@office-agents/powerpoint

PowerPoint Add-in with an integrated AI chat panel. Connects to major LLM providers using your own credentials (BYOK) and can read/write presentations through built-in tools, a sandboxed shell, and a virtual filesystem.

Install

Download manifest.prod.xml, then follow the instructions for your platform:

Windows

1. Insert → Add-ins → My Add-ins
2. Upload My Add-in
3. Select manifest.prod.xml
4. Open the add-in from the ribbon

macOS

1. Copy manifest.prod.xml to: ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint/Data/Documents/wef/
2. Restart PowerPoint
3. Insert → Add-ins → My Add-ins
4. Select the add-in

PowerPoint Web

1. Open powerpoint.office.com
2. Insert → Add-ins → More Add-ins
3. Upload My Add-in
4. Upload manifest.prod.xml

Tools

Tool	What it does
screenshot_slide	Take a screenshot of a slide for visual verification
list_slide_shapes	List all shapes on a slide with IDs, names, types, positions
read_slide_text	Read text content from slide shapes (by shape ID)
verify_slides	Verify slide layout and content
execute_office_js	Run raw Office.js inside PowerPoint.run (sandboxed)
edit_slide_text	Edit text in slide shapes via OOXML
edit_slide_xml	Edit raw slide XML for advanced layout changes
edit_slide_chart	Edit chart data and styling in slides
edit_slide_master	Edit slide master/layout themes
duplicate_slide	Duplicate an existing slide
read	Read text files and images from the virtual filesystem
bash	Run commands in the sandboxed shell

Bash custom commands

Command	What it does
pdf-to-text	Extract text from PDF files
pdf-to-images	Render PDF pages to PNG images
docx-to-text	Extract text from DOCX files
xlsx-to-csv	Convert uploaded spreadsheet files to CSV
insert-image	Insert an image into a slide
web-search	Search the web using configured provider
web-fetch	Fetch web pages/files into VFS

Development

pnpm dev-server:ppt    # Start dev server (https://localhost:3001)
pnpm start:ppt         # Launch PowerPoint with add-in sideloaded