Use PowerPoint with ChatGPT and Claude

• MacPartly
• WindowsPartly
• LinuxPartly

No built-in PowerPoint tool: the AI writes and runs a small Python script (python-pptx).

“Make a 5-slide .pptx from outline.md with one heading and three bullets per slide”
“List the slide titles in quarterly-review.pptx”

BCD has no PowerPoint tool of its own. The AI writes a Python script with the python-pptx library and runs it on your computer, so it can read slide text, make new decks and change text.

• Needs Python and the python-pptx package (the AI can install it if you allow commands).
• Layouts and themes are basic compared with editing in PowerPoint.

Do I need PowerPoint installed?
Python with python-pptx. PowerPoint itself is not needed.

Does it work on Windows and Linux?
Mac: partly, Windows: partly, Linux: partly. No built-in PowerPoint tool: the AI writes and runs a small Python script (python-pptx).

Which AI apps can do this?
ChatGPT (BCD is in its plugin directory), Claude (as a custom connector) and other apps that support MCP connectors, including Codex. They all use the same computer with the same permissions.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Writing files, running commands and controlling apps are turned on per computer, and BCD reaches only the folders you allow.

Try it on your computer

One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card. New accounts get Personal (3 computers) free for the first month.