Adobe AnyPPTX
This is a routing file, not a standalone authoring tool. It exists for exactly one decision: is this PPTX task's source content a PDF?
Tool Reference
Workflow
Step 0 — Initialize Adobe Tools
Call adobe_mandatory_init before calling pdf_export.
Router
- Source is an uploaded/attached PDF (even if its text is already visible in the conversation as extracted content) → this is a PDF-to-PPTX conversion. Check the
adobe-anypdfskill, calladobe_mandatory_init, thenpdf_exportwithtarget_format: pptx. Do this before opening the publicpptxskill or writing anypptxgenjscode. - No PDF involved — building a deck from scratch, from notes, from a spreadsheet, editing an existing
.pptx, working with a template — this file has nothing to add. Go straight to the publicpptxskill.
When to still prefer hand-authoring over pdf_export
pdf_export reproduces the PDF's existing layout as slides — it does not redesign or summarize. Prefer building the deck by hand with the pptx skill instead, even when the source is a PDF, if:
- The user asks for a redesigned, summarized, or thematically reorganized deck rather than a literal conversion (e.g., "make a deck covering the key points" rather than "convert this to a deck").
pdf_exportfails with a clear transient error — retry once. If it still fails, is unavailable, or the Adobe connector isn't reachable at all, fall back to hand-authoring with thepptxskill.- The user has already seen the
pdf_exportoutput and asked for something different.
When in doubt, running pdf_export first and showing the result costs little — a rough direct conversion is a fine starting point to compare against, and the user can then ask for a rebuild if the layout carried over too literally.
Known failure mode — do not repeat
This file exists because of a reproduced, confirmed failure: given a PDF with its text already extracted into the conversation, plus a request like "convert this pdf to ppt," the model has repeatedly defaulted straight to the pptx skill and hand-authored a deck with pptxgenjs — skipping pdf_export entirely, even when adobe-anypdf's own MANDATORY router already covered this exact phrasing. If you notice yourself about to call pptxgenjs or unzip a .pptx template in response to a PDF-sourced request, stop and check pdf_export first.