# PPTX Maker

Generate or restyle a PowerPoint deck.

- Repository: https://github.com/kirodotdev/KiroCrew (4711 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add kirodotdev/KiroCrew --skill pptx-maker -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add kirodotdev/KiroCrew --skill pptx-maker -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add kirodotdev/KiroCrew --skill pptx-maker -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add kirodotdev/KiroCrew --skill pptx-maker -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Generate or restyle a PowerPoint deck. Use when the user wants to create or edit a .pptx presentation, build slides from text or a URL, or design a reusable slide style.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# PPTX Maker

Builds real `.pptx` files through the PPTX Maker app, which wraps the public
`spec-driven-presentation-maker` engine. The engine's tools are exposed as the
`@sdpm/*` MCP tool family, and they are only available inside this app's own
agents, so slide generation happens by switching to one of those agents, not by
calling the tools from a general chat session.

## Which agent to use

| Agent | Use it for |
|---|---|
| `pptx-maker-spec` | An important deck. Works through a brief, an outline and an art direction with the user, then delegates composition. |
| `pptx-maker-vibe` | A fast draft from a URL, pasted text, or a one-line brief. Few questions. |
| `pptx-maker-composer` | Slide composition itself, invoked as a sub-agent by the two above, not directly. |
| `pptx-maker-style` | Creating a reusable style guide through conversation. |

If the user asks for a presentation in an ordinary chat session, point them at
the **PPTX Maker** page in the dashboard: the studio there runs these agents
beside a live preview of each deliverable, which is the experience the app is
built around. Generating a deck outside it works but shows the user nothing until
the file lands.
PPTX Maker is off by default: the page only appears once the user enables the
app, so if they cannot find it, tell them to enable it first.

## How a deck gets built

1. The agent calls `@sdpm/init_presentation` to create the deck directory.
2. It writes `specs/brief.md`, then `specs/outline.md`, then the art direction.
   The studio shows each file as it appears, so write them as you finish them
   rather than all at the end.
3. Slides are composed one at a time into `slides/<slug>.json` and rendered to
   `compose/<slug>_<epoch>.json`.
4. `@sdpm/generate_pptx` writes `output.pptx` in the deck directory.

The outline's `- [slug]` lines are what determine slide order, so keep that
format.

## Styles and templates

The rest: https://github.com/kirodotdev/KiroCrew/blob/HEAD/src/kiro_crew/builtin_skills/pptx-maker/SKILL.md