DeckCraft Use

Plugin marketplaces

This plugin belongs to AIGC content creation.

Category	Marketplace	Purpose
Full-stack development	Full Stack Plugins	Architecture and UI design, code understanding, quality checks, code review, workflow governance, and server operations
AIGC content creation	Full AIGC Plugins	Image, video, audio, music, 3D, and multimodal content creation

Author, inspect and export a real presentation from your agent host — one slide at a time, with the editable source deck kept as the deliverable.

English | 简体中文 · Install · Quick start · Skills · Troubleshooting

Positioning

deckcraft lets an agent host drive the DeckCraft engine through a bundled stdio MCP server and a set of presentation skills, so a request ends with an editable .deckcraft deck plus the exports you asked for. The plugin owns skill routing, the same-session editor bridge and package pinning. It does not replace DeckCraft, its engine, or the host runtime.

Property	Value
Plugin ID	deckcraft
Version	0.1.0-dev.20261018.4
Status	Development preview; production promotion blocked, all-host acceptance open
Editor runtime	Node.js 24, started from ui/bootstrap.mjs
Upstream reference	DeckCraft 0.3.0 (d0e57d7e25f9852179cc66be12dd6188f1c05535)
Optional CLI	deckcraft-cli, if your host already has it on PATH
License	Apache-2.0

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 24 on PATH; the bundled stdio MCP server runs on it.
• Network access on the first editor launch. The plugin downloads and verifies the pinned editor archive; a complete release ZIP already contains it, so no Rust toolchain and no npm install are required.
• A deckcraft-cli installation only if you want the native CLI path. The plugin never installs or upgrades it.
• A host that supports plugins or stdio MCP. Embedded panels additionally require MCP Apps or a built-in browser.

From the plugin marketplace

codex plugin marketplace add partme-ai/full-aigc-plugins
codex plugin add deckcraft@full-aigc-plugins

Restart the host, open a new task, and ask DeckCraft to start a deck.

Other host manifests

Host	Manifest	Path base
Standard Agent Plugins 1.0.0	plugin.json, mcp.json	${PLUGIN_ROOT}
Codex	.codex-plugin/plugin.json, .codex-plugin/mcp.json	plugin root relative to cwd
Claude Code	.claude-plugin/plugin.json, .mcp.json	${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}

Kimi (kimi.plugin.json), DeepSeek Harness (dsh/) and the WorkBuddy example (hosts/workbuddy/mcp.json) are also present. hosts/native-cli/mcp.json shows the optional deckcraft-cli mcp server instead of the bundled editor.

Quick start

flowchart LR
    A[Install plugin] --> B[Restart and open a task]
    B --> C[open_editor]
    C --> D{editor_status ready?}
    D -->|No| C
    D -->|Yes| E[new_presentation]
    E --> F[add_slide / add_shape / insert_chart]
    F --> G[inspect_slide]
    G --> H[save_presentation / export]

1. Open the editor with an explicit workspace argument.
2. Start a deck with new_presentation, or open an existing one with open_presentation.
3. Read list_commands before complex edits; command IDs and enabled state come from the live registry.
4. After each block of edits, call inspect_document or inspect_slide, and render_slide when you need a picture.
5. Save the .deckcraft source, then export. Reopen the source to confirm the slides are still editable.

What you can build

Workflow	Built-in path	Verifiable output
Pitch deck with problem, evidence and ask	deckcraft-pitch-deck	Slide-per-message deck with speaker notes
Weekly or status report	deckcraft-weekly-report	Progress, risk and next-step slides
Training courseware	deckcraft-training-slides	Explanation, example, exercise and recap slides
Data narrative	deckcraft-data-story + insert_chart	Chart bound to your data with title and labels
Brand template reuse	deckcraft-brand-template	Master-styled slides, consistent layouts
Redesign an existing deck	deckcraft-slide-redesign	Restructured deck, original retained
Option comparison	deckcraft-option-comparison + insert_table	Editable comparison table with units and sources
Delivery	save_presentation, export	Editable source plus PPTX, PDF or image output

