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Senior Thesis Defense Deck

Builds a quiet, serif-styled HTML slide deck for defending an economics thesis

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Repository
nexu-io/open-design
Stars
105,448
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
3 files

What it does

When installed, the agent builds a presentation as a single self-contained HTML file using a fixed warm-neutral template with classic Playfair serif type. It starts from an example deck, swaps in your thesis content (question, identification strategy, evidence, limitations) and keeps the template's visual style intact, adding or duplicating slides as needed. The result is a web-viewable slide deck rather than a PowerPoint file.

Great for

  • Economics or social science students preparing a senior thesis or capstone defense deck
  • People who want a calm, formal look for an academic or committee presentation
  • Anyone who wants a single HTML file they can open in a browser and present from

Skip it if

  • Decks that need bold colors or urgent energy, since the palette is intentionally low-energy by design
  • Users who need an editable .pptx file for committee circulation, because this outputs HTML
  • Anyone expecting the agent to verify thesis data or statistics; it only lays out the content you supply

Try asking

  • “Turn my minimum-wage employment thesis into a 10-slide committee defense deck using the Cartesian template”
  • “Replace the placeholder slides with my identification strategy, main results table, and limitations section”
  • “Add two more slides for robustness checks and keep the existing design intact”
  • “Make a short HTML deck summarizing my capstone findings for my advisor”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Senior Thesis Defense DeckInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    html-ppt-zhangzara-cartesian.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip html-ppt-zhangzara-cartesian.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip html-ppt-zhangzara-cartesian.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent your exact must-keep numbers and source citations up front so they are not paraphrased incorrectly
  • Ask it to keep the template's fonts, palette and decorative elements unchanged; the skill itself instructs this
  • Check every statistic and claim in the output yourself before presenting, since the agent does not validate your research

What's inside

  • example.html
  • SKILL.md
  • template.json

Redistributed unmodified from nexu-io/open-design under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.