moda-deck-pptx

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Import a .pptx into Moda as an editable canvas, then fix it. For "clean up this PowerPoint" or any .pptx in hand. CLI lane; the connector routes to the app.

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Sourcemoda-design/moda

Added on2026-08-26

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add moda-design/moda moda-deck-pptx

SKILL.md Content

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moda-deck-pptx

PREREQUISITE — load
moda-core
once per session (step-0, write contract, free/metered map). Already loaded? Skip ahead. If you cannot load it, the non-negotiables: run

moda doctor --json

before anything;

moda brand list

before creating; every write carries the latest revision — on

stale_revision

, re-read and retry once (it heals); send the canvas link the moment it exists; stuck or failed?

moda ask "<question>"

— free and fast, never guess.

Sizes and defaults

Thing	Value	Notes
Import	`moda canvas import-pptx [file.pptx]`	FREE, un-billed, async — the verb polls to completion
Result	one canvas, one page per slide	slide size is preserved from the file
Round trip	`moda export … --format pptx`	native shapes and text layers, not screenshots
Data law	every source string and number survives verbatim	a cleanup that loses data is a failure

Import takes a local path or a durable

file_…

ref. Nothing is generated and nothing is charged; the import is the cheapest useful thing you can do with a deck someone hands you.

Recipe — import, then fix

```
moda canvas import-pptx [deck.pptx]
```
— free, async, polls itself to completion (
```
--no-wait
```
returns a job id; re-poll with
```
moda canvas import-pptx --job [JOB_ID]
```
). Send the canvas link the MOMENT it exists.
```
moda canvas read [CANVAS_REF] --summary
```
— the page index and what landed on each slide.
```
moda canvas screenshot [CANVAS_REF] --page [IDS]
```
in ≤3-page batches, worst slides first. Judge with your own eyes; list the fixes before making any.
Fix smallest-change-first, one slide at a time:
```
moda canvas edit [CANVAS_REF] --file fix.js
```
for targeted property changes (references/edit-code.md);
```
moda canvas markup [CANVAS_REF] --file - --page [PAGE_ID] --mode replace --revision [REV]
```
to rebuild a slide outright (grammar: references/markup.md);
```
moda canvas delete-items [CANVAS_REF] [NODE_IDS]
```
for cruft. Data preservation is non-negotiable — restate every source string and number verbatim.
Re-theming to the team's kit?
```
moda canvas brand [CANVAS_REF] [KIT]
```
records the kit; the tokens still have to be authored into the slides (kit creation itself is moda-brand's job).
```
moda canvas screenshot [CANVAS_REF]
```
again and compare against your fix list.
Deliver the live link; export back only on a format word or an accepted offer:
```
moda export [CANVAS_REF] --format pptx -o [deck]-clean.pptx
```
.
Read the export warnings —
```
pptx_shape_rasterized
```
(an image baked in rather than editable) and
```
pptx_content_dropped
```
(an element missing entirely) name exactly what did not survive. Repair or disclose; never hand over a silently degraded deck.

Examples

"clean up this PowerPoint" → import, screenshot the worst slides, fix, export.
"put our brand on this deck" → import, bind the kit, re-author the tokens.
"what's actually in this deck?" → import +
```
read --summary
```
; no edits unasked.
"fix slide 7's chart" → import, then the targeted-edit step on that page only.
"build a NEW deck from this content" → moda-deck owns authoring from scratch.

Errors

Any typed error → load moda-core and read its recovery reference. An import that fails or returns an empty canvas is a file problem, not a retry problem: say what happened, then

moda ask "<question>"

with the task error.

Make it recurring

The cleaned deck is the team's canonical starting point — flag it with

moda canvas template [CANVAS_REF]

via moda-templates, so the next deck starts there instead of from another crufty .pptx.

See also: moda-deck — authoring a deck from a brief, doc, or notes · moda-core — the contract, recovery, everything Moda can do.

References

Doc	Load when
references/deck-design.md	judging and rebuilding an imported slide
references/edit-code.md	before any targeted fix program
references/export.md	the pptx round trip and its warnings

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Sizes and defaults

Recipe — import, then fix

Examples

Errors

Make it recurring

References