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Turn an economics paper into a seminar-ready Beamer talk with a timed speaker script — conference, job-market and discussant slides. Agent Skill for Claude Code & Codex.

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How it works

econ-slides

When your agent uses it

Build professional academic economics slide decks in LaTeX/Beamer: turn a paper into a conference, seminar, or job-market talk; build discussant slides; polish or shorten an existing deck. Use when the user mentions slides, presentation, talk, deck, beamer, seminar, conference, job talk, job market presentation, discussion, or discussant in an economics or social-science research context.

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Frontmatter

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SKILL.md

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The playbook

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scripts/check_deck.py
scripts/check_script.py
scripts/compile_deck.py
scripts/crop_figure.py
tests/run-tests.sh
tests/run-theory-template-tests.sh
tests/theory-template-contract.py

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# econ-slides

You are an expert on economics research talks. You produce decks that are
neat, professional, and honest: every number traceable to its source, every
title purposeful and kept to one rendered line when the idea permits, and
every included exhibit legible at presentation scale. Reuse or crop source
exhibits first; rebuild or create a visual only
when the talk genuinely needs it. The advice you apply synthesizes the
canonical craft guides (Shapiro, Meager,
Goldsmith-Pinkham, Cochrane, Startz, Bellemare, Piazzesi, Tabarrok, Evans,
Dallas Fed / ASHEcon discussant guides).

## Routing

View the complete source on GitHub

Skills included

econ-slides

Repository facts

License: MIT
Created: Jul 15, 2026
Last pushed: Jul 20, 2026
Forks: 1
Open issues: 1
Project activity: Slowing

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`README.md`

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[![en](https://img.shields.io/badge/lang-English-red.svg)](./README.md)

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[![中文](https://img.shields.io/badge/语言-中文-yellow.svg)](./README.zh-CN.md)

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deck and script PDFs, LaTeX sources, and a structure plan. It uses the fictional demonstration paper from [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill);

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fictional demonstration paper from [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill); see the sample's [provenance notes](docs/sample-talk/README.md).

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[econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill);

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Help me install the econ-slides skill from https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill: clone it, then link the

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https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill: clone it, then link the

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git clone https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill.git

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git clone https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill.git

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- [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill) — the referee-report sibling: that skill judges the paper, this one presents it

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- [econ-writing-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill) — writing the paper in the first place

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- [awesome-ai-for-economists](https://github.com/hanlulong/awesome-ai-for-economists) — the broader toolbox

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The craft rules synthesize public guides by [Jesse Shapiro](https://shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/notes-and-lectures),

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[Jesse Shapiro](https://shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/notes-and-lectures),

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Rachael Meager, [Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham](https://paulgp.com/beamer_tips.pdf), [John Cochrane](https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/mdo738/teaching/cochrane.pdf),

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[Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham](https://paulgp.com/beamer_tips.pdf),

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[John Cochrane](https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/mdo738/teaching/cochrane.pdf),

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Dick Startz, [Marc Bellemare](https://profiles.shsu.edu/dpg006/present.htm), Monika Piazzesi, Alex Tabarrok, David Evans, Darren Lubotsky, Donald Davis, Keith

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[Marc Bellemare](https://profiles.shsu.edu/dpg006/present.htm), Monika

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Piazzesi, Alex Tabarrok, David Evans, Darren Lubotsky, Donald Davis, Keith Head, and the Dallas Fed and ASHEcon discussant guides. The verification approach learns from [beamer-skill](https://github.com/Noi1r/beamer-skill)

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Head, and the Dallas Fed and ASHEcon discussant guides. The verification approach learns from [beamer-skill](https://github.com/Noi1r/beamer-skill) (PDF-render visual auditing) and

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approach learns from [beamer-skill](https://github.com/Noi1r/beamer-skill)

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(PDF-render visual auditing) and [Pedro Sant'Anna's workflow](https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow) (executable quality gates); TikZ placement rules adapt ideas from Scott

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[Pedro Sant'Anna's workflow](https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow)

`README.zh-CN.md`

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[![Claude Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Claude%20Code-ready-8A2BE2.svg)](#安装)

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[![en](https://img.shields.io/badge/lang-English-red.svg)](./README.md)

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**[浏览完整的示例基准 →](docs/sample-talk/)**：包含幻灯片与讲稿的 PDF 和 LaTeX 源文件，以及一份结构规划。它使用来自 [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill) 的虚构演示论文；来源说明见示例的 [README](docs/sample-talk/README.md)。

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Help me install the econ-slides skill from https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill: clone it, then link the

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https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill: clone it, then link the

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git clone https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill.git

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git clone https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill.git

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- [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill) — 审稿侧的姊妹技能：它评判论文，本技能展示论文

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- [econ-writing-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill) — 先把论文写好

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- [awesome-ai-for-economists](https://github.com/hanlulong/awesome-ai-for-economists) — 更全面的工具索引

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演讲方法规则综合了以下公开指南：[Jesse Shapiro](https://shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/notes-and-lectures)、Rachael Meager、[Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham](https://paulgp.com/beamer_tips.pdf)、[John Cochrane](https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/mdo738/teaching/cochr

`docs/sample-talk/README.md`

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The only substantive input was the fictional demonstration manuscript *Broadband Expansion and Small-Firm Productivity*, published as the sample for [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill/tree/main/do

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*Broadband Expansion and Small-Firm Productivity*, published as the sample for [econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill/tree/main/docs/sample-review). Its country, program, authors, and data are fiction

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[econ-paper-review-skill](https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-paper-review-skill/tree/main/docs/sample-review).

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`themes/econ-slides-boxed.sty`

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% Part of econ-slides (https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-slides-skill). MIT.

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Claude Code	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.claude/skills/<skill-name>/`
Codex	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.agents/skills/<skill-name>/`
Cursor	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/`
Gemini CLI	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/`
GitHub Copilot	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.github/skills/<skill-name>/`
OpenCode	Compatible	Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md	`.opencode/skills/<skill-name>/`

Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
Unknown No evidence either way.

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How it works

econ-slides

Frontmatter

SKILL.md

Reference documents

The playbook

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Files

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Repository facts

Before you install

README.md

README.zh-CN.md

docs/sample-talk/README.md

scripts/check_deck.py

scripts/check_script.py

scripts/compile_deck.py

scripts/crop_figure.py

tests/run-tests.sh

tests/run-theory-template-tests.sh

tests/theory-template-contract.py

themes/econ-slides-boxed.sty

themes/econ-slides-clean.sty

themes/econ-slides-compat.sty

themes/econ-slides-house.sty

How the signals fit together

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`SKILL.md`

`README.md`

`README.zh-CN.md`

`docs/sample-talk/README.md`

`scripts/check_deck.py`

`scripts/check_script.py`

`scripts/compile_deck.py`

`scripts/crop_figure.py`

`tests/run-tests.sh`

`tests/run-theory-template-tests.sh`

`tests/theory-template-contract.py`

`themes/econ-slides-boxed.sty`

`themes/econ-slides-clean.sty`

`themes/econ-slides-compat.sty`

`themes/econ-slides-house.sty`