
Kami Deck
FreeCreate decision-grade academic research presentations.
Free · Opens the source repo
What Kami Deck does
Kami Deck is a specialized tool designed for researchers and academics who need to present their findings in a visually appealing and structured manner. This skill generates a self-contained HTML presentation deck that adheres to the kami design system, ensuring a consistent aesthetic throughout the slides. The layout is horizontal, allowing for a magazine-style swipe experience that is intuitive and engaging for viewers. The design emphasizes clarity and readability, with a focus on serif typography and a limited color palette that enhances the presentation's professional appearance.
The deck comprises several slide types, including cover, chapter, content, stats, quote, call-to-action (CTA), and end slides. Each type serves a specific purpose, from introducing the topic to summarizing key metrics and providing a closing pitch. The color scheme is carefully chosen, with ink-blue backgrounds for cover and chapter slides, while content slides maintain a parchment background, promoting a clean and scholarly look. This structured approach helps researchers communicate their ideas effectively, making it easier for audiences to grasp complex information.
Kami Deck is particularly useful in academic settings, such as lab meetings or grant proposals, where clarity and professionalism are paramount. It allows users to create a cohesive narrative around their research, guiding the audience through the design, results, and implications of their work. The skill also supports multilingual presentations, accommodating diverse audiences and enhancing accessibility. By following the design principles outlined in the kami design system, users can ensure that their presentations meet high standards of visual quality and effectiveness.
This tool is ideal for researchers, principal investigators (PIs), and anyone involved in academic presentations who seeks a reliable way to showcase their work in a structured and visually appealing format. With its focus on decision-grade content, Kami Deck helps users make impactful presentations that resonate with their audience.
When to use it
Use this skill when you need to present academic research findings in a clear and structured format, particularly in lab meetings or grant applications.
When not to use it
This skill may not be suitable for casual presentations or when a more dynamic, multimedia-rich format is required.
What you can build with it
Lab Meeting Presentation
Create a structured presentation for lab meetings to discuss findings on gut-microbiome links to sleep quality.
Grant Proposal Deck
Use Kami Deck to present research proposals to funding bodies, ensuring clarity and professionalism in your slides.
Academic Conference Presentation
Prepare a visually appealing slide deck for academic conferences, effectively communicating your research to a diverse audience.
How to install Kami Deck
View source1. Install with the skills CLI
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design/kami-deck --agent claude-code2. Or install it manually
Download the skill folder and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ for all projects, or .claude/skills/ to scope it to one repo. Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skill.
Anthropic's agentic coding CLI, and the reference implementation of Agent Skills. Drop a skill folder into ~/.claude/skills and Claude Code loads it automatically whenever a task matches the skill's description. Claude Code docs
Inside SKILL.md
Written by nexu-iokami-deck
Sister skill to kami-landing. Produces a single
self-contained HTML file: a horizontal magazine-style swipe deck in
the kami (紙 / 纸) design system — print rhythm, ink-blue accent,
serif at one weight, no italic, no cool grays.
The navigation model is intentionally borrowed from the
guizang-ppt skill — ←/→ arrow keys, wheel /
swipe, ESC for the overview grid. The aesthetic stays kami: parchment
content slides, ink-blue cover and chapter slides, serif everywhere.
Design system source of truth:
design-systems/kami/DESIGN.md. Read it before shipping. Tokens, type rules, and forbidden colors all live there. Slide-specific scale ratios (macro × 1.6, letter-spacing × 0.6 vs. print) are documented in §3 "Hierarchy" and §5 "Layout Principles · Slides".
What you get
- N viewport-sized slides (6-15 is the sweet spot) laid out horizontally on one transformed flex track.
- Cover and chapter slides flip background to ink-blue
(
#1B365D) with ivory text — the only place dark theme is used. - Content / stats / quote / CTA slides stay on parchment
(
#f5f4ed) with serif at weight 500. - Per-slide chrome strip: brand mark · deck title · live slide
counter (
01 / 09). - Tabular-nums on every counter, metric, page number.
- Coral-free — kami's accent is ink-blue. Progress bar and dot nav are ink-blue too.
- Keyboard / wheel / touch nav, ESC overview grid, dot indicator.
- Multilingual stack — EN / zh-CN / ja, set on
:rootvia thelanguageparameter.
Slide types
| Kind | Background | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
cover | ink-blue | Title plate at the start. Centered serif title + tagline. |
chapter | ink-blue | Roman/Arabic numeral chapter divider. |
content | parchment | Section number + title + body + optional bullets. |
stats | parchment | 3-4 metric cells (value · label · sub). |
quote | parchment | Pull quote with ink-blue left rule + author signature. |
cta | parchment | Closing pitch + 1-2 buttons. |
end | ink-blue | Mega serif kicker word + colophon footer. |
A typical 11-slide deck:
1. cover — ink-blue title plate
2. chapter — "01 / Why now"
3. content — manifesto
4. content — capabilities + bullets
5. stats — 4 numbers
6. chapter — "02 / How it feels"
7. content — method
8. content — selected work
9. quote — testimonial
10. cta — primary action
11. end — ink-blue kicker
Workflow
1. Gather the brief
Ask in two rounds (don't dump the whole list at once):
- Identity round — name, mark, tagline, location, edition, language.
- Content round — for each slide, kind + the typed fields.
2. Pick the language stack
Same as kami-landing:
EN → Charter, zh-CN → TsangerJinKai02 / Source Han Serif, ja →
YuMincho. JA also overrides --olive to #4d4c48 because YuMincho
strokes are thinner.
3. Write index.html
Output a single file with all CSS inline. Mirror the structure of
example.html. Use only the tokens from
design-systems/kami/DESIGN.md.
The runtime script (keyboard / wheel / touch nav, dot indicator,
progress bar, ESC overview) should match the model documented in
open-design-landing-deck/scripts/compose.ts.
Do not reuse the open-design-landing-deck CSS; the visual
language is different.
4. Self-check
- All cover / chapter / end slides use ink-blue background
(
#1B365D) with ivory text. All other slides are on parchment. - Ink-blue covers ≤ 5% of any parchment slide's surface.
- Slide titles use serif weight 500 only. No italic.
- All numeric stacks (counter, metrics, page numbers) carry
font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums. - Press
→/Space/ scroll. Smoothly slides one viewport to the right; dot nav advances; the ink-blue progress bar ticks forward. - Press
Esc. Overview grid appears with scaled thumbnails. - Resize to 1080px and 640px. Cover / content collapse to a single column; dot nav still works.
- Lighthouse: contrast AA, font-display swap, no layout shift.
Boundaries
- Do not introduce a second accent color. Pick ink-blue or pick nothing.
- Do not use italic anywhere — emphasis swaps to ink-blue.
- Do not use
rgba()for tag fills; pre-blend over parchment and use solid hex from the table indesign-systems/kami/DESIGN.md§2. - Do not add a router. This is a single-file artifact.
- Do not reuse Atelier Zero collage imagery (the open-design-landing visual system). Kami is gradient-free, image-light, and hierarchy is carried by type.
See also
kami-landing— long-form one-pager sister skill.design-systems/kami/DESIGN.md— token spec.open-design-landing-deck— same horizontal swipe nav model, different visual language (Atelier Zero).- Upstream:
tw93/kami— original Claude skill (MIT). Kami's slides.py template documents the macro × 1.6 / micro × 0.6 ratios this skill applies.
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