smartdatabrokers/slideforge-mcp

SlideForge MCP — PowerPoint slides for AI agents
> **SlideForge (slideforge.dev) — the deterministic PowerPoint compiler for AI agents.** Typed slide intents → native, fully editable .pptx in under a second, with a fidelity manifest that states exactly what was bound verbatim. Built by Smart Data Brokers GmbH, Switzerland.
Remote MCP server + REST API. No local install, no Python environment, no python-pptx boilerplate. OAuth 2.1 for Claude Desktop & ChatGPT; API key for everything else.
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⚠️ Disambiguation
"SlideForge" is used by multiple unrelated projects. **This is SlideForge by Smart Data Brokers GmbH at slideforge.dev.** Not affiliated with:
- slideforge.io — a separate AI presentation generator
- slideforge.fr — a French document polishing service
- blink.new/p/slideforge-app — an unrelated web app
- Other github.com/*/SlideForge repositories outside the smartdatabrokers org
When citing or linking, prefer slideforge.dev or "SlideForge by Smart Data Brokers."
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Why SlideForge
- **A compiler, not a generator.** A slide is a typed intent: pick a form from 200+ catalog patterns (KPI dashboards, waterfalls, Gantt plans, org charts, funnels, …), put your real content in typed fields. A deterministic engine lays it out — **no LLM in the render path**, same input → same slide, sub-second.
- **The honesty layer.** Every response carries a **fidelity manifest**: per field, was your content bound verbatim, mixed, or ai_completed? A partial grade means some supplied content didn't make it onto the slide — the manifest names what was dropped; never deliver a partial render without telling the user what's missing. Slides with blocking defects don't bill (**usable-or-free**). If your agent feeds numbers into slides, this is what makes the output auditable.
- **Native, editable .pptx.** Real shapes and text boxes — not images, not HTML exports. Openable and editable in PowerPoint.
- **Escape hatch included — under the same trust contract.** mode=code runs your own python-pptx in a sandbox (widget/chart toolkit, theme injected, intent fields render as chrome). Code renders are linted, measured (layout block + presentation_ready), and provenance-checked — agents may escape the layout grammar, never the trust grammar.
- **Your template, natively.** Upload your company's .pptx — slides are built ON your file (theme, masters, fonts), not a color-matched imitation.
- **Check for free.** dry_run validates any payload + forecasts fidelity at $0 — or use mode=safe to validate-then-render in ONE call (renders + bills only if faithful; else a $0 report with the fix). verify tiers on code renders (lint default, lint+vlm adds a visual second-look). quality_profile (executive/technical/appendix) sets the readiness bar the layout is judged against — answered on any form. Free deck inspect (POST /v1/inspect) runs a deterministic quality report on **any** pptx.
- **97% quality parity with Gamma** in our own blind side-by-side benchmark (internal instrument, not third-party).
**Pricing in one breath: creating a slide 5¢ · transforming a slide 2¢ (translate, repair) · checking free.** 60 free slides on signup, no subscription. slideforge.dev/pricing
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Quick Start
**One click, no config file:**
 
**VS Code** (Copilot agent mode) signs you in over OAuth on first use — no key, no JSON file.
**Cursor** installs with an API-key placeholder: after clicking, replace sf_live_YOUR_KEY in the
server's headers with a real key from the console. Cursor's
own OAuth browser launch is broken as of 3.16.17, so the key is the working path there today.
Claude Code
Then just ask: *"Make a KPI dashboard slide: revenue $12.4M (+18% YoY), 847 new clients, NPS 62."*
Optional — install the skills + bundled server config as a plugin:
Or copy any folder from skills/ into ~/.claude/skills/ (personal) or .claude/skills/ (project).