Use when analyzing a reference PPTX for read-only structure, theme, typography, layout rhythm, diagnostics, derived template catalogs, or safe OOXML package inspection.

PPTX Reference Deck Analysis Inspect a reference deck as design evidence. This skill never copies, clones, or mutates a source deck. Contract Implement required extraction on demand with a small task local python pptx script. Capture only the information required for the new deck: compact prompt context: slide count and size, text summaries, shape counts, styles, brand signals, template use, and layout rhythm; full extraction: summary , slides, and read only layout tree evidence; folder diagnostics: one result per deck plus a manifest; style master analysis: colors, fonts, size distribution, master/layout use, and flow patterns; derived template catalog: zero based source indices, layout roles, usable regions, placeholders, visual structures, and constraints. Rules Keep the source deck read only and independently author every target slide coordinate. Use the bundled OOXML utilities only for raw themes, relationships, notes, comments, animations, media, masters, or layouts that high level extraction cannot expose. Record inspected parts and parsing exceptions in the analysis manifest. Do not use extracted content, fonts, images, or proprietary assets in a generated deck without explicit permission and license evidence. OOXML package inspection Install defusedxml from requirements.txt before using the bundled utilities. 1. Run scripts/inspect.py <deck.pptx for a compact JSON report of slide order, text, theme tokens, relationships, notes, comments, animations, and media. 2. Run scripts/validate package.py <deck.pptx output <report.json for malformed XML, broken internal relationships, content type gaps, duplicate layout links, and orphaned parts. 3. Run scripts/unpack.py <deck.pptx <output dir only when raw package evidence is necessary. 4. Resolve relationship targets relative to the .rels owner; never infer slide order from filenames. Safety Never modify a supplied deck or blindly copy package parts into a new deck. Run the scripts from a trusted workspace; they reject path traversal, symlinks, oversized members, and archive bombs. Parse untrusted XML with defusedxml ; do not enable entity expansion, DTD loading, or network access. Treat theme colors as tokens unless fully resolved against the color scheme. See references/reference deck analysis.md for output shapes, references/reference deck analysis patterns.md for documentation only patterns, and references/ooxml parsing.md for package part maps.

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