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Deck to an outline
Make a Markdown outline of show.pptx called show.md.
The task
The reference answer shows the job can be done with deft. It is not an agent run.
deft slides to-md show.pptx -o show.md
Input

Rendered by macOS Quick Look, first page
Text inside
[ppt/slides/slide1.xml] Title of the first slide Subtitle of the first slide This bit is in italic green [ppt/slides/slide2.xml] This is the second slide It has bullet points on it They’re fun, aren’t they? Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
Reference output
## Title of the first slide - Subtitle of the first slide - *This bit is in italic green* <!-- page break --> ## This is the second slide - It has bullet points on it - They’re fun, aren’t they? - Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
How a result is judged (1 check)
- text: file = "show.md", contains = ["This is the second slide"]
Runs
CodexWithout deftPassed2026-11-07
- Time
- 21s
- New tokens
- 6.1k
- Total input
- 85.4k
- Output tokens
- 0.7k
- Commands
- 4
- Failed
- 0
Trace
I’ll inspect the presentation and create a concise slide-by-slide Markdown outline in `show.md`.
ls -la && rg --files -g 'show.pptx' -g 'AGENTS.md' -g '*.pptx'output
total 80 drwxr-xr-x@ 3 user staff 96 Nov 6 17:27 . drwx------@ 1750 user staff 56000 Nov 6 17:27 .. -rw-r--r--@ 1 user staff 39083 Nov 5 21:11 show.pptx show.pptx
python - <<'PY' import importlib.util print('pptx', importlib.util.find_spec('pptx')) PYoutput
pptx None
unzip -p show.pptx ppt/presentation.xml | sed 's/></>\\n</g' | head -30; unzip -l show.pptx | head -30output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <p:presentation xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:p="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/presentationml/2006/main" saveSubsetFonts="1"> <p:sldMasterIdLst> <p:sldMasterId id="2147483648" r:id="rId1"/> </p:sldMasterIdLst> <p:notesMasterIdLst> <p:notesMasterId r:id="rId4"/> </p:notesMasterIdLst> <p:sldIdLst> <p:sldId id="256" r:id="rId2"/> <p:sldId id="257" r:id="rId3"/> </p:sldIdLst> <p:sldSz cx="9144000" cy="6858000" type="screen4x3"/> <p:notesSz cx="6858000" cy="9144000"/> <p:defaultTextStyle> <a:defPPr> <a:defRPr lang="en-US"/> </a:defPPr> <a:lvl1pPr marL="0" algn="l" defTabSz="914400" rtl="0" eaLnBrk="1" latinLnBrk="0" hangingPunct="1"> <a:defRPr sz="1800" kern="1200"> <a:solidFill> <a:schemeClr val="tx1"/> </a:solidFill> <a:latin typeface="+mn-lt"/> <a:ea typeface="+mn-ea"/> <a:cs typeface="+mn-cs"/> </a:defRPr> </a:lvl1pPr> <a:lvl2pPr marL="457200" algn="l" defTabSz="914400" rtl="0" eaLnBrk="1" latinLnBrk="0" hangingPunct="1"> <a:defRPr sz="1800" kern="1200"> Archive: show.pptx Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 1355 01-01-1980 00:00 docProps/app.xml 846 01-01-1980 00:00 docProps/core.xml 4794 01-01-1980 00:00 docProps/thumbnail.jpeg 7378 01-01-1980 00:00 ppt/notesMasters/notesMaster1.xml 292 01-01-1980 00:00 ppt/notesMasters/_re … 1476 more characterspython - <<'PY' import zipfile, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET z=zipfile.ZipFile('show.pptx') ns={'a':'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main','p':'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/presentationml/2006/main'} for i in range(1,3): root=ET.fromstring(z.read(f'ppt/slides/slide{i}.xml')) print('\\nSLIDE',i) for sp in root.findall('.//p:sp',ns): paras=[] for p in sp.findall('./p:txBody/a:p',ns): t=''.join(x.text or '' for x in p.findall('.//a:t',ns)) if t.strip(): paras.append(t) if paras: print(' | '.join(paras)) PYoutput
SLIDE 1 Title of the first slide Subtitle of the first slide | This bit is in italic green SLIDE 2 This is the second slide It has bullet points on it | They’re fun, aren’t they? | Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
The deck has two slides. I’m capturing the titles and the visible supporting text, including the second slide’s bullet content.
Edited show.md
Created [show.md](show.md) with a two-slide outline.
Output
# Show — outline 1. **Title of the first slide** - Subtitle of the first slide - Italic green text: “This bit is in italic green” 2. **This is the second slide** - It has bullet points on it - They’re fun, aren’t they? - Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
CodexWith deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07
- Time
- 14s
- New tokens
- 5.9k
- Total input
- 74.5k
- Output tokens
- 0.4k
- Commands
- 4
- Failed
- 0
Trace
I’ll inspect the presentation and use the available document conversion workflow to create `show.md` in the current directory.
