Deck Refresh
Update numbers across the deck. The deck is the source of truth for formatting; you're only changing values.
Environment check
This skill works in both the PowerPoint add-in and chat. Identify which you're in before starting — the edit mechanism differs, the intent doesn't:
- Add-in — the deck is open live; edit text runs, table cells, and chart data directly.
- Chat — the deck is an uploaded file; edit it by regenerating the affected slides with the new values and writing the result back.
Either way: smallest possible change, existing formatting stays intact.
This is a four-phase process and the third phase is an approval gate. Don't edit until the user has seen the plan.
Phase 1 — Get the data
Use ask_user_question to find out how the new numbers are arriving:
- Pasted mapping — user types or pastes "revenue $485M → $512M, EBITDA $120M → $135M." The clearest case.
- Uploaded Excel — old/new columns, or a fresh output sheet the user wants pulled from. Read it, confirm which column is which before you trust it.
- Just the new values — "Q4 revenue was $512M, margins were 22%." You figure out what each one replaces. Workable, but co…
