| name | banana-cli |
| description | CLI tool for creating, managing, and exporting AI-generated presentations via the Banana Slides API. Use when the user asks to: (1) generate a PPT/presentation/slides from an idea, outline, or description, (2) export a project to PPTX, PDF, or images, (3) batch-generate multiple presentations, (4) manage projects, pages, materials, or templates programmatically, (5) renovate/redesign an existing PPT or PDF, (6) edit slide images with natural language.
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banana-cli
CLI for creating, managing, and exporting AI-generated presentations.
Environment Check
Before running any command, verify the backend is reachable:
curl -sf http://localhost:5011/health
If this fails, the backend is not running. Read references/setup.md and follow the steps to clone the repo, configure .env, and start the backend. Do not proceed until the health check passes.
Invocation
banana-cli <command> [options]
If banana-cli is not on PATH, use uv run banana-cli from the project root, or install globally with uv tool install .
End-to-End Workflow
result=$(banana-cli --json projects create --creation-type idea --idea-prompt "Your topic")
project_id=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.data.project_id')
banana-cli projects use "$project_id"
banana-cli workflows full --language zh --pages 8
banana-cli exports pptx --output ./slides.pptx
Once a working project is set, --project-id is optional on all subsequent commands.
Key Patterns
Short ID prefix matching
All --project-id and --page-id accept short prefixes (like git short hashes):
banana-cli projects get a1b2
banana-cli pages edit-image --page-id b9c8 --instruction "change title to red"
Working project context
Avoid repeating --project-id by setting a working project:
banana-cli projects use a1b2
banana-cli workflows outline
banana-cli projects use
banana-cli projects unuse
Page count control
--pages is a hint to the AI — actual page count may differ. The CLI warns on stderr when they don't match.
banana-cli workflows outline --pages 5
banana-cli workflows full --pages 10 --language en
Export with auto-download
banana-cli exports pptx --output ./slides.pptx
banana-cli exports pdf --output ./report.pdf
banana-cli exports pptx
Batch generation
cat > jobs.jsonl << 'EOF'
{"job_id":"t1","job_type":"full_generation","creation_type":"idea","idea_prompt":"AI Intro","language":"zh","export":{"formats":["pptx"]}}
{"job_id":"t2","job_type":"full_generation","creation_type":"idea","idea_prompt":"ML Basics","language":"zh","export":{"formats":["pptx","pdf"]}}
EOF
banana-cli run jobs --file jobs.jsonl --report report.json --state-file state.json
Renovate existing PPT
banana-cli renovation create --file /absolute/path/to/slides.pptx --language zh
JSON output for scripting
banana-cli --json projects list | jq '.data.projects[].project_id'
Important Notes
- File path arguments (
--file, --image) require absolute paths
- Async tasks (descriptions, images, editable export) wait by default and show progress on stderr. Pass
--no-wait to get a task_id immediately
--wait / tasks wait can be interrupted (Ctrl+C) and resumed anytime — backend tasks are unaffected- Progress lines go to stderr (format:
[PROGRESS] STAGE STATUS completed/total), keeping stdout JSON clean
--help output is plain text when piped (non-TTY) — safe for agent consumption- Config priority: CLI args > env vars (
BANANA_CLI_*) > TOML config (~/.config/banana-slides/cli.toml) > defaults
Discovering Commands
Run banana-cli --help for the top-level command list, and banana-cli <command> --help for subcommand options. Help output is plain text when piped (non-TTY).
