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DimensionCodex SlidesThe open-source AI slide studio that lives inside CodexNPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS67 / 100 · C79 / 100 · B
Reliability11 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions12 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance14 / 2018 / 20
Documentation17 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers and teams already using Codex who want decks made inside their coding agent
  • Workflows that need image-native slides with high visual fidelity
  • Reports and launches that turn research, data, or documents into PPTX/PDF
  • Users who want project data on their own disk with no extra API keys
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Users who need individually editable PowerPoint shapes and text boxes (export is currently full-slide images)
  • Users on clients other than Codex, such as Claude Desktop (installation is a Codex plugin)
  • Users needing live collaboration or shareable read-only present links (not shipped)
  • Users needing video or animated slide export (still exploring)
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Read and write the local project data directory (default <repo>/data, or the OS app-data directory for desktop builds)
  • Access the local HTTP service (default http://127.0.0.1:4311)
  • Network access for deep web research and image generation
  • Reuse existing codex login credentials for text, research, and image generation
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • Exported PPTX text is not editable because each slide is a full-slide image
  • Slide quality depends on the underlying models and prompts, so regeneration may be needed
  • Project data, uploaded sources, and generated images stay on disk and can contain sensitive material — do not commit them
  • Community-style previews keep their upstream licenses and attribution; the project's MIT license does not relicense them, so check source terms before redistributing
  • Downloaded desktop builds are not notarized, so macOS and Windows may require manual approval on first launch
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsCodexClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
Tools3819