MCP Server for PowerPoint

Name: MCP Server for PowerPoint
Author: sbroenne

by sbroenneversion 0.3.4i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Create, edit, and export presentations with AI. Requires desktop Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows.

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What you can do with it

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Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

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You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerpoint": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add powerpoint -- npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerpoint": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "powerpoint": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Common questions

Is MCP Server for PowerPoint safe?

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What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.4) reached the registry 14 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need .NET, Node.js on your computer.

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PowerPointMcp — MCP Server & CLI for Microsoft PowerPoint

Create and edit real PowerPoint presentations with AI assistants or scripts. Build a new deck or update an existing .pptx file. Add slides, format text and shapes, create charts and tables, insert images, and write speaker notes using the installed Microsoft PowerPoint desktop application on Windows.

Choose how you work. Connect your AI assistant through the Model Context Protocol server, use the VS Code extension with GitHub Copilot Chat, or run pptcli from terminal commands and scripts. The packages require desktop PowerPoint; they do not replace it.

Review the actual result. The MCP server can export presentations to PDF or render slides as images through PowerPoint. An assistant that can inspect images can then check for overlapping shapes, text overflow, and layout problems before you share the presentation.

Technical Requirements:

⚠️ Windows Only — COM interop is Windows-specific
⚠️ PowerPoint Required — Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 or later must be installed
⚠️ Desktop Environment — controls a real PowerPoint process (not for server-side processing)

[!TIP]

Also automating spreadsheets? Check out Excel MCP Server —

the sister project, built the same way.

🎯 What You Can Do

32 MCP tools with 215 operations across 17 domains:

The tool total includes 15 read-only aliases; the operation total counts each unique action once.

🗂️ Presentation (20 ops) — create, open, Save As, Save Copy As, close, list sessions, apply a .potx/.pptx template's masters/theme/layouts, read the current theme name, set/read PowerPoint's advisory Mark as Final flag, read/write built-in and custom document properties, and manage string tags
📑 Slide (26 ops) — lifecycle, visibility, backgrounds, sections, comments, slide import, and string tags
▭ Shape (57 ops) — shapes, free-floating and attached connectors, WordArt, 3D rotation, alignment/distribution, styling, grouping, merging, duplication and cross-slide copying, hyperlinks, linked assets, placeholder editing, and string tags
✏️ TextFrame (22 ops) — text, find/replace, font size/name/color, bold, italic, underline, alignment, bullets
📊 Table (12 ops) — add, cell text, insert/delete rows & columns, cell fill/border, merge cells
🗣️ Notes (2 ops) — set/get speaker notes
🖼️ Layout (4 ops) — set/get slide layout
📐 Page Setup (5 ops) — slide size, first slide number, footer, date/time, slide numbers
♿ Accessibility (3 ops) — deterministic audit and reading-order management
🎭 Master (12 ops) — theme color/font inspection, slide master title/body placeholder fonts, background color
🎬 Animation (5 ops) — shape entrance/emphasis/exit effects, slide transitions
🖼️ Image (16 ops) — insert, adjust, crop, set transparency, and compress pictures
📈 Chart (16 ops) — add chart, multi-series data, titles, legend, built-in styles, color styles, and data tables
🎧 Media (2 ops) — insert embedded or linked audio/video and inspect native media metadata
🔀 SmartArt (7 ops) — insert and edit SmartArt diagrams
🖼️ Export (3 ops) — export to PDF or images for delivery and visual verification
🎬 Custom Shows (3 ops) — named custom shows: curated, ordered slide subsets for reusing one deck with different audiences

Every domain is exposed as a single action-dispatch tool (e.g. shape, table, chart, presentation) with an action parameter selecting the specific operation — keeping the tool list small for AI assistants while still exposing every operation.

📚 [Complete Feature Reference →](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/features/) — detailed documentation of every tool and operation

💬 Example Prompts

Build a deck from scratch:

*"Create a new presentation with a title slide and three content slides about our Q3 results, then export it as images so I can see it."*

Tables & charts:

*"Add a 4x3 table summarizing this data, then add a bar chart next to it."*

Formatting & shapes:

*"Make the title bold and blue, and move the logo to the top-right corner."*

Speaker notes:

*"Write speaker notes for each slide summarizing the key talking point."*

Templates & themes:

*"Apply our corporate template to this deck without losing any of the slide content."*

Visual verification:

*"Export slide 3 as an image and tell me if the chart overlaps the text box."*

👥 Who Should Use This?

Perfect for:

✅ AI assistants and coding agents that need to build or edit .pptx decks
✅ Anyone automating repetitive slide-deck workflows (reports, status decks, templates)
✅ Teams that want export-to-verify visual checks on every automated edit

Not suitable for:

❌ Server-side/headless processing (this drives a real desktop PowerPoint process)
❌ Linux/macOS users (Windows + PowerPoint installation required)

🚀 Quick Start

Platform	Installation
VS Code	Install Extension (one-click, recommended)
Claude Desktop	Download `.mcpb` from latest release (requires Node.js 18+)
Any MCP Client	Run `npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint@latest`
Details	📖 Full Installation Guide →

⚠️ Important: Close any open instances of the target file before automating it — the server needs exclusive access to the presentation while it's driving PowerPoint.

