presentations-ai

Python client for the Presentations.AI REST API. Create, transform, and manage presentations programmatically — or wire up a Claude-powered chatbot that creates them in plain English.

When to use this

This package gives you two ways to create presentations:

You're building	Use	Install
A backend service / job queue / workflow that already knows what to create	PresentationsAI (direct REST client)	pip install presentations-ai
A Slack bot, AI agent, or chat product where users type in plain English	AgentRuntime (Claude + MCP)	pip install presentations-ai[agent]

Pick one or both — they live in the same package.

Installation

pip install presentations-ai             # direct REST client only
pip install presentations-ai[agent]     # adds Claude + MCP runtime

Quick start — direct REST client

from presentations_ai import PresentationsAI

client = PresentationsAI(api_key="pai_...")  # or set PRESENTATIONS_AI_API_KEY env var

result = client.create_from_topic(
    topic="Series B Pitch: AI-Powered Design Platform",
    export_type="pptx",
    slide_count=12,
)

# Result is a discriminated response — different export types return different fields
print(getattr(result, "url", None) or getattr(result, "docurl", None))

Quick start — Claude chatbot

from presentations_ai.agent import AgentRuntime

agent = AgentRuntime(anthropic_api_key="sk-ant-...")

response = agent.chat(
    "Create a 12-slide investor pitch deck for an AI-powered design platform",
    presentations_api_key="pai_...",
)

print(response.text)               # the agent's natural-language reply
print(response.presentation_url)   # The deck URL
print(response.document_id)        # For follow-up edits

API methods

All 9 methods on PresentationsAI (and the same on AsyncPresentationsAI):

Method	Purpose
create_from_topic()	Generate a presentation from a topic description
create_from_file()	Convert a file (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, etc.) into a presentation (max 25 MB)
create_single_slide()	Generate a single slide (always returns image)
create_from_content()	Create from structured slide objects with {title, section}
create_from_raw_content()	Transform raw text into slides
update_slides()	Edit specific slides in an existing presentation
refresh_presentation()	Regenerate an existing presentation, optionally with a new source file
authenticate()	Verify an API key without consuming credits
check_job_status()	Poll an async job started with callback_url or immediate_poll_url=True

Examples

# From a topic — Claude writes the deck for you
client.create_from_topic(
    topic="Q4 Growth Strategy for Enterprise Sales",
    export_type="pptx",
    slide_count=15,
    target_audience="leadership team",
    tone="professional",
)

# From a file (max 25 MB) — converts the file's content to slides
with open("annual-report-2024.pdf", "rb") as f:
    client.create_from_file(
        file=f.read(),
        file_name="annual-report-2024.pdf",
        export_type="pptx",
        instruction="summarize",   # or "enhance" / "preserve" / "instruction"
    )

# From raw text — turn meeting notes, articles, blog posts into a deck
client.create_from_raw_content(
    content="Our platform processed 2M+ presentations this quarter...",
    export_type="pptx",
    instruction="enhance",
    slide_count=10,
    target_audience="investors",
)

# From structured slides — you provide title + section text per slide
client.create_from_content(
    name="Product Launch Plan",
    slides=[
        {"title": "Market Opportunity", "section": "$4.2B TAM with 23% CAGR"},
        {"title": "Go-to-Market", "section": "Three-phase rollout, enterprise first"},
    ],
)

# Edit specific slides
client.update_slides(
    doc_id=12345,
    slides=[
        {"action": "update", "slide_content": "Revised Q4 outlook", "index": 0},
        {"action": "add", "slide_content": "Competitive analysis", "index": 5},
        {"action": "delete", "slide_content": "", "index": 8},
    ],
)

# Regenerate the whole deck (optionally with a new source file)
client.refresh_presentation(docid="12345")

# Verify your API key (no credits consumed)
auth = client.authenticate()
print(auth.message)  # "API key is valid"

Use update_slides for surgical edits, refresh_presentation to redo the whole deck.

Async support

Every method has an async counterpart on AsyncPresentationsAI:

from presentations_ai import AsyncPresentationsAI

async with AsyncPresentationsAI(api_key="pai_...") as client:
    result = await client.create_from_topic(
        topic="Q4 Product Roadmap",
        export_type="pptx",
    )

Polling async jobs

Long-running requests return an AsyncJobResponse instead of the final result. Poll with poll_until_complete:

from presentations_ai import poll_until_complete

job = client.create_from_topic(
    topic="2024 Annual Report",
    export_type="pdf",
    slide_count=30,
    callback_url="https://your-webhook.example.com/presentations",
)

if hasattr(job, "job_id"):
    result = poll_until_complete(client, job.job_id)
    print(result.url)

The async version is async_poll_until_complete.

Agent runtime — multi-turn conversations

Pass conversation history on follow-up turns so the bot can reference prior decks:

from presentations_ai.agent import AgentRuntime
from presentations_ai.agent.types import AgentMessage

agent = AgentRuntime(anthropic_api_key="sk-ant-...")
api_key = "pai_..."

turn1 = agent.chat(
    "Create a product roadmap presentation for Q1 2025",
    presentations_api_key=api_key,
)

turn2 = agent.chat(
    "Add a slide comparing our timeline against competitors",
    presentations_api_key=api_key,
    conversation_history=[
        AgentMessage(role="user", content="Create a product roadmap presentation for Q1 2025"),
        AgentMessage(role="assistant", content=turn1.text),
    ],
)

AgentResponse exposes text, presentation_url, document_id, animated_url, job_id, tool_calls, stop_reason, and usage.

Configuration

client = PresentationsAI(
    api_key="pai_...",         # or set PRESENTATIONS_AI_API_KEY env var
    base_url="...",            # default: https://api.presentations.ai
    timeout_ms=60_000,         # per-request timeout (default: 60s)
    max_retries=3,             # retries on 429/5xx with exponential backoff
)

Retries and timeouts

• Retries on 429 and 5xx with exponential backoff (1s base, 30s cap)
• Stops after 3 retries by default
• Times out after 60s per request — override with timeout_ms
• Does not retry on 4xx client errors (400/401/402/404) — those raise immediately

For requests that genuinely take longer (e.g. a 50-slide deck from a 25 MB PDF), use callback_url or immediate_poll_url=True to fire async, then poll.

Error handling

All errors inherit from PresentationsAIError and carry code, message, and remediation:

from presentations_ai import (
    PresentationsAI,
    AuthenticationError,
    InsufficientCreditsError,
    BadRequestError,
    RateLimitError,
)

try:
    result = client.create_from_topic(topic="...", export_type="pptx")
except AuthenticationError as e:
    print(e.code, e.remediation)        # "API_UNAUTHORIZED", "Verify your API key..."
except InsufficientCreditsError:
    print("Account is out of credits")
except BadRequestError as e:
    print(e.message)                     # e.g. "topic must be a non-empty string"
except RateLimitError:
    print("Too many requests")

Exception	HTTP	Meaning
AuthenticationError	401	Invalid or missing API key
InsufficientCreditsError	402	Account is out of credits
BadRequestError	400	Invalid request parameters
NotFoundError	404	Resource not found
RateLimitError	429	Too many requests (auto-retried)
InternalServerError	5xx	Server error (auto-retried)
APITimeoutError	—	Request exceeded timeout_ms
APIConnectionError	—	Could not reach the server
AgentError	—	Failure inside the Agent runtime (Anthropic / MCP)

Requirements

• Python >= 3.10
• Presentations.AI API key
• For AgentRuntime: an Anthropic API key (the runtime adds the MCP Connector beta header automatically)

License

MIT