What is keynote-mcp CLAUDE.md?

Project instructions for Keynote-MCP, an MCP server that lets AI assistants control Apple Keynote presentations through AppleScript automation.

Developing or checking the server, including its presentation, slide, content, and export tools.

They document how to install, run, test, and check the server's Python and AppleScript code.

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CLAUDE.md · 146 lines

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Overview

Keynote-MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to control Keynote presentations through AppleScript automation. The project features a modular architecture with theme-aware content management and comprehensive Python-AppleScript integration.

Development Commands

Testing

# Run server tests
python3 test_server.py

# Run modular architecture tests
python3 test_modular.py

# Check architecture integrity
python3 check_architecture.py

Running the Server

# Start MCP server
python3 mcp_server.py

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Dependencies Management

Python 3.8+ required
Dependencies defined in requirements.txt
Key dependencies: mcp>=1.0.0, aiohttp, Pillow, python-dotenv

Architecture Overview

Core Components

Server Architecture:

mcp_server.py: Entry point for MCP clients
src/server.py: Main MCP server implementation with KeynoteMCPServer class
src/tools/: Modular tool implementations (presentation, slide, content, export)
src/utils/: Utilities including AppleScriptRunner and error handling

AppleScript Modular Structure: The AppleScript code is organized into specialized modules in src/applescript/:

keynote_base.applescript: Core Keynote operations
presentation.applescript: Presentation management
slide.applescript: Slide operations
text_content.applescript: Text content handling
media_content.applescript: Image and media operations
shapes_tables.applescript: Shapes and table operations
formatting.applescript: Text and object formatting
object_management.applescript: Object manipulation
export.applescript: Export functionality

Key Design Patterns

Tool Organization: Each tool category is implemented as a separate class:

PresentationTools: Create, open, save, close presentations
SlideTools: Add, delete, move, duplicate slides
ContentTools: Add text, images, theme-aware content
ExportTools: PDF export, screenshots

Read the full file on GitHub · 146 lines

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keynote-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository betancur/keynote-mcp (11 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,041 tokens to every session, about $0.0042 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It comes from a forked repository.

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