| name | office-powerpoint |
| description | Read and write Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) files. Use when the user asks to read, analyze, create, or convert PowerPoint presentations. |
Read a PowerPoint file
Converts a .pptx to Markdown:
uv run --with python-pptx ~/.kiro/skills/office-powerpoint/scripts/read_pptx.py "<path_to_pptx>"
Save as .md file:
uv run --with python-pptx ~/.kiro/skills/office-powerpoint/scripts/read_pptx.py "<path_to_pptx>" "<output.md>"
Write a PowerPoint file
Preferred: Directly from markdown content (no intermediate file)
Pipe markdown content directly using --stdin:
echo '<markdown_content>' | uv run --with python-pptx ~/.kiro/skills/office-powerpoint/scripts/write_pptx.py --stdin "<output.pptx>"
For multi-line content, use a heredoc:
uv run --with python-pptx ~/.kiro/skills/office-powerpoint/scripts/write_pptx.py --stdin "<output.pptx>" <<'EOF'
- Bullet point 1
- Bullet point 2
> Speaker notes here
---
- More content
EOF
From an existing Markdown file
uv run --with python-pptx ~/.kiro/skills/office-powerpoint/scripts/write_pptx.py "<input.md>" "<output.pptx>"
If you had to create the .md file as an intermediate step, delete it after generating the pptx.
Markdown format for slides
--- separates slides# Title becomes the slide title## Subtitle becomes a subtitle (bold, larger font)- item becomes bullet points> text becomes speaker notes| col | col | tables are rendered as slide tables- Other text becomes body content
What gets extracted (read)
- Slide titles and text content with hierarchy
- Slide layout names
- Tables within slides as Markdown tables
- Speaker notes as blockquotes
- Bullet point levels preserved as nested lists
