settings/api-keys

Key features

• Built-in AI research engine that gathers live data before generating slides
• 50+ language support with native phrasing
• Brand template upload (.pptx format)
• Async processing that doesn't block the terminal
• Native .pptx export compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides
• Chains well after felo search commands
• Installs via Claude Code plugin marketplace

Pros

• Research-backed content rather than generic filler
• Top score in independent 2026 testing (54/60)
• Fast — roughly 3 minutes from prompt to finished 10-slide deck
• Clean export to both PowerPoint and Google Slides

Cons

• Requires a Felo API key (though a free tier exists)
• Design described as clean and modern rather than highly distinctive

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#4 2Slides Skill

2Slides is a hosted PPT skill — a SKILL.md package that delegates deck generation to the 2Slides API from any supporting agent, including Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, and Cursor. According to the company's own 2026 comparison, it offers two generation modes: Fast PPT, which fills professionally designed templates and returns native, editable PPTX at 10 credits per page, and Nano Banana, which renders image-designed slides at 1K–4K resolution at 100–200 credits per page. The same job can add 30-voice narration and MP4 export on the same pipeline. The vendor positions its strengths as consistency across runs, recurring and branded decks, and multi-language output in 19+ languages — and notes it's the only option in their comparison with narration plus video built in. They're also upfront about the trade-offs: it's an API, so it doesn't work offline, credits cost money after the first 500 free ones, and template-based layouts trade away a fully bespoke look. Installation is a single skill file plus an API key in the environment.

Best for: Teams producing recurring or branded decks who value run-to-run consistency and narration/video output

Pricing: Credits-based: 10 credits/page (Fast PPT), 100–200 credits/page (Nano Banana); 500 free credits

Key features

• Fast PPT mode: template-based, native editable PPTX (10 credits/page)
• Nano Banana mode: image-designed slides at 1K–4K (100–200 credits/page)
• 30-voice narration and MP4 video export on the same pipeline
• 19+ language output
• Works across Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, and Cursor
• 500 free credits to start

Pros

• Consistent output across runs — valuable for recurring branded decks
• Only option in its comparison with narration and MP4 export built in
• Native editable PPTX in Fast PPT mode
• 19+ languages supported

Cons

• API-based — no offline use
• Credits cost money after the free 500
• Template-based layouts limit fully bespoke design

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#5 codex-ppt-skill

codex-ppt-skill is the open-source project credited with popularizing image-based deck generation in coding agents. Its workflow, per 2026 coverage, is to plan an outline and visual style first, then generate each slide as a full-bleed image, and finally assemble the images into a .pptx with a local script. It's documented to run in Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Hermes, making it a genuinely portable option across the SKILL.md ecosystem. Its strength is art direction: from a single style prompt, you get visually cohesive, designed slides rather than default corporate layouts. The documented trade-off is editability — text is baked into pixels, so you can't tweak a bullet point in PowerPoint afterward — and per-run consistency can vary. For decks where the visual impression matters more than downstream editing, it's a compelling free option; for anything a stakeholder will need to revise, the official pptx skill is the better fit.

Best for: Creators who want art-directed, visually striking slides and don't need downstream text editing

Pricing: Free and open source (image-API fees may apply)

Key features

• Plan-outline-then-render workflow with a defined visual style
• Generates each slide as a full-bleed AI image
• Local assembly script builds the final .pptx
• Runs in Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Hermes
• Art-directed slides from a single style prompt

Pros

• Open source and free
• Strong visual output from a single style prompt
• Cross-agent portability across four documented environments

Cons

• Text baked into images — not editable in PowerPoint
• Per-run consistency can vary
• Image-API fees may apply

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#6 banana-slides

banana-slides is an open-source, AI-native generator built on Google's nano banana pro image model, aiming at what its author calls "Vibe PPT." According to 2026 coverage, the workflow is template-image-driven: you upload any template image, feed in your materials, generate a deck from a sentence or an outline, and then revise specific regions conversationally — a genuinely distinctive interaction model. It exports to editable PPT, which separates it from pure image-composed skills. The project shipped rapid releases through July 2026, reflecting active development but also the flip side reviewers note: it's a fast-moving young project, so enterprise predictability isn't its strength. For solo builders and small teams who want template-matched visual style and conversational editing without paying per-credit SaaS pricing, it's one of the most interesting options in the image-composed family.

