clippit

name	clippit
description	PPTX automation with Clippit CLI (split, build, verify). Also supports DOCX and XLSX workflows via references.
allowed-tools	Bash(clippit:*)

Clippit CLI

Use clippit for deterministic OpenXml operations. Prefer it over manual zip/XML edits for .pptx, .docx, and .xlsx.

PowerPoint (primary)

Split a deck into single-slide files with a manifest:

clippit pptx split deck.pptx --output slides --manifest

Extract a subset of slides:

clippit pptx split deck.pptx --slides 1,3,6-9 --output subset

Build a deck from a manifest:

clippit pptx build init --output deck.json
clippit pptx build run deck.json --output built.pptx
clippit pptx verify built.pptx --format json

Verify any PPTX:

clippit pptx verify deck.pptx --format json

Other formats

For DOCX (build, compare, assemble, HTML conversion) and XLSX (create, to-html), see references/workflows.md.

Rules

• Run clippit pptx <command> --help for full options.
• Use --format json for machine-readable output.
• Prefer manifest scaffolding (pptx build init) over hand-authoring manifests.
• Validate generated files with the matching verify command.
• Success payloads go to stdout; errors are stderr JSON with a stable code.
• Do not overwrite user documents unless explicitly requested.

References

• references/workflows.md — multi-step recipes for PPTX, DOCX, XLSX.
• references/manifests.md — manifest examples and schema guidance.
• references/output.md — JSON contracts, exit codes, scripting patterns.