mcp-name: dev.slideforge/slideforge

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.

⚠️ 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."

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

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

claude mcp add --transport http slideforge https://api.slideforge.dev/mcp/

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:

/plugin marketplace add smartdatabrokers/slideforge-mcp
/plugin install slideforge@slideforge-mcp

Or copy any folder from skills/ into ~/.claude/skills/ (personal) or .claude/skills/ (project).

Claude Desktop (OAuth — no key needed)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://api.slideforge.dev/mcp/ — sign in with Google on first use.

ChatGPT (Developer Mode)

Settings → Apps → Advanced → Developer mode → Add custom connector → https://api.slideforge.dev/mcp/ (OAuth).

Cursor / Windsurf / Codex CLI / any MCP client (API key)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slideforge": {
      "url": "https://api.slideforge.dev/mcp/",
      "transport": "streamable-http",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sf_live_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Get a key: slideforge.dev → Console → API keys. (Codex CLI and other AGENTS.md-native tools: see AGENTS.md.)

Run it locally (stdio — for container/offline clients)

Most clients should use the hosted remote server above (no install). But if your client boots MCP servers from a container or a local stdio process, run the bundled local server. It's a thin REST client over api.slideforge.dev — it holds no engine logic; the tool schemas are baked in locally (so discovery works offline, no key) and each call forwards to the SlideForge REST API authenticated with your key.

pip install slideforge-mcp        # or: uv pip install slideforge-mcp
export SLIDEFORGE_API_KEY=sf_live_YOUR_KEY
slideforge-mcp                    # speaks MCP over stdio

Or via Docker:

docker build -t slideforge-mcp .
docker run -i -e SLIDEFORGE_API_KEY=sf_live_YOUR_KEY slideforge-mcp

Client config (stdio):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slideforge": {
      "command": "slideforge-mcp",
      "env": { "SLIDEFORGE_API_KEY": "sf_live_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Schema discovery (tools/list) needs neither a key nor network; tool calls need the key.

LangChain / LlamaIndex (agent frameworks)

No SlideForge SDK needed — both load the MCP tools directly:

pip install langchain-mcp-adapters      # or: pip install llama-index-tools-mcp

from langchain_mcp_adapters.client import MultiServerMCPClient
client = MultiServerMCPClient({"slideforge": {
    "transport": "streamable_http",
    "url": "https://api.slideforge.dev/mcp/",
    "headers": {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}}})
tools = await client.get_tools()        # 7 tools, drop into any LangGraph agent

Runnable examples + the LlamaIndex equivalent: examples/. Need a key? Sign up — 60 free slides, no credit card — then grab it at console/keys.

REST (no MCP)

curl -X POST https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/render/intent \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sf_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"form": "kpi_metrics", "headline": "Q3 at a glance",
       "data": {"metrics": [{"label": "Revenue", "value": "$12.4M", "delta": "+18% YoY"},
                             {"label": "New clients", "value": "847"},
                             {"label": "NPS", "value": "62"}]}}'

Full REST reference: slideforge.dev/docs/api

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