🔧 CLI vs MCP Server

This project provides both a CLI and an MCP Server interface. Choose based on your use case:

Interface	Best For	Why
CLI (`pptcli` / `powerpointcli.exe`)	Coding agents (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) + scripting	Single tool, no large schemas — better for cost-sensitive, high-throughput automation.
MCP Server (`mcp-powerpoint`)	Conversational AI (Claude Desktop, VS Code Chat)	Rich tool discovery, persistent session. Better for interactive, exploratory workflows.

Manual installation:

# Primary: npm launchers select the matching native x64 or ARM64 Windows runtime

npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint@latest npx -y @sbroenne/pptcli@latest --help

Alternatives: standalone release archives or .NET tools (requires .NET 10 runtime)

dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.PowerPointMcp.McpServer dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.PowerPointMcp.CLI

After installing either way, auto-configure your coding agents:

npx add-mcp "mcp-powerpoint" --name powerpoint-mcp

# Optional: Install the agent skill for better AI guidance

npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-powerpoint --skill powerpoint-mcp

💡 The VS Code extension installs this skill automatically. Manual npx skills add is for other

MCP clients (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.).

⚙️ How It Works - COM Automation & Unified Service Architecture

PowerPointMcp uses Windows COM automation to control the actual PowerPoint application (not just `.pptx` files).

The MCP Server and CLI are two equal, first-class entry points. Each hosts its own PowerPointMcp Service that manages presentation sessions — the MCP Server runs it in-process (direct calls, no pipe), while the CLI uses a background daemon over a named pipe so sessions persist across CLI invocations:

┌──────────────────────┐        ┌──────────────────────┐

│ MCP Server │ │ CLI (pptcli) │ │ (AI assistants) │ │ (coding agents) │ └──────────┬───────────┘ └──────────┬───────────┘ │ in-process │ named pipe → │ (direct calls) │ background daemon ▼ ▼ ┌──────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ PowerPointMcp │ │ PowerPointMcp │ │ Service │ │ Service │ │ (session mgmt) │ │ (daemon; sessions │ │ │ │ persist across │ │ │ │ CLI invocations) │ └──────────┬───────────┘ └──────────┬───────────┘ ▼ ▼ Core Commands Core Commands ▼ ▼ ┌──────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ PowerPoint COM API │ │ PowerPoint COM API │ │ (PowerPoint. │ │ (PowerPoint. │ │ Application) │ │ Application) │ └──────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────┘

Both entry points share the same Core Commands codebase, so every operation behaves identically. They are separate processes, though: each runs its own PowerPointMcp Service and its own PowerPoint instance, and they do not share live sessions with each other.

Key Benefits:

✅ Two equal entry points — every operation works identically through the MCP Server and the CLI
✅ Persistent CLI sessions — the CLI daemon keeps presentations open across multiple pptcli calls, so scripts don't re-open files each time
✅ In-process MCP calls — the MCP Server runs the service in-process (no pipe) for low-latency automation
✅ Real PowerPoint automation — drives the actual PowerPoint.Application via COM, not just file parsing
✅ Export-to-verify — close the loop on every visual change with a real rendered image

⭐ GitHub Star History

Bootstrapped from exact authenticated stargazer timestamps, then updated daily from GitHub's exact public star count. Only date/count aggregates are retained.

📋 Additional Information

📚 [MCP Server Guide →](src/PowerPointMcp.McpServer/README.md) | [CLI Guide →](src/PowerPointMcp.CLI/README.md) | [Agent Skills →](skills/README.md)

📖 [Complete Feature Reference](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/features/) • [Installation Guide](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/installation/) • [Changelog](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/changelog/) • [Native Feature Roadmap](docs/POWERPOINT-NATIVE-FEATURE-AUDIT.md) • [Contributing](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/contributing/) • [Security](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/security/) • [Privacy](https://powerpointmcpserver.dev/privacy/)

License: MIT

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MCP Server for PowerPoint

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Kanal Varna — drains, leaks & plumbing (Varna, BG)

README from the maker

PowerPointMcp — MCP Server & CLI for Microsoft PowerPoint

🎯 What You Can Do

💬 Example Prompts

👥 Who Should Use This?

🚀 Quick Start

🔧 CLI vs MCP Server

Alternatives: standalone release archives or .NET tools (requires .NET 10 runtime)

After installing either way, auto-configure your coding agents:

⚙️ How It Works - COM Automation & Unified Service Architecture

⭐ GitHub Star History

📋 Additional Information