pediatric-ai-scribe-v3/scripts/render_pptx.py
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feat: the model designs the deck instead of writing markdown for a parser to guess at
Markdown could express about five of the things the renderer can draw, so the
model had no way to say "put this figure beside these three bullets" or "make
this a comparison with two labelled columns" — my parser inferred a layout from
the shape of a list, and inferring is what made every deck look the same.

A presentation is now described as a deck: the model returns JSON naming a
layout per slide and the prompt it wants each figure drawn from. Four layouts
were added to the renderer for it — two tinted labelled columns for a
comparison, a callout card for a red flag or a dose, a figure beside its
bullets, and a full-slide figure. Articles stay markdown, which is what prose
wants.

Markdown is still produced, serialised from the deck, so Word export and text
editing keep working and the stored artifact stays readable by a person. The
deck is stored alongside it because that serialisation is lossy by design:
round-tripping through markdown would throw away exactly the layout choices this
was built to capture. A resource made before this, or an article forced into
slides, still renders by inferring from its markdown.

Nothing here can cost more than the thing that went wrong. A reply that is not a
deck falls back to asking for markdown rather than saving the model's apology; a
malformed slide degrades to bullets rather than throwing; a comparison with one
column is not a comparison; a figure that cannot be queued leaves a slide of
text rather than an empty frame; and JSON wrapped in fences or a covering
sentence is read rather than refused.

Verified live on "croup versus epiglottitis": the model chose section, bullets,
table, compare, figure, callout and image layouts across thirteen slides, and
the exported deck was rendered to PDF, rasterised and looked at — the comparison
renders as two tinted cards, the red flag as a callout, and the figure sits
beside its bullets.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Dv6sqaY6Vq3ChZHMem3cnU
2026-09-11 19:49:55 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Render a slide deck from a JSON spec on stdin to a .pptx file.
Replaces pandoc's pptx writer, which could only map markdown onto a handful of
reference layouts. Everything that made those decks look generated is decided
here instead: which layout a slide gets, how large its text is, where an image
sits and at what aspect ratio, how a table is drawn.
Input (stdin, JSON):
{"title": str, "subtitle": str, "date": str,
"slides": [ {...} ],
"images": [ "/abs/path.png", ... ] }
Each slide is one of:
{"type": "title", "heading": str, "subtitle": str}
{"type": "section", "heading": str}
{"type": "bullets", "heading": str, "bullets": [{"text":str,"level":int}], "notes": str}
{"type": "two", "heading": str, "left": [...], "right": [...]}
{"type": "table", "heading": str, "header": [str], "rows": [[str]]}
{"type": "image", "heading": str, "image": str, "caption": str}
Output: argv[1], a .pptx path. Errors go to stderr and exit non-zero, so the
caller can fall back rather than ship a broken file.
"""
import json
import sys
import os
from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Emu, Pt
from pptx.dml.color import RGBColor
from pptx.enum.text import PP_ALIGN, MSO_ANCHOR
try:
from PIL import Image
except Exception: # pragma: no cover - Pillow is installed alongside
Image = None
# 16:9. Pandoc's default reference doc is 4:3, which is why those decks looked
# dated before anything else about them did.
SLIDE_W = Emu(12192000)
SLIDE_H = Emu(6858000)
MARGIN = Emu(685800) # 0.75"
HEADING_TOP = Emu(457200) # 0.5"
HEADING_H = Emu(1005840) # 1.1"
BODY_TOP = HEADING_TOP + HEADING_H + Emu(228600) # clears the accent rule
BODY_H = SLIDE_H - BODY_TOP - MARGIN
BODY_W = SLIDE_W - MARGIN * 2
INK = RGBColor(0x1F, 0x29, 0x37)
MUTED = RGBColor(0x4B, 0x55, 0x63)
ACCENT = RGBColor(0x25, 0x63, 0xEB)
RULE = RGBColor(0xE5, 0xE7, 0xEB)
PAPER = RGBColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)
FONT = "Calibri"