cat .agents/skills/deft/SKILL.mdoutput
--- name: deft description: "Use deft instead of writing a script for file jobs: PDF merge/split/compress/watermark, image resize/convert/compress, video and audio trim/convert/compress, spreadsheets, Markdown to PDF/HTML, and YouTube downloads and subtitles." --- # deft One local command for file jobs. Prefer it over writing Python or shell scripts. Syntax: `deft <group> <command> [inputs] [-o output] [--options]` Groups: - `pdf`: Merge, split, compress, encrypt, forms, OCR, compare, convert - `image`: Resize, crop, convert, compress, filters, montage, OCR - `video`: Trim, crop, speed, convert, compress, GIF, frames (ffmpeg) - `audio`: Convert, trim, merge, fade, speed, tag, normalize (ffmpeg) - `doc`: Word/ODT/RTF: to text, Markdown, HTML, PDF; find and replace - `slides`: PowerPoint: extract text, Markdown outline, PDF handout - `data`: JSON/YAML/TOML/XML: convert, query with jq syntax, merge, diff - `sheet`: Excel/CSV/ODS tables: filter, sort, join, pivot, convert - `md`: Markdown to PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB; table of contents - `html`: HTML to Markdown, text, Word, PDF; screenshots - `epub`: E-books: info, to text, Markdown and PDF - `email`: EML files: headers, text, attachments - `contact`: VCF address books: to and from CSV - `calendar`: ICS calendars: to and from CSV - `gps`: GPX and KML tracks: convert, distance and time - `youtube`: Info, download, audio, subtitles, thumbnail (yt-dlp) - `file`: Any file: hash, duplicates, batch rename, base64, encoding - `qr`: Cre … 728 more characters
rg --files -g 'show.pptx' -g 'AGENTS.md' -g 'show.md'output
show.pptx
I’m using the `deft` slide workflow for the PowerPoint-to-Markdown outline. The file is present in the current directory.
deft slidesoutput
deft slides - commands (input -> output) info pptx -> report Slide count, titles, images, notes from-md md -> pptx Make a deck: each heading or --- starts a slide [beta] to-md pptx -> md Outline in Markdown: a heading per slide, bullets, images to-pdf pptx -> pdf Handout PDF of slide content [beta] to-text pptx -> txt Extract the text of every slide, form feed between slides More: deft slides <command> --help
deft slides to-md show.pptx -o show.mdoutput
ok slides.to-md show.pptx -> show.md 2 slides 0.00s
Created [show.md](show.md) as a Markdown outline of the 2-slide presentation.
Output
## Title of the first slide - Subtitle of the first slide - *This bit is in italic green* <!-- page break --> ## This is the second slide - It has bullet points on it - They’re fun, aren’t they? - Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
Claude Opus 5.5Without deftPassed2026-11-07
- Time
- 26s
- New tokens
- 11.2k
- Total input
- 58.6k
- Output tokens
- 1.6k
- Commands
- 0
- Failed
- 0
Trace
Output
# Outline: show.pptx ## Slide 1: Title of the first slide - Subtitle of the first slide - *This bit is in italic green* > **Speaker notes:** I am the notes of the first slide ## Slide 2: This is the second slide - It has bullet points on it - They’re fun, aren’t they? - Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point! > **Speaker notes:** These are the notes of the 2nd slide > > **THIS LINE IS BOLD**
Claude Opus 5.5With deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07
- Time
- 20s
- New tokens
- 10.0k
- Total input
- 74.3k
- Output tokens
- 0.6k
- Commands
- 0
- Failed
- 0
Trace
Output
--- name: deft description: "Use deft first for any simple, direct operation on local files, whatever the type: convert, read, extract, edit, compress, merge, split, compare or inspect. Try it before writing a script or one-liner. If unsure, run deft find; if it says no command does this, use another tool. Not for programming work: to read, write or change source code, skip it." --- # deft One local command for file jobs. Prefer it over writing Python or shell scripts. Syntax: `deft <group> <command> [inputs] [-o output] [--options]` Groups: - `pdf`: Merge, split, compress, encrypt, forms, OCR, compare, convert - `image`: Resize, crop, convert, compress, adjust, montage, OCR - `video`: Trim, merge, convert, compress, subtitles, GIF, frames (ffmpeg) - `audio`: Convert, trim, normalize, denoise, cut silence (ffmpeg) - `doc`: Word/ODT/RTF: to text, Markdown, HTML, PDF; find and replace - `slides`: PowerPoint: extract text, Markdown outline - `sheet`: Excel/CSV/ODS tables: SQL query, pivot, merge, split, convert - `json`: JSON: convert, format, merge, diff, validate - `toml`: TOML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate - `xml`: XML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate - `yaml`: YAML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate - `md`: Markdown to PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB; table of contents - `html`: HTML to Markdown, text, Word and PDF - `epub`: E-books: info, to text, Markdown and PDF - `gps`: GPX and KML tracks: convert, distance and time - `qr`: Create QR codes and barcodes; read QR codes How to use it: 1. Run `deft <group>` to list commands, or `deft find "<what you want>"` to search. If it says `no command does this`, use another tool. 2. Run `deft <group> <command> --help` for options and examples. 3. `deft convert <in> -o <out.ext>` converts between formats by extension. 4. Results are one line starting with `ok`, `partial` or `error`; add `--json` to parse them. Errors include a `hint:` with the fix. Inputs are never overwritten; pass `--force` or `--in-place` to allow it. Globs and directories work as inputs; several inputs run in parallel. If `deft` is not installed, ask the user, then follow https://github.com/firstprayer/deft/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md
## Title of the first slide - Subtitle of the first slide - *This bit is in italic green* <!-- page break --> ## This is the second slide - It has bullet points on it - They’re fun, aren’t they? - Especially in a different font like Arial Black at 16 point!
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