zcbot/skills/ppt/templates/README.md

Template Resources

Design Specification & Outline Reference

design_spec_reference.md is an all-in-one reference template for defining:

1. Visual Specifications: Canvas dimensions, color scheme, typography, layout principles
2. Content Outline: Slide-by-slide page structure planning
3. Technical Constraints: Hard requirements for SVG generation and PPT compatibility

View Design Spec Reference

Page Layout Templates

The layouts/ directory contains pre-built page layout templates organized by design style:

• General: Versatile modern style, clean and flexible

• Consultant: Consulting style, professional and structured

• Consultant Top: Top-tier consulting style (MBB-level)

• Academic Defense: Academic defense style, research-oriented

• Human browsing: layouts/README.md

• Slim lookup (discovery only): layouts/layouts_index.json — used to answer "what templates exist?". Step 3 triggers on an explicit directory path supplied by the user, not on names from this index.

Brand Identity Presets

The brands/ directory holds brand-only templates: identity bundles (color / typography / logo / voice / icon style) without an SVG page roster. Brands follow the same explicit-path trigger rule as layout templates — at SKILL.md Step 3 the user supplies the brand directory path to apply it; bare brand names never trigger. Both layout and brand inputs land in the same project directory (<project_path>/templates/). When supplied together, Step 3 fuses them into a single design_spec.md (brand wins on identity tokens, layout wins on page structure) — see SKILL.md Step 3 for the precedence table.

A brand is structurally a layout template minus its page roster. Use a brand when the user wants identity locking with free page layout; use a layout template when fixed page structures are also required.

• Human browsing: brands/README.md
• Discovery index (no trigger): brands/brands_index.json — answers "what brands exist?"; Step 3 still requires an explicit directory path from the user
• Creation workflow: ../workflows/create-brand.md

Visualization Templates

The charts/ directory contains 57 standardized visualization templates. For backward compatibility, the directory name remains charts/, but its scope includes charts, infographics, process diagrams, relationship diagrams, strategic frameworks, and system architecture diagrams:

• KPI Cards

• Bar Chart / Stacked Bar Chart

• Line Chart / Dual-Axis Line Chart

• Donut Chart

• Radar Chart

• Funnel Chart

• Matrix (2x2)

• Timeline

• Gantt Chart

• Process Flow

• Org Chart

• Layered Architecture / Module Composition / Hub with Described Spokes / Pipeline with Stages / Client-Server Flow

• Library index (single source of truth): charts/charts_index.json

• Directory overview: charts/README.md

Icon Library

The icons/ directory contains 11,600+ vector icons across five libraries:

Library	Style	Count
chunk-filled	fill / straight-line geometry	640
tabler-filled	fill / bezier-curve forms	1000+
tabler-outline	stroke / line	5000+
phosphor-duotone	duotone / single color + 0.2 opacity backplate	1200+
simple-icons	brand logos (company / product marks)	3400+

• Usage & style rules: icons/README.md
• Search icons: ls skills/ppt-master/templates/icons/<library>/ | grep <keyword>