add-slide-title-content
Add a slide with a title and content to an existing PowerPoint presentation using structured text formatting for main and sub-points.
Instructions
Add a new slide with a title and content to an existing presentation
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| presentation_name | Yes | Name of the presentation to add the slide to | |
| title | Yes | Title of the slide | |
| content | Yes | Content/body text of the slide. Separate main points with a single carriage return character.Make sub-points with tab character.Do not use bullet points, asterisks or dashes for points.Max main points is 4 |
Implementation Reference
- Core handler function that creates a new slide using TITLE_AND_CONTENT layout, sets the title, and formats the content into bullets using the helper function.
def add_title_with_content_slide(self, presentation_name: str, title: str, content: str) -> Slide: try: prs = self.presentations[presentation_name] except KeyError as e: raise ValueError(f"Presentation '{presentation_name}' not found") slide_master = prs.slide_master # Add a slide with title and content slide_layout = prs.slide_layouts[self.SLIDE_LAYOUT_TITLE_AND_CONTENT] # Use layout with title and content slide = prs.slides.add_slide(slide_layout) # Set the title title_shape = slide.shapes.title title_shape.text = title # Set the content content_shape = slide.placeholders[1] #content_shape.text = content # Get the content placeholder and add our formatted text text_frame = content_shape.text_frame self._add_formatted_bullets(text_frame, content) return slide - src/powerpoint/server.py:124-149 (registration)Registers the tool in the list_tools() callback with name, description, and input schema.
types.Tool( name="add-slide-title-content", description="Add a new slide with a title and content to an existing presentation", inputSchema={ "type": "object", "properties": { "presentation_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the presentation to add the slide to", }, "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Title of the slide", }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "Content/body text of the slide. " "Separate main points with a single carriage return character." "Make sub-points with tab character." "Do not use bullet points, asterisks or dashes for points." "Max main points is 4" }, }, "required": ["presentation_name", "title", "content"], }, ), - src/powerpoint/server.py:510-531 (handler)Dispatch logic in the call_tool handler that validates arguments and invokes the presentation manager method.
elif name == "add-slide-title-content": presentation_name = arguments.get("presentation_name") title = arguments.get("title") content = arguments.get("content") if not all([presentation_name, title, content]): raise ValueError("Missing required arguments") if presentation_name not in presentation_manager.presentations: raise ValueError(f"Presentation not found: {presentation_name}") try: slide = presentation_manager.add_title_with_content_slide(presentation_name, title, content) except Exception as e: raise ValueError(f"Unable to add slide '{title}' to presentation: {presentation_name}") return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text=f"Added slide '{title}' to presentation: {presentation_name}" ) ] - src/powerpoint/server.py:127-148 (schema)Input schema defining parameters: presentation_name (string, required), title (string, required), content (string with formatting instructions, required).
inputSchema={ "type": "object", "properties": { "presentation_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the presentation to add the slide to", }, "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Title of the slide", }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "Content/body text of the slide. " "Separate main points with a single carriage return character." "Make sub-points with tab character." "Do not use bullet points, asterisks or dashes for points." "Max main points is 4" }, }, "required": ["presentation_name", "title", "content"], }, - Helper utility that parses content string using line feeds for main bullets and tabs for sub-bullets, applying proper paragraph levels in PowerPoint.
def _add_formatted_bullets(self, text_frame, text_block): """ Process a text block and add paragraphs with proper bullet indentation using ASCII code detection: - ASCII 10 (LF) or ASCII 13 (CR) or combination for new lines (main bullets) - ASCII 9 (HT) for tab indentation (sub-bullets) Args: text_frame: The PowerPoint text frame to add text to text_block: String of text to process """ # First, normalize all line endings to a single format # Replace CR+LF (Windows) with a single marker normalized_text = text_block.replace('\r\n', '\n') # Replace any remaining CR (old Mac) with LF normalized_text = normalized_text.replace('\r', '\n') # Split the text block into lines using ASCII 10 (LF) lines = normalized_text.split('\n') # Clear any existing text if text_frame.paragraphs: p = text_frame.paragraphs[0] p.text = "" else: p = text_frame.add_paragraph() # Process the first line separately (if it exists) if lines and lines[0].strip(): first_line = lines[0] # Count leading tabs (ASCII 9) to determine indentation level level = 0 while first_line and ord(first_line[0]) == 9: # ASCII 9 is HT (tab) level += 1 first_line = first_line[1:] p.text = first_line.strip() p.level = level # Process remaining lines for line in lines[1:]: if not line.strip(): continue # Skip empty lines # Count leading tabs (ASCII 9) to determine indentation level level = 0 while line and ord(line[0]) == 9: # ASCII 9 is HT (tab) level += 1 line = line[1:] # Add the paragraph with proper indentation p = text_frame.add_paragraph() p.text = line.strip() p.level = level