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 "id": "prepare-a-source-checked-research-talk",
 "type": "workflow",
 "name": "Build a research talk from checked figures",
 "summary": "Attach a paper, result tables and talk length. Get traceable figures, slides and speaker notes for review.",
 "headline": "Build a research talk from checked figures",
 "subhead": "Attach a paper, result tables and talk length. Get traceable figures, slides and speaker notes for review.",
 "job": {
  "id": "research-topics",
  "name": "Research a topic properly"
 },
 "level": "advanced",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  },
  {
   "type": "spreadsheet",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Spreadsheet",
   "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts"
  },
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "slide_deck",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Slide deck",
   "what": "a finished slide deck"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  },
  {
   "type": "audit_report",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Audit report",
   "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "PAPER: attach compiled paper and approved source text with citations.",
  "FIGURE_SOURCES: attach result tables, plotting code and approved assets with permissions.",
  "TALK_BRIEF: give audience, duration, format, required points and output format.",
  "RENDER_TOOLS: state available plotting, PowerPoint or LaTeX tools and confirmed conference rules."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Claim-to-result and figure manifest",
  "Talk slides where rendered, speaker notes and rehearsal checks"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "Preparing an oral research presentation from completed work"
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You only want to know if your abstract matches your results: use Conference abstract evidence editor.",
  "You already have approved figures and only need slides: use the Conference talk slide maker.",
  "You need a poster, not a talk: use the Research poster maker."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your compiled paper, with citations",
   "Result tables and the plotting code or approved image files, with permission to use them",
   "Your audience, talk length and format",
   "Which plotting, PowerPoint or LaTeX tools you have, and the conference rules (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "An AI that can open the downloaded workflow folder and read your paper"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Claim-to-result list",
    "contains": "Each claim in the paper, the table or figure behind it, the evidence offered and the gaps."
   },
   {
    "name": "Figure manifest",
    "contains": "Talk-size figures with captions and data references, keeping uncertainty and missing observations."
   },
   {
    "name": "Slides",
    "contains": "For each slide, its purpose, claim, evidence ID and visual, as an editable deck or LaTeX source if tools allow."
   },
   {
    "name": "Speaker notes and timing",
    "contains": "Notes for each slide and an estimated time for each section, not a measured one."
   },
   {
    "name": "Check table",
    "contains": "PASS, FAIL or NOT RUN for traceability, label size, kept limits and rehearsal."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the complete workflow or agent pack and unzip it.",
  "Give the complete folder to your AI. Start with START_HERE.txt, then provide the named inputs in the coordinator skill.",
  "Follow its checkpoints and check the evidence before using any output. Agent packs run one requested cycle; they do not create a schedule."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Each result claim and figure traces to supplied evidence.",
  "Labels are checked at intended slide size or marked unreviewed.",
  "Limits and uncertainty survive shortening.",
  "Created files and observed rehearsal checks stay separate from plans."
 ],
 "steps": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "id": "source-note-summariser",
   "name": "Source note summariser",
   "summary": "Paste an article, talk or chapter into this source note summariser. You get each claim, how well it is backed, the gaps and three quotes to keep.",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/prompts/source-note-summariser"
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "id": "journal-ready-figure-maker",
   "name": "Journal-ready figure maker",
   "summary": "Give it your data. Get clear, honest, colour-safe figures with uncertainty shown, sized for journal export.",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/journal-ready-figure-maker"
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "id": "conference-talk-slide-maker",
   "name": "Conference talk slide maker",
   "summary": "Turn your ML or systems paper into Beamer PDF and PowerPoint slides with timed speaker notes.",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/conference-talk-slide-maker"
  }
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Scholarly work reviewer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/scholarly-work-reviewer",
   "why": "Scholarly work reviewer"
  },
  {
   "name": "Manuscript peer review drafter",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/manuscript-peer-review-drafter",
   "why": "Manuscript peer review drafter"
  },
  {
   "name": "Unsupported claim spotter",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/unsupported-claim-spotter",
   "why": "Unsupported claim spotter"
  },
  {
   "name": "Excel to PowerPoint number checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/excel-powerpoint-number-checker",
   "why": "Excel to PowerPoint number checker"
  },
  {
   "name": "PowerPoint speaker notes builder",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/powerpoint-speaker-note-builder",
   "why": "PowerPoint speaker notes builder"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [
  "references/practice-case.md"
 ],
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