PowerPoint Automation MCP server

This PowerPoint automation server works with Claude Desktop via the Model Control Protocol (MCP). It enables Claude to interact with Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations, add slides, modify content, and perform other PowerPoint-related tasks.

Installation

Using uvx (Quickest Method)

Run the following command to install and run the server:

uvx --from https://github.com/socamalo/PPT_MCP_Server.git mcp-ppt

Manual Installation

Install the required dependencies:

uv add fastmcp pywin32

Configuration

To configure Claude Desktop to use this MCP server, add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file located at %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ppts": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "path/to/main.py"]
    }
  }
}

If you're using a virtual environment or alternative Python executable:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ppts": {
      "command": "C:\\Path\\To\\Python\\Scripts\\uv.exe",
      "args": ["run", "C:\\Path\\To\\Project\\main.py"]
    }
  }
}

Using the PowerPoint MCP Server

After configuration, you can interact with PowerPoint through Claude Desktop using natural language commands:

Basic Operations

Initialize PowerPoint:

Could you open PowerPoint for me?

Create a new presentation:

Please create a new PowerPoint presentation.

Add a slide:

Add a new slide to the presentation.

Add content:

Add a text box to slide 1 with the text "Hello World".

Save the presentation:

Save the presentation to C:\Users\username\Documents\presentation.pptx

Available Functions

The server provides these PowerPoint automation functions:

• Initialize PowerPoint
• List all open presentations
• Open a presentation from a file
• Get all slides in a presentation
• Get text content of a slide
• Update text in a shape
• Save a presentation
• Close a presentation
• Create a new presentation
• Add a new slide
• Add a text box
• Set the title of a slide

System Requirements

• Windows with Microsoft PowerPoint installed
• Python 3.7+
• Claude Desktop client
• pywin32 and fastmcp Python packages

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "ppts" '{"command":"uv","args":["run","path/to/main.py"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For 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 > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

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

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "ppts": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "path/to/main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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 explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "ppts": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "path/to/main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect