PowerPoint Presentations MCP server

The PPTX MCP Server is a powerful tool that allows you to programmatically create, edit, and render PowerPoint presentations through an API. It leverages FastMCP to provide functionality for creating slides, adding content, inserting shapes and images, and rendering slides as PNG images.

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• LibreOffice (required for slide image rendering)

Installation

1. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install .
   

2. Optional: Install python-dotenv for development environment variables:

   pip install python-dotenv
   

3. Install LibreOffice (required for image rendering):

   • Linux:

     sudo pacman -S libreoffice-fresh
     

     or

     sudo apt install libreoffice
     

   • macOS:

     brew install --cask libreoffice
     

   • Windows: Download from libreoffice.org

Running the Server

Start the server with default settings:

python server.py

Configuring Host and Port

You can configure the server's host and port in two ways:

Using Environment Variables

HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=9000 python server.py

Using a .env File

Create or edit a .env file in the project root:

HOST=0.0.0.0
PORT=9000

Then start the server:

python server.py

For development with FastMCP:

fastmcp dev server.py

Available API Functions

The server provides the following functionality:

Presentation Management

• create_or_clear_presentation(filename) - Create a new or reset an existing presentation
• get_pptx_file(filename) - Download the generated presentation

Slide Operations

• add_slide(filename, layout_index) - Insert a new slide with the specified layout
• get_slide_content_description(filename, slide_index) - Get a text description of slide contents
• get_slide_image(filename, slide_index) - Render a slide as PNG image (requires LibreOffice)

Content Addition

• add_title_and_content(filename, slide_index, title, content) - Add title and content to a slide
• add_textbox(filename, slide_index, text, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches, font_size_pt, bold) - Add a custom textbox
• add_shape(filename, slide_index, shape_type_name, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches, text) - Insert shapes including flowchart elements
• add_picture(filename, slide_index, image, left_inches, top_inches, width_inches, height_inches) - Embed images into slides

Working with Templates

• Presentations are saved in the presentations/ directory
• Custom templates can be added to presentations/templates/

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.