Aspose.Slides Cloud MCP Server

Presentation processing — convert, create, split, replace text, and read slides/images/properties.

An MCP server exposing Aspose.Slides Cloud's REST API as typed, agent-callable tools. Also bundles Aspose Storage Cloud's core file operations (storage_upload_file/storage_download_file/storage_list_files/storage_delete_file), so a client connected to only this server can complete a full upload -> process -> download workflow with no second server connection.

Handles: PPTX, PPT, ODP.

Requirements

• Python 3.11 or later

• An Aspose Cloud account (free evaluation tier available) - you'll need a Client ID and Client Secret from your dashboard's Applications page

• An MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, etc.)

Related MCP server: pharos-ai-doc-genie

Setup

1. Create a virtual environment and install

python -m venv .venv
# Windows:
.venv\Scripts\activate
# macOS / Linux:
source .venv/bin/activate

pip install git+https://github.com/aspose-cloud/aspose-storage-cloud-python-mcp.git@v1.0.5 git+https://github.com/aspose-cloud/aspose-slides-cloud-python-mcp.git@v1.0.3

This installs the aspose-slides-mcp command into your virtual environment. The first package is the shared file-tool library (upload, download, list, delete) that every Aspose Cloud MCP server depends on; it is not on PyPI, so it is installed from GitHub in the same command.

2. Configure your AI client

Three environment variables are required. The first two come from your Aspose Cloud dashboard's Applications page; the third is a folder you create on your own computer (see Your files folder below):

Credentials are never passed as a tool parameter - the server resolves them once at launch from these environment variables, exchanges them for a short-lived OAuth2 token, and caches/refreshes it transparently.

Your files folder (ASPOSE_FILES_PATH)

Create a folder on your computer (for example C:\Users\you\Documents\aspose-files on Windows, or /home/you/aspose-files on macOS/Linux) and set ASPOSE_FILES_PATH to its full path. It is the one place this server reads your files from and writes results to:

• Input: put the document you want processed in that folder, then ask your assistant to upload it with storage_upload_file, giving only the bare filename (for example report.docx). The upload sends it to your Aspose Cloud Storage, where the processing tools read it. Subfolders and full paths are rejected.

• Output: storage_download_file saves a result from Cloud Storage back into the same folder, and its reply contains the full local path of the saved file.

• The file and folder arguments of the other tools name locations in your Aspose Cloud Storage, not your computer.

Claude Desktop

Config file location:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slides": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\.venv\\Scripts\\aspose-slides-mcp.exe",
      "env": {
        "ASPOSE_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "ASPOSE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "ASPOSE_FILES_PATH": "C:\\Users\\you\\Documents\\aspose-files"
      }
    }
  }
}

On macOS/Linux, use /path/to/.venv/bin/aspose-slides-mcp instead. Fully quit and restart Claude Desktop after editing.

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json), Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json), Cline, Windsurf

Same shape, under a "servers" key instead of "mcpServers" for VS Code:

{
  "servers": {
    "slides": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "/path/to/.venv/bin/aspose-slides-mcp",
      "env": {
        "ASPOSE_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "ASPOSE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "ASPOSE_FILES_PATH": "/home/you/aspose-files"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available tools

Every mutating tool marked "yes" under Dry-run accepts a dry_run=true parameter to preview the change without applying it.

Tool errors use a fixed taxonomy (bad input / auth failure / server error / rate limited), returned as structured MCP tool errors - never a silent failure or a raw exception message.

Part of the Aspose Cloud MCP family

One MCP server per Aspose Cloud product, published under github.com/aspose-cloud. This server depends on aspose-storage-core-mcp for its bundled storage tools — that repo is a shared library, not a standalone server (there's no real Aspose Cloud API route for storage on its own; every real storage call goes through some product's own gateway, this one included).

License

MIT (see LICENSE) — covers only this repository's own MCP wrapper/integration code. It does not cover, and grants no rights to, the Aspose Cloud product or API themselves, which remain governed entirely by Aspose's own product and usage terms. A valid Aspose Cloud account and subscription/credentials are required to actually call the API, regardless of this code's license.