PPT Master - Online Skill

Drop in your source material and get back a real PowerPoint: directly editable, with native slide transitions and entrance animations, speaker notes you can turn into audio narration, and the option to follow your own PPT template — a complete deck you can present as-is and keep editing.

⚠️ PPT Master is a harness, not a complete agent. harness + model = agent — the tool owns the workflow; the model sets the ceiling. To form a genuinely high-quality agent, use Claude with a large context window (~1M tokens) + AI image generation (gpt-image-2). Other models can run the pipeline but cannot reach the same quality ceiling. If results disappoint, upgrade the model — don't blame the harness.

How it works — PPT Master is a workflow (a "skill") that works inside AI IDEs like Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code + Copilot, or Codebuddy. You chat with the AI — "make a deck from this PDF" — and it follows the workflow to produce a real editable .pptx on your computer. No coding on your side; the IDE is just where the conversation happens.

What you'll do: install Python, install an AI IDE, drop in your material.

Why it's shaped this way — knowing how to use Python and AI agents will matter more and more. This project is meant to show how far you can go with just those two things. There's a learning curve if you're starting cold, but it's the curve worth climbing. Making a deck is just the excuse — what I'm really pushing is Python and agents.

PPT Master is different:

• Real PowerPoint — if a file can't be opened and edited in PowerPoint, it shouldn't be called a PPT. Every element PPT Master outputs is directly clickable and editable
• Transparent, predictable cost — the tool is free and open source; the only cost is your AI model usage. As AI tools move to usage-based billing, you pay exactly what you consume — no separate PPT subscription added on top
• Data stays local — your files shouldn't have to be uploaded to someone else's server just to make a presentation. Apart from AI model communication, the entire pipeline runs on your machine
• No platform lock-in — your workflow shouldn't be held hostage by any single company. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, and more; supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi, and other models

AI presentation tools roughly fall into four categories. PPT Master only does the last one:

The person using it matters more

The examples above were all made in a single pass — I didn't even refine them; spend some time polishing and it's a different story entirely. With the same PowerPoint, a designer can produce something stunning while most people only ever touch a few basic features — the difference isn't the tool, it's the person using it.

The best results do need Claude. Before you call it expensive, think about what it would cost to hire someone to produce a deck at the same level. The project also supports GPT, Gemini, Kimi, and other models — the results simply differ. Expecting top-tier output while paying the lowest possible cost was never reasonable to begin with.

Built by Hugo He

I'm a finance professional (CPA · CPV · Consulting Engineer (Investment)) who regularly reviews and edits presentation decks. I wanted AI-generated slides to remain editable in PowerPoint, not flattened into images — so I built this.

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