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Guide 03 · Advanced

Chained format transformations

Once you have a generated HTML dashboard, the next step is asking the agent to remix it into other formats — a PowerPoint, a PDF, a printable executive summary. The data flows through; the format changes.

3 things to walk away with
HTML in, PPT out
The agent reads your generated HTML and rebuilds it as PowerPoint with no extra prep.
Format-specific Skills
Wrap the transform in a Skill to control how PPT and HTML diverge for different audiences.
Source format chooses itself
HTML is the natural intermediate — viewable in the browser, easy to convert.

Format Transformation — HTML in, PowerPoint out

The demo's second act: "turn this report into a PowerPoint." The agent reads the HTML dashboard fresh, extracts the structure and data, and emits an eight-slide deck. No re-querying SharePoint. No re-doing math. The HTML is the source; the PPT is a remix.

A generated HTML artifact becomes an excellent source for other formats. Run the data analysis once, then transform the output as many times as you need.
Going from HTML to PPT means re-running the whole analysis pipeline. It is just a transformation — the data already lives in the HTML, and the agent just reshapes it.

Sankey Diagram — what the HTML dashboard can show

The author specifically asks for a Sankey diagram showing the candidate flow: applied → screened → onsite → offer → accepted, with rejection branches at every stage. The HTML output supports it natively because HTML can host arbitrary JavaScript-driven visualizations. The PowerPoint version, by contrast, falls back to a bar chart — different format, different visualization budget.

The point is that the choice of output format shapes which visualizations are possible. HTML is the most flexible target; everything else is a downscale.

HTML is the agent's highest-fidelity output format. Visualizations that need interactivity (Sankey, scrollable breakdowns, drill-downs) need HTML to come alive.
A Sankey diagram in PowerPoint will look as good as in the HTML dashboard. It typically won't — the agent quietly substitutes a bar chart because PPT can't host the Sankey natively.

Per-Format Skills — control how outputs diverge

The author closes by suggesting: "you might add a new skill to translate how you want to see it in a PowerPoint versus how you wanted to see it in HTML." That is the natural next move. The hiring-pipeline-HTML Skill defines the dashboard; a hiring-pipeline-PPT Skill defines the executive deck — different layouts, different priorities, same source data.

This stacks the building-block idea. Skills compose: a "report generation" Skill produces HTML; a "PPT remix" Skill consumes HTML and produces a deck; a third "executive summary" Skill produces a one-pager. Each is small and reusable.

Skills layer into pipelines. One Skill generates the analytical truth; downstream Skills repackage it for different audiences without re-running the analysis.
One mega-Skill should produce every format. Smaller, format-specific Skills are easier to refine and let you tune the executive PPT separately from the analyst HTML.
Flashcards — Advanced
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Format Transformation
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Asking the agent to reshape an existing artifact (e.g. HTML dashboard) into a different format (PowerPoint, PDF). Reads the source, emits the target — no re-running the analysis pipeline.
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Sankey Diagram Output
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A flow visualization showing how candidates move through hiring stages. Renders properly in HTML thanks to JavaScript; falls back to a bar chart in PPT because the format can't host the interactive view.
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Per-Format Skills
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Layering Skills by output format: one Skill produces analytical HTML, another remixes it into an executive PPT, another a one-pager. Skills compose into pipelines; each stays small and tunable.
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