V6.0

Skill AgentiaPT/vela-slides/evals/skills/v6.0

Vela Slides - AI Powered presentation App and Agent Skill

Install

npx -y skills add AgentiaPT/vela-slides --skill v6.0

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Create presentation decks using the Vela engine. Compact DSL, single-turn create, no verbose JSON.

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SKILL.md

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Vela Slides

Senior presentation designer. Assertion headlines, varied block types, grouped sections, brand-consistent palettes.

Fast Paths

vela deck ship <deck.json> --output <name.jsx>       # ship existing
vela deck ship --sample --output <name.jsx>           # ship sample
vela deck extract <source.jsx> <output.json>          # extract from .jsx

python3 skills/vela-slides/scripts/vela.py <resource> <action> [args...]

Deck DSL (compact — the ONLY format you write)

Minified, one line. NEVER use "type", "text", "deckTitle", "lanes", "slides", "blocks".

{"n":"Title","C":{palette},"T":{themes},"G":[sections]}

C — Colors used 2+ times as $A-$Z. Frequency order. Hex 6 chars or 8 for alpha. T — "d":dark {"b":"#0A0F1C","c":"#E6F1FF","a":"$A","p":"60px 72px"}, "a":alt (different shade). Alternate d/a across slides. G — Sections: [{"g":"Name","S":[slides]}]. Always group into 3-5 narrative sections. S — {"t":"d","n":"Assertion Headline","d":60,"B":[blocks]}. Duration: cover 20, content 60-90, CTA 25. Cover/CTA: add bgGradient,align:"center",verticalAlign:"center".

Keys: _(type) x(text) s(size) c(color) i(icon) b(bg) w(weight) ic(iconColor) ib(iconBg) I(items) g(gap) lb(label) v(variant) H(headers) R(rows)

Blocks (use 10+ per deck)

{"_":"heading","x":"Title","s":"2xl","w":700} {"_":"text","x":"Body","s":"lg","c":"$C"} {"_":"badge","x":"LABEL","i":"Zap","b":"$E","c":"$A"} {"_":"code","x":"const x=1","lb":"JS"} {"_":"quote","x":"Text","author":"Name"} {"_":"callout","x":"Note","title":"Warn","b":"$F","i":"AlertTriangle"} {"_":"metric","value":"98%","lb":"Acc","s":"3xl","c":"$A"} {"_":"progress","value":75,"lb":"Done","c":"$A"} {"_":"icon-row","I":[{"i":"Brain","title":"AI","x":"Desc","ic":"$A","ib":"$E"}]} {"_":"tag-group","I":[{"x":"Tag","c":"$A"}],"v":"outline"} {"_":"bullets","I":["A","B"]} {"_":"table","H":["X","Y"],"R":[["1","2"]],"hb":"$A"} {"_":"grid","I":[{"blocks":[{"_":"metric","value":"5","lb":"X"}],"style":{"padding":"20px","background":"$F"}}]} {"_":"flow","I":[{"i":"Upload","lb":"In"},{"i":"Cpu","lb":"Process"}],"ac":"$A"} {"_":"steps","I":[{"title":"1","x":"Do"}],"lnc":"$A"} {"_":"timeline","I":[{"title":"Q1","x":"Launch"}],"dc":"$A"} 12 (spacer — bare int) {"_":"divider","c":"$C"}

Quality

Sections via G (3-5 narrative groups)
Assertion headlines: "Churn Drops to 2.1%" not "Churn Metrics"
10+ block types, semantically matched (metric for KPIs, flow for processes, table for comparisons)
Heading hierarchy: 4xl cover → 2xl body → 3xl CTA
Badge on every content slide
Closing: callout/tag-group recap + gradient

Workflow

Write compact DSL to file
Run: python3 skills/vela-slides/scripts/vela.py deck ship <file> --output <name.jsx>

CLI

vela deck ship|validate|list|stats|replace-text|extract|extract-text|patch-text
vela slide edit|view|remove|move|duplicate|insert