# Text is sized to fit rather than left to the renderer's autofit, which only
# some viewers honour and which LibreOffice ignores entirely when converting to
# PDF — the reason slides were being cut off mid-sentence.
BULLET_SIZES = [26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14]
CHARS_PER_LINE_AT_24PT = 62.0
def _blank(prs):
return prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[6])
def _textbox(slide, left, top, width, height):
box = slide.shapes.add_textbox(left, top, width, height)
frame = box.text_frame
frame.word_wrap = True
frame.margin_left = 0
frame.margin_right = 0
frame.margin_top = 0
frame.margin_bottom = 0
return frame
def _run(paragraph, text, size, bold=False, color=INK, italic=False):
run = paragraph.add_run()
run.text = text
run.font.size = Pt(size)
run.font.bold = bold
run.font.italic = italic
run.font.name = FONT
run.font.color.rgb = color
return run
def _heading(slide, text, accent_rule=True):
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, HEADING_TOP, BODY_W, HEADING_H)
frame.vertical_anchor = MSO_ANCHOR.BOTTOM
para = frame.paragraphs[0]
# Long headings shrink rather than wrapping into the body.
size = 34 if len(text) <= 52 else (30 if len(text) <= 74 else 26)
_run(para, text, size, bold=True)
if accent_rule:
bar = slide.shapes.add_shape(1, MARGIN, HEADING_TOP + HEADING_H + Emu(45720), Emu(548640), Emu(45720))
bar.fill.solid()
bar.fill.fore_color.rgb = ACCENT
bar.line.fill.background()
bar.shadow.inherit = False
def _estimate_lines(text, size, width_frac=1.0):
"""How many wrapped lines this run of text will take at this size."""
if not text:
return 1
per_line = max(12.0, CHARS_PER_LINE_AT_24PT * (24.0 / size) * width_frac)
return max(1, int(len(text) / per_line) + (1 if len(text) % per_line else 0))
def _fit_size(items, width_frac=1.0, available_h_emu=None):
"""Largest size from BULLET_SIZES at which every bullet fits the body box."""
available = available_h_emu if available_h_emu is not None else int(BODY_H)
for size in BULLET_SIZES:
line_emu = Pt(size * 1.35).emu
gap_emu = Pt(size * 0.55).emu
total = 0
for item in items:
total += _estimate_lines(item.get("text", ""), size, width_frac) * line_emu + gap_emu
if total <= available:
return size
return BULLET_SIZES[-1]
def _hang(para, size, level):
"""Wrapped lines align under the text, not back at the margin.
python-pptx exposes no indent API, so this writes marL/indent onto a:pPr
directly. Without it every bullet that wrapped ran back to the left edge,
which is the clearest single tell that a deck was generated rather than
made."""
indent = int(Pt(size * 0.95).emu)
left = indent * (level + 1)
pPr = para._pPr if para._pPr is not None else para._p.get_or_add_pPr()
pPr.set("marL", str(left))
pPr.set("indent", str(-indent))
def _bullets(frame, items, size, width_frac=1.0):
first = True
for item in items:
text = (item.get("text") or "").strip()
if not text:
continue
para = frame.paragraphs[0] if first else frame.add_paragraph()
first = False
level = min(int(item.get("level") or 0), 4)
para.level = level
para.space_after = Pt(size * 0.55)
_hang(para, size, level)
marker = "" if level == 0 else " "
_run(para, marker, size, color=ACCENT if level == 0 else MUTED)
# Inline **bold** is kept, because emphasis is most of what a bullet has.
for chunk, bold in _split_bold(text):
_run(para, chunk, size, bold=bold, color=INK if level == 0 else MUTED)
def _split_bold(text):
out = []
rest = text
while "**" in rest:
before, _, after = rest.partition("**")
if before:
out.append((before, False))
bold, sep, remainder = after.partition("**")
if not sep:
out.append(("**" + bold, False))
return out
out.append((bold, True))
rest = remainder
if rest:
out.append((rest, False))
return out or [(text, False)]
def _notes(slide, text):
if not text:
return
slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame.text = text
def slide_title(prs, spec):
slide = _blank(prs)
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, Emu(2057400), BODY_W, Emu(1828800))
frame.vertical_anchor = MSO_ANCHOR.MIDDLE
para = frame.paragraphs[0]
heading = spec.get("heading") or "Untitled"
_run(para, heading, 44 if len(heading) <= 60 else 36, bold=True)
for line in [spec.get("subtitle"), spec.get("date")]:
if not line:
continue
sub = frame.add_paragraph()
sub.space_before = Pt(10)
_run(sub, line, 18, color=MUTED)
bar = slide.shapes.add_shape(1, MARGIN, Emu(1874520), Emu(1097280), Emu(54864))
bar.fill.solid()
bar.fill.fore_color.rgb = ACCENT
bar.line.fill.background()
bar.shadow.inherit = False
return slide
def slide_section(prs, spec):
slide = _blank(prs)
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, Emu(2743200), BODY_W, Emu(1371600))
frame.vertical_anchor = MSO_ANCHOR.MIDDLE
para = frame.paragraphs[0]
_run(para, spec.get("heading") or "", 36, bold=True, color=ACCENT)
return slide
def slide_bullets(prs, spec):
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
items = spec.get("bullets") or []
size = _fit_size(items)
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, BODY_TOP, BODY_W, BODY_H)
_bullets(frame, items, size)
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_two(prs, spec):
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
gutter = Emu(457200)
col_w = Emu(int((BODY_W - gutter) / 2))
left_items = spec.get("left") or []
right_items = spec.get("right") or []
size = min(_fit_size(left_items, 0.46), _fit_size(right_items, 0.46))
for index, items in enumerate((left_items, right_items)):
if not items:
continue
left = MARGIN + (col_w + gutter) * index
frame = _textbox(slide, left, BODY_TOP, col_w, BODY_H)
_bullets(frame, items, size, width_frac=0.46)
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_table(prs, spec):
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
header = spec.get("header") or []
rows = spec.get("rows") or []
if not header and not rows:
return slide
cols = max(len(header), max((len(r) for r in rows), default=1))
body_rows = len(rows) + (1 if header else 0)
height = min(int(BODY_H), Emu(int(365760 * body_rows)))
shape = slide.shapes.add_table(body_rows, cols, MARGIN, BODY_TOP, BODY_W, height)
table = shape.table
# Sized to the row count: eleven rows at one size is unreadable, four is airy.
size = 16 if body_rows <= 6 else (13 if body_rows <= 9 else 11)
def write(cell, text, bold, color):
cell.text = ""
cell.margin_left = Emu(91440)
cell.margin_right = Emu(91440)
cell.margin_top = Emu(45720)
cell.margin_bottom = Emu(45720)
cell.vertical_anchor = MSO_ANCHOR.MIDDLE
para = cell.text_frame.paragraphs[0]
for chunk, is_bold in _split_bold(text or ""):
_run(para, chunk, size, bold=bold or is_bold, color=color)
offset = 0
if header:
for c in range(cols):
cell = table.cell(0, c)
write(cell, header[c] if c < len(header) else "", True, PAPER)
cell.fill.solid()
cell.fill.fore_color.rgb = ACCENT
offset = 1
for r, row in enumerate(rows):
for c in range(cols):
cell = table.cell(r + offset, c)
write(cell, row[c] if c < len(row) else "", False, INK)
cell.fill.solid()
cell.fill.fore_color.rgb = PAPER if r % 2 == 0 else RGBColor(0xF9, 0xFA, 0xFB)
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_image(prs, spec):
"""A figure sized to its own aspect ratio, never stretched to a box."""
slide = _blank(prs)
heading = spec.get("heading") or ""
if heading:
_heading(slide, heading)
top, avail_h = BODY_TOP, BODY_H
else:
top, avail_h = MARGIN, SLIDE_H - