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Andrea Liliana Griffiths 4ad31b665f Add publish-to-pages agent skill (#1035)
* Add publish-to-pages agent skill

Agent skill that publishes presentations and web content to GitHub Pages.
Works with any AI coding agent (Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, etc.)

Features:
- Converts PPTX and PDF with full formatting preservation
- Creates repo, enables Pages, returns live URL
- Zero config — just needs gh CLI

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* docs: update README.skills.md

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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publish-to-pages Publish presentations and web content to GitHub Pages. Converts PPTX, PDF, HTML, or Google Slides to a live GitHub Pages URL. Handles repo creation, file conversion, Pages enablement, and returns the live URL. Use when the user wants to publish, deploy, or share a presentation or HTML file via GitHub Pages.

publish-to-pages

Publish any presentation or web content to GitHub Pages in one shot.

1. Prerequisites Check

Run these silently. Only surface errors:

command -v gh >/dev/null || echo "MISSING: gh CLI — install from https://cli.github.com"
gh auth status &>/dev/null || echo "MISSING: gh not authenticated — run 'gh auth login'"
command -v python3 >/dev/null || echo "MISSING: python3 (needed for PPTX conversion)"

poppler-utils is optional (PDF conversion via pdftoppm). Don't block on it.

2. Input Detection

Determine input type from what the user provides:

Input Detection
HTML file Extension .html or .htm
PPTX file Extension .pptx
PDF file Extension .pdf
Google Slides URL URL contains docs.google.com/presentation

Ask the user for a repo name if not provided. Default: filename without extension.

3. Conversion

HTML

No conversion needed. Use the file directly as index.html.

PPTX

Run the conversion script:

python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/convert-pptx.py INPUT_FILE /tmp/output.html

If python-pptx is missing, tell the user: pip install python-pptx

PDF

Convert with the included script (requires poppler-utils for pdftoppm):

python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/convert-pdf.py INPUT_FILE /tmp/output.html

Each page is rendered as a PNG and base64-embedded into a self-contained HTML with slide navigation. If pdftoppm is missing, tell the user: apt install poppler-utils (or brew install poppler on macOS).

Google Slides

  1. Extract the presentation ID from the URL (the long string between /d/ and /)
  2. Download as PPTX:
curl -L "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/PRESENTATION_ID/export/pptx" -o /tmp/slides.pptx
  1. Then convert the PPTX using the convert script above.

4. Publishing

Visibility

Repos are created public by default. If the user specifies private (or wants a private repo), use --private — but note that GitHub Pages on private repos requires a Pro, Team, or Enterprise plan.

Publish

bash SKILL_DIR/scripts/publish.sh /path/to/index.html REPO_NAME public "Description"

Pass private instead of public if the user requests it.

The script creates the repo, pushes index.html, and enables GitHub Pages.

5. Output

Tell the user:

  • Repository: https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO_NAME
  • Live URL: https://USERNAME.github.io/REPO_NAME/
  • Note: Pages takes 1-2 minutes to go live.

Error Handling

  • Repo already exists: Suggest appending a number (my-slides-2) or a date (my-slides-2026).
  • Pages enablement fails: Still return the repo URL. User can enable Pages manually in repo Settings.
  • PPTX conversion fails: Tell user to run pip install python-pptx.
  • PDF conversion fails: Suggest installing poppler-utils (apt install poppler-utils or brew install poppler).
  • Google Slides download fails: The presentation may not be publicly accessible. Ask user to make it viewable or download the PPTX manually.