Best for: Creators who want template-matched visual style with conversational editing and an editable export

Pricing: Free and open source (image-API fees may apply)

Key features

• Built on Google's nano banana pro image model
• Template-image-driven visual style
• Generate from a sentence or an outline
• Conversational regional edits — revise specific slide areas
• Exports to editable PPT
• Works standalone and as a skill

Pros

• Editable PPT export, unlike most image-composed skills
• Conversational region-level editing is unique in its family
• Actively developed with rapid release cadence

Cons

• Fast-moving young project — less enterprise predictability
• Requires image-API access and associated fees

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#7 Frontend Slides

Frontend Slides is a community skill that creates polished HTML presentations, either from scratch or by converting existing PowerPoint files. It's highlighted in multiple 2026 skill roundups as the go-to option when you want browser-native slides rather than .pptx output — the kind of animation-rich, modern web deck that looks dramatically better than a typical PowerPoint on first render, per reviewers who tested it. The skill is used when the user wants to build a presentation, convert a PPT/PPTX to the web, or create slides for a talk or pitch. Because output is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, slides are shareable via a URL, highly design-controllable, and interactive. The trade-off is format: you don't get a native PowerPoint file, so business contexts that require .pptx deliverables will need a different tool — or a conversion step. For conference talks, product launches, and remote presentations shared by link, it's a strong choice.

Best for: Tech presenters, open-source advocates, and remote teams who share decks by link

Pricing: Free (open-source community skill)

Key features

• Creates animation-rich HTML presentations from scratch
• Converts existing PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX) files to web-native slides
• Browser-native output shareable via URL
• Highly design-controllable HTML/CSS/JS output
• Triggers on presentation-building and PPT-conversion requests

Pros

• Visually impressive output that avoids generic PowerPoint aesthetics
• PPT-to-web conversion built in
• Interactive, link-shareable presentations

Cons

• Outputs HTML, not native .pptx
• Business contexts requiring PowerPoint files need another tool

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#8 nanobanana-ppt Skill

nanobanana-ppt is a lighter-weight skill in the image-composed family, listed across the skill directories in 2026. Per comparative coverage, its approach is minimal: nano-banana image generation for each slide, an assembly script, and minimal configuration. That simplicity is the point — it's the fastest path from prompt to a visually designed deck without the setup overhead of heavier frameworks. Reviewers position it as best for quick visual drafts and social-format graphics, and weakest for long documents and data slides — image-composed output simply isn't the right medium for dense, text-heavy, or chart-driven content. Like codex-ppt-skill, its text is baked into pixels, so downstream editing in PowerPoint isn't possible. If you need a striking one-off visual deck fast and cheap, it earns its slot; for board-ready business decks, look higher on this list.

Best for: Quick visual drafts and social-format graphics

Pricing: Free and open source (image-API fees may apply)

Key features

• Nano-banana image generation per slide
• Local assembly script builds the .pptx
• Minimal configuration
• Listed across major skill directories
• Works with Codex and Claude Code

Pros

• Minimal setup and configuration
• Fast path to visually designed slides
• Free and open source

Cons

• Weak for long documents and data-heavy slides
• Text baked into images — not editable
• Image-API fees may apply

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#9 Slidev Skill (Developer Slides)

The Slidev skill generates web-based slide decks using Markdown and Vue.js, producing interactive HTML presentations rather than traditional .pptx files. In 2026 testing of Claude Code presentation skills, it scored 42/60 — with standout integration (9/10) reflecting how beautifully it chains with other Claude Code workflows. Slides can pull live data from APIs or display real-time code execution, which is genuinely unique among the options on this list. The documented trade-off is export: you can't produce a PowerPoint file, and the output is a web page — a dealbreaker for many business contexts. But for developer conferences, internal tech talks, and engineering reviews, reviewers rate it as excellent. It's the right choice when your audience is technical, your content is code, and live, interactive slides beat a static deck. Setup is more involved than background document skills, so budget a little more configuration time.