Skills

Skill	What it does
deckcraft-use	Main entry: create, modify, inspect or export a deck through the connected MCP or an installed CLI
deckcraft-editor	Open the real editor in the host and keep agent edits on the same page
deckcraft-pitch-deck	Problem, solution, evidence and ask for a project pitch
deckcraft-weekly-report	Progress, issues, metrics and next-week plan
deckcraft-training-slides	Explanation, examples, exercises and recap
deckcraft-data-story	Data conclusion and business interpretation, with chart plans
deckcraft-brand-template	Master style and recurring layouts for a brand
deckcraft-slide-redesign	Restructure and visually improve an existing deck
deckcraft-option-comparison	Cost, lead time and risk compared in an editable table
deckcraft-scenario-playbooks	Step-by-step recipes for metric briefing, comparison, flow, risk matrix, trend, training Q&A and handoff

Skills come from the independent deckcraft-skills source and are pinned by scenario-candidates.json with per-skill SHA-256 digests. They carry scenario knowledge and execution contracts, not a second engine.

MCP tools

One bundled server, deckcraft-editor, speaking stdio. The local HTTP listener only serves the editor page and its same-session bridge. The catalogue exposes 33 tools: 28 agent-callable tools and 5 _editor_* bridge tools the panel uses internally.

Family	Tools	Purpose
Session	open_editor, open_browser_editor, editor_status	Open the editor and confirm that it attached
Discovery	list_commands, call_app	List live commands; call_app reaches app-level control methods (desktop app only)
Command gateway	run_command, batch	Run one command, or an ordered batch with explicit failure semantics
Deck management	new_presentation, open_presentation, save_presentation, export	Create, open, save and export
Slides	add_slide, go_to_slide, inspect_slide, render_slide	Add, navigate, read and render one slide
Content	add_shape, add_text_box, set_text, insert_picture, insert_table, insert_chart	Place and edit the objects a slide is made of
Inspection	inspect_document	Titles, page count, objects and text of the whole deck
Interaction	select, select_tool, pointer, key, type_text, screenshot	Drive the same paths a mouse and keyboard would; screenshot captures the whole window and needs the desktop app

Configuration

Setting	Where	Effect
workspace argument	open_editor / open_browser_editor	Binds the task folder; paths outside it are refused
CRAFT_EDITOR_UPDATE=off	stdio MCP env	Use the bundled editor only; no download attempt
CRAFT_EDITOR_CACHE_DIR	Environment	Absolute directory for verified editor archives
CRAFT_WORKSPACE_ROOT	Host MCP config	Workspace root for hosts that cannot pass it in a tool call

Claude Code also reads CRAFT_PANEL_METADATA_FILE from .mcp.json. Verified archives are cached under ~/.cache/full-aigc/editors; an active session keeps its version until closed, and a corrupt cache falls back to the bundled build.

Architecture and security

Agent ↔ plugin traffic is stdio MCP; the browser bridge listens on 127.0.0.1 only, with a random token and Host/Origin checks. Downloads are SHA-256 verified, and the bundled editor is always kept as a fallback. Skills are instructions and do not enforce policy at runtime. The plugin stores no credential and forwards no traffic to the authors.

The editor never claims a capability the upstream engine does not have. Format-specific limits, headless behaviour and unverified modes are recorded in compatibility, operation contract and verification. Source and licence details are in ATTRIBUTION.md.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Action
Editor tools are missing	Confirm the plugin is enabled, restart the host, open a new task
The panel does not render inside the host	Use the URL from open_browser_editor; the terminal provides no browser panel
First open stalls	The first launch downloads the pinned archive; retry with network, or set CRAFT_EDITOR_UPDATE=off
A PPTX import looks incomplete	Import is lenient and skips unknown or corrupt parts; validate the reopened deck
A write times out	Reopen or inspect the deck before retrying; the engine cannot promise exactly-once execution
deckcraft-cli is not found	Install it yourself, or stay on the bundled MCP server

Upgrade

codex plugin marketplace upgrade full-aigc-plugins
codex plugin add deckcraft@full-aigc-plugins

Release notes are in CHANGELOG.md; the published limits are recorded in docs/verification/release-candidate.json.

Contributing and support

Open issues at https://github.com/full-aigc-plugins/deckcraft-plugin/issues. Read AGENTS.md before touching skills or manifests, keep the root plugin.json as the identity source, and never commit user decks, credentials or local session data. Security and privacy expectations are in SECURITY.md and PRIVACY.md.

License

Original repository content is Apache-2.0. The icon is upstream DeckCraft artwork under MIT, recorded in assets/official-icon-source.json. Upstream DeckCraft is a separate project at https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft under MIT OR Apache-2.0; this plugin is an integration, not an endorsement.