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PPTX MCP Server

by samos123

PPTX MCP Server

A FastMCP-powered server for programmatically creating, editing, and rendering PowerPoint (PPTX) presentations. Supports slide creation, text and shape insertion, image embedding, and slide rendering to PNG (with LibreOffice).

Features

  • Create/Clear Presentations: Start new or reset existing PPTX files.
  • Add Slides: Insert slides with customizable layouts.
  • Text & Content: Add titles, content, and custom textboxes to slides.
  • Shapes: Insert a wide variety of PowerPoint shapes (including flowchart elements).
  • Images: Embed images into slides.
  • Slide Description: Get a textual summary of slide contents for verification.
  • Slide Rendering: Render slides as PNG images (requires LibreOffice).
  • Download PPTX: Download the generated presentation file.

Requirements

  • Python 3.12+
  • python-pptx
  • Pillow
  • FastMCP
  • LibreOffice (for slide image rendering; must be installed separately and available in your system PATH)
  • python-dotenv (for development environment configuration)

Installation

  1. Install Python dependencies:
    pip install .
    (Installs from pyproject.toml for dependencies)
  2. Optional: Install python-dotenv for development environment variables:
    pip install python-dotenv
  3. Install LibreOffice (for image rendering):
    • Linux: sudo pacman -S libreoffice-fresh or sudo apt install libreoffice
    • macOS: brew install --cask libreoffice
    • Windows: Download from libreoffice.org

Usage

Start the server:

python server.py

For development with environment variables:

You can set the server's host and port using environment variables:

  • HOST (default: 127.0.0.1)
  • PORT (default: 8000)

For example, to run on all interfaces and port 9000:

HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=9000 python server.py

OR

Create/edit the .env file in the project root: For example, to run on all interfaces and port 9000:

HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=9000

Load the environment variables when starting the server:

python server.py

Or (for development with FastMCP):

fastmcp dev server.py

API Overview

The server exposes tools and resources via FastMCP, including:

  • create_or_clear_presentation(filename)
  • add_slide(filename, layout_index)
  • add_title_and_content(filename, slide_index, title, content)
  • add_textbox(filename, slide_index, text, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches, font_size_pt, bold)
  • add_shape(filename, slide_index, shape_type_name, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches, text)
  • add_picture(filename, slide_index, image, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches)
  • get_slide_content_description(filename, slide_index)
  • get_slide_image(filename, slide_index) (requires LibreOffice)
  • get_pptx_file(filename)

See the code for full parameter details and available shape types.

Presentations & Templates

  • Presentations are saved in the presentations/ directory.
  • You can add your own templates in presentations/templates/.

License

See LICENSE for details.

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security - not tested
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license - permissive license
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quality - not tested

local-only server

The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.

A FastMCP-powered server for programmatically creating, editing, and rendering PowerPoint (PPTX) presentations with features for slide creation, content insertion, and PNG rendering.

  1. Features
    1. Requirements
      1. Installation
        1. Usage
          1. API Overview
            1. Presentations & Templates
              1. License

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