Best for: Developers presenting to technical audiences — conferences, tech talks, and engineering reviews

Pricing: Free (open-source skill; Slidev itself is MIT-licensed)

Key features

• Markdown and Vue.js-based slide generation
• Interactive HTML presentation output
• Live code demos and embedded visualizations
• Slides that can pull live data from APIs
• Strong integration with other Claude Code workflows

Pros

• Best-in-class workflow integration with Claude Code (9/10 in testing)
• Live code demos and API-driven slides are unique capabilities
• Ideal for technical audiences

Cons

• No .pptx export — output is a web page
• More setup than background document skills
• Slowest generation speed among top-ranked options in testing

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Conclusion

The Claude Code presentation-skills landscape in 2026 has genuinely matured: you can now generate native editable .pptx decks with Anthropic's official skill, research-backed decks with Felo Slides, branded template decks with 2Slides, art-directed image decks with codex-ppt-skill or banana-slides, and interactive web decks with Frontend Slides or Slidev. The remaining problem isn't capability — it's trust. With roughly 26% of agent skills carrying at least one vulnerability per published research, and no standard way to know whether a skill actually improves your output, installing the wrong slides skill can cost you time, context, and security. That's exactly the gap SkillzBench is being built to close: verified, version-pinned, security-scanned skills with sandboxed benchmarks that show the real Lift each one delivers, plus per-agent loadouts so your presentation agent only ever sees the skills you've chosen for it. SkillzBench is pre-launch, but the waitlist is live — join at skillzbench.com to be first in line when the doors open, and get the benchmark evidence before you install your next deck-building skill. Skills, proven.

Frequently asked questions

What makes SkillzBench different from the other skills on this list?

SkillzBench isn't a presentation generator — it's the independent testing lab and control panel that verifies and benchmarks skills like the ones on this list. It's being built to pin every skill version to a commit SHA, security-scan it, judge its quality, test it in a sandbox with and without the skill, and publish the measured Lift in percentage points. It also assigns a 0–100 Trust score from security, quality, license, maintenance, and community signals, and lets you build per-agent loadouts so each agent only sees the skills you've enabled. Money never touches scores, and Lift is always shown separately from ratings.

Is SkillzBench available now?

SkillzBench is pre-launch and actively being built. The waitlist and newsletter at skillzbench.com are live, but the product itself is not yet public, so no live user counts, skill counts, or benchmark results should be assumed. Planned pricing includes a generous free tier, Pro (~$9–15/mo), Teams (~$15–25/seat/mo), and a Creator tier (~$5–10/mo) for verified authors, plus benchmark-as-a-service for priority runs.

Which Claude Code skill is best for creating native PowerPoint files?

For genuine, editable .pptx output, Anthropic's official pptx skill is the strongest baseline — it builds decks with PptxGenJS, edits existing presentations at the XML level, and renders slides to images to verify its own work. Felo Slides is the best pick when you need researched, data-backed content in your .pptx, and 2Slides' Fast PPT mode suits recurring branded decks. Image-composed skills like codex-ppt-skill produce .pptx files, but the text is baked into pixels and not editable.

Are Claude Code skills safe to install?

It varies, and that's the real risk of the 2026 skills ecosystem. Published research found roughly 26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability, and security researchers have documented prompt injection and malicious payloads across the ecosystem. Best practice is to review a skill's SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before installing, favor official repositories like anthropics/skills, and use a verification layer — which is exactly what SkillzBench's security scanning and Trust scores are being built to provide.

Can I use these skills with agents other than Claude Code?

Many of them, yes. The SKILL.md format is now an open standard supported by Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and other agents. codex-ppt-skill is documented to run in Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Hermes; 2Slides works across Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, and Cursor; and SkillzBench is being built to serve skills across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI through one MCP server with per-agent loadouts.

How much does it cost to build presentations with Claude Code skills?

It depends on the skill. Anthropic's official pptx skill is included with Claude plans (research cites Pro at $17–20/mo, Max 5x at $100/mo, Max 20x at $200/mo). Open-source skills like codex-ppt-skill, banana-slides, and nanobanana-ppt are free but may incur image-API fees. Hosted options charge per use: 2Slides uses a credit model (10 credits/page for template decks, 100–200 credits/page for image-designed slides, with 500 free credits), and Felo Slides requires a Felo API key with a free tier available.

What is the difference between code-composed and image-composed PPT skills?

Code-composed skills (like Anthropic's official pptx skill or OpenAI's Slides skill) write PPTX programmatically, keeping text as real, editable text with native charts. Image-composed skills (like codex-ppt-skill or nanobanana-ppt) render each slide as a full-bleed AI image and assemble those images into a .pptx — visually striking, but text is baked into pixels and can't be edited in PowerPoint. banana-slides sits in between, offering an editable PPT export. Hosted skills like 2Slides delegate generation to an API and can return either native or image-based output.