MCP Server for PowerPoint

Name: MCP Server for PowerPoint
Author: trsdn

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

PowerPoint automation for AI - Slides, Shapes, Text, Charts and more. Windows only.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ppt": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PptMcp.McpServer",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add ppt -- dnx PptMcp.McpServer --yes

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ppt": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PptMcp.McpServer",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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": {
    "ppt": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PptMcp.McpServer",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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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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 (1.1.0) reached the registry 2 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

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

What can I use instead?

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PptMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft PowerPoint

The install badges register the server as ppt-mcp running the mcp-ppt command. Install the tool

first with dotnet tool install --global PptMcp.McpServer, otherwise the client has nothing to launch.

Automate PowerPoint with AI — A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for comprehensive PowerPoint automation through conversational AI.

PptMcp enables AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT to automate Microsoft PowerPoint through natural language commands. It covers real presentation work end to end: create slides, edit text, place shapes and images, build charts and tables, apply themes, run VBA, export to PDF or video, and manage live PowerPoint windows safely through the native COM API.

Origin and credit: This project builds on the original MCP automation foundation created by [Stefan Broenner (sbroenne)](https://github.com/sbroenne) in mcp-server-excel, extended here into a full PowerPoint-focused toolchain.

Releases and packages: GitHub Releases | NuGet: PptMcp.McpServer | NuGet: PptMcp.CLI

For multi-phase build / verify / repair workflows from source, the repo also includes the official orchestration client under src\PptMcp.Agent.

🛡️ 100% Safe — Uses PowerPoint's Native COM API — Zero risk of file corruption. Uses PowerPoint's official COM API ensuring complete safety and compatibility.

💡 Interactive Development — See results instantly in PowerPoint. Add slides, create charts, format text, and iterate. PowerPoint becomes your AI-powered workspace.

Technical Requirements:

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

🎯 What You Can Do

33 specialized tools with 224 operations:

📁 Files (1 tool, 6 ops) — Open, close, create, save, list, validate presentations
📄 Slides (1 tool, 15 ops) — Create, duplicate, move, delete, apply layouts, hide/unhide, thumbnails, clone-with-replace
🔷 Shapes (1 tool, 35 ops) — Add, move, resize, fill, gradient, line, shadow, glow, reflection, opacity, 3D, rotation, z-order, grouping, connectors, merge, flip, scale
✏️ Text (1 tool, 18 ops) — Get/set text, find, replace, format, spacing, bullets, case, symbols, alt-text audit
📋 Slide Tables (1 tool, 13 ops) — Create, read/write cells and rows, add/delete rows and columns, merge, format, borders
📊 Charts (1 tool, 10 ops) — Create, set data, title, type, legend, axis titles, data table
🖼️ Images (1 tool, 4 ops) — Insert, crop, brightness/contrast, transparent color
🎥 Media (1 tool, 4 ops) — Insert audio/video, media info, playback settings
🧩 SmartArt (1 tool, 6 ops) — Diagram info, add/delete nodes, layout, style, level changes
🎨 Design/Themes (1 tool, 19 ops) — Themes, color schemes, fonts, archetypes, palettes, layout grids, style profiles
🖌️ Slide Background (1 tool, 5 ops) — Get, solid color, gradient, image, reset to master
🎭 Masters & Layouts (1 tool, 5 ops) — List masters and layouts, edit master shapes, delete unused
📌 Placeholders (1 tool, 3 ops) — List placeholders, set text, set image
📃 Headers & Footers (1 tool, 2 ops) — Get/set footer text, slide numbers, date
📐 Page Setup (1 tool, 3 ops) — Slide size, orientation, first slide number
↔️ Shape Alignment (1 tool, 2 ops) — Align and distribute shapes on slides
🎬 Animations (1 tool, 6 ops) — List, add, remove, clear, timing, reorder
🔀 Transitions (1 tool, 4 ops) — Get, set, remove, copy to all slides
📺 Slideshow (1 tool, 5 ops) — Start, stop, navigate, status, configure
🎞️ Custom Shows (1 tool, 3 ops) — Create, list, delete custom slide shows
📂 Sections (1 tool, 4 ops) — List, add, rename, delete presentation sections
📥 Slide Import (1 tool, 1 op) — Import slides from another .pptx file
📝 Notes (1 tool, 5 ops) — Get, set, clear, append, read all speaker notes
💬 Comments (1 tool, 4 ops) — Add, list, delete, clear slide comments
🔗 Hyperlinks (1 tool, 5 ops) — Add, get, list, remove, validate hyperlinks
🏷️ Tags (1 tool, 3 ops) — Custom metadata on slides and shapes
🗂️ Document Properties (1 tool, 4 ops) — Get/set built-in and custom properties
♿ Accessibility (1 tool, 3 ops) — Audit, get/set reading order
🔤 Proofing (1 tool, 3 ops) — Spell check, get/set language
📤 Export (1 tool, 9 ops) — PDF, slide images, video (MP4), print, save-as, extract text/images
🖨️ Print Options (1 tool, 2 ops) — Get/set print configuration
⚙️ VBA (1 tool, 5 ops) — List, view, import, delete, run macros
🪟 Window (1 tool, 7 ops) — Info, minimize, restore, maximize, zoom, view mode

