2026-05-17 HTML PPT Skill And Deck Session

This source note preserves the reusable facts from the chat session in which Codex installed and tested an HTML PPT workflow.

Provenance

Origin: chat session plus local filesystem operations.
User intent: install a D-drive HTML PPT skill/template setup, modify the skill to call template projects, and test the workflow on two decks.
Public-safety note: one deck used a local image pack. This page records minimal neutral metadata about that pack and does not describe sensitive visual details.

EXTRACTED: The user asked to download two GitHub repositories:
- zarazhangrui/frontend-slides
- zarazhangrui/beautiful-html-templates
EXTRACTED: The repositories were downloaded under skill/llm4ppt(html)/ in this D-drive repository workspace rather than under the C drive.
EXTRACTED: The frontend-slides skill was installed project-locally at .codex/skills/frontend-slides/.
EXTRACTED: The user requested avoiding C-drive installation when possible because the C drive was crowded.
EXTRACTED: The local skill was modified so its deck-generation flow reads and uses the local beautiful-html-templates library by default.

The local frontend-slides skill was updated to:

EXTRACTED: mention the beautiful-html-templates library in the skill description.
EXTRACTED: add a Local Template Library section pointing to skill/llm4ppt(html)/beautiful-html-templates.
EXTRACTED: make Phase 2 style discovery template-backed by default when the local template library exists.
EXTRACTED: make Phase 3 generation clone/copy and adapt a chosen template while preserving that template’s design system.
EXTRACTED: retain the original built-in preset flow as fallback when the local template library is unavailable or a custom non-template deck is explicitly requested.

EXTRACTED: Output folder: D:/ppt/life-did-not-spare-you/.
EXTRACTED: Main deck file: D:/ppt/life-did-not-spare-you/template.html.
EXTRACTED: Runtime copied into the output folder: deck-stage.js.
EXTRACTED: The deck used the Soft Editorial template as its design basis.
EXTRACTED: The user’s Chinese short-video script was adapted into a 12-slide storyboard-style HTML PPT.
EXTRACTED: Validation found 12 slides, correct title visibility, and no console errors under local HTTP preview.
INFERRED: Soft Editorial matched the brief because the source copy requested a healing, reflective, daily-life tone.

EXTRACTED: Output folder: D:/ppt/beauty-love/.
EXTRACTED: Main deck file: D:/ppt/beauty-love/template.html.
EXTRACTED: Source archive path supplied by the user: D:/ppt/beauty-love/source.zip.
EXTRACTED: The archive contained 26 image files, and the finished deck referenced all 26 image filenames at least once.
EXTRACTED: A temporary/public-safe contact sheet HTML was created at D:/ppt/beauty-love/contact-sheet.html for local verification.
EXTRACTED: The deck used the Pink Script - After Hours template as its design basis.
EXTRACTED: The user’s Beauty-Love project-plan copy was adapted into a 16-slide HTML PPT.
EXTRACTED: Validation found 16 slides, 27 image tags, visible cover text, and no console errors under local HTTP preview.
INFERRED: Pink Script - After Hours matched the Beauty-Love brief because it supports a feminine, expressive, magazine-like, luxe content-brand presentation.

EXTRACTED: Direct file:// loading was blocked by the in-app browser security policy.
EXTRACTED: A local HTTP server rooted at D:/ppt was used for validation.
EXTRACTED: Preview URLs used:
- http://127.0.0.1:8765/life-did-not-spare-you/template.html
- http://127.0.0.1:8765/beauty-love/template.html
- http://127.0.0.1:8765/beauty-love/contact-sheet.html

INFERRED: Keeping the skill and template library on D drive works for this repository-local workflow and avoids large C-drive installs.
INFERRED: A template-backed HTML PPT workflow produces better visual consistency than fully ad hoc HTML generation.
INFERRED: Asset-heavy decks should include an explicit file-use check so every user-supplied image is either used or deliberately rejected.