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[0.0.2] - 2026-07-09

Patch Changes

  • #7 4bd5377 Thanks @sbroenne! - Replaced manual CHANGELOG.md editing and the fragile awk/sed-based release-notes extraction with changesets: contributors now add a small .changeset/*.md fragment describing their change, CI enforces one is present (or the skip-changelog label), and scripts/Build-Changelog.ps1 compiles pending fragments into CHANGELOG.md and the GitHub Release body at release time. See docs/RELEASE-STRATEGY.md for the full process.

  • #7 4bd5377 Thanks @sbroenne! - Added PowerPoint-branded icon assets for the VS Code extension, the MCPB bundle, and the gh-pages documentation site, replacing the generic/missing icons used previously.

All notable changes to the PowerPoint MCP Server are documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

0.0.1 - 2026-07-09

Added

  • MCP server with 31 tools across 10 domains: Presentation (create, open, save, close, list sessions), Slide (add, count, delete), Shape (rectangle, text box, count, delete, position, size), Text (set/get text, font size, bold, font color), Table (add, set/get cell text), Notes (set/get), Layout (set/get), Image (add picture), Chart (add, get data), and Export (slide / all slides to image) for visual verification.
  • Live PowerPoint COM automation via an STA thread with an OLE message filter; one long-lived session per open presentation, addressed by sessionId.
  • Resilient shutdown: sessions are disposed on host shutdown with exponential backoff so no POWERPNT.exe process is orphaned.
  • Non-blocking create_presentation: creates and keeps the deck open, returning a sessionId immediately (~2s instead of ~90-210s).
  • Distribution: NuGet .NET tools (Sbroenne.PowerPointMcp.McpServer → mcp-powerpoint, Sbroenne.PowerPointMcp.CLI → pptcli), MCP Registry manifest, and a Claude Desktop MCPB bundle.
  • Agent skill pack and documentation site at powerpointmcpserver.dev.