📚 [Complete Feature Reference →](FEATURES.md) — Detailed documentation of all 224 operations

💬 Example Prompts

Create & Build Presentations:

*"Create a new PowerPoint presentation called QuarterlyReport.pptx with a title slide"*
*"Add 5 slides with a 'Title and Content' layout"*
*"Insert a company logo image on the first slide"*

Content & Formatting:

*"Add a textbox on slide 2 with the text 'Q1 Revenue Summary' in bold 24pt Arial"*
*"Create a table on slide 3 with columns for Region, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4"*
*"Set the shape fill color to #0078D4 and add a 2pt border"*

Charts & Visuals:

*"Create a bar chart on slide 4 showing quarterly revenue data"*
*"Set the chart title to 'Revenue by Quarter'"*
*"Add an entrance animation to the chart shape"*

Automation:

*"Export the presentation as PDF"*
*"Run the FormatAllSlides macro"*
*"Show me PowerPoint while you work"* — watch changes in real-time

🪟 Agent Mode — Watch AI Work in PowerPoint:

*"Show me PowerPoint side-by-side while you build this presentation"* — real-time visibility
*"Let me watch while you create the slides"*
Status bar shows live progress: *"PptMcp: Creating chart on slide 4..."*

👥 Who Should Use This?

Perfect for:

✅ Presenters automating repetitive PowerPoint workflows
✅ Developers building PowerPoint-based reporting solutions
✅ Business users managing complex presentation decks
✅ Teams maintaining presentation templates and VBA macros

Not suitable for:

❌ Server-side processing (use libraries like Open XML SDK instead)
❌ Linux/macOS users (Windows + PowerPoint installation required)
❌ High-volume batch operations (consider PowerPoint-free alternatives)

🚀 Quick Start

Platform	Installation
Any MCP Client (no .NET)	`npx -y mcp-server-ppt`
Any MCP Client (.NET tool)	`dotnet tool install --global PptMcp.McpServer`
Details	📖 Installation Guide

⚠️ Important: Close all PowerPoint files before using. The server requires exclusive access to presentations during automation.

🔧 CLI vs MCP Server

This package provides both CLI and MCP Server interfaces. Choose based on your use case:

Interface	Best For	Why
CLI (`pptcli`)	Coding agents (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf)	Fewer tokens — single tool, no large schemas.
MCP Server	Conversational AI (Claude Desktop, VS Code Chat)	Rich tool discovery, persistent connection.

Manual Installation:

# Install MCP Server and CLI

dotnet tool install --global PptMcp.McpServer dotnet tool install --global PptMcp.CLI

Without .NET installed: the MCP server is also published to npm as a wrapper that downloads a self-contained build on first use. Point any client at npx -y mcp-server-ppt instead of mcp-ppt. Windows x64 only.

Windows package managers (pending first submission): every release now builds a standalone pptcli archive with a SHA256 and renders ready-to-submit winget and Chocolatey manifests (see packaging/). The listings themselves are not live yet, so the commands below will not resolve until the first submission is accepted — tracked in #112.

# Not available yet - listed here so the intended install path is documented

winget install trsdn.pptcli choco install pptcli

Both packages will pull the .NET 9 Desktop Runtime as a dependency, because the archive is a framework-dependent build. Neither can install Microsoft PowerPoint, which remains a prerequisite.

🤖 Optional: Official Agent Client from Source

For larger deck-building tasks, this repo also ships an official source-side controller: src\PptMcp.Agent.

It is intentionally not a third server surface. Instead, it sits above the MCP server and runs one client-side loop:

plan the deck
execute through normal sequential MCP tool calls
verify the generated deck
repair incomplete output when needed

Quick start:

dotnet build src\PptMcp.McpServer\PptMcp.McpServer.csproj -c Release

Set-Location src\PptMcp.Agent npm install npm run check npm test

node .\src\cli.mjs run --task "Build a 5-slide executive deck on Q4 revenue performance and next actions." --output "C:\Users\you\Documents\q4-revenue-deck.pptx"

Agent Client Component README
Agent Client Architecture
Eval Framework
Archetype Pipeline

⚙️ How It Works — COM Automation & Unified Service Architecture

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

Both the MCP Server and CLI communicate with a shared PptMcp Service that manages PowerPoint sessions. This unified architecture enables:

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

│ MCP Server │ │ CLI (pptcli)

Only the beginning is shown; read the rest in the repo

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

Zendesk

README from the maker

PptMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft PowerPoint

🎯 What You Can Do

💬 Example Prompts

👥 Who Should Use This?

🚀 Quick Start

🔧 CLI vs MCP Server

🤖 Optional: Official Agent Client from Source

⚙️ How It Works — COM Automation & Unified Service Architecture