Clarify native Google Slides copy and import flows#76
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Summary
This updates the Google Slides plugin surface so the model is more likely to keep copy-and-edit workflows inside native Google Slides.
The main behavior change is to explicitly steer requests like "translate this deck and save it as a new Slides file" toward native deck-copy flows instead of export or re-upload detours.
What changed
create_from_templatefor transformed copies of an existing deck.create_from_template,create_presentation, orimport_presentationcan satisfy the request..ppt,.pptx, and.odpconsistently.Why this is needed
The connector implementation already supports the core primitives for this workflow:
What was missing was the capability-facing guidance. The previous metadata and skill text undersold native copy flows, which made it easier for the model to choose the wrong path and behave as if it needed to leave Google Slides to complete the task.
Files changed
plugins/google-slides/.codex-plugin/plugin.jsonplugins/google-slides/skills/google-slides/SKILL.mdplugins/google-slides/skills/google-slides/agents/openai.yamlplugins/google-slides/skills/google-slides-import-presentation/agents/openai.yamlTesting
git diff --checkjq empty plugins/google-slides/.codex-plugin/plugin.jsonruby -e "require 'yaml'; %w[plugins/google-slides/skills/google-slides/agents/openai.yaml plugins/google-slides/skills/google-slides-import-presentation/agents/openai.yaml].each { |f| YAML.load_file(f) }"Simpler explanation
Before this change, the model had the right Google Slides tools available but the plugin surface did not clearly tell it to use the native copy-first path for sibling-deck workflows. After this change, the Slides surface describes that path directly, so the model is more likely to duplicate the deck in Slides first and then edit the native copy instead of falling into a file-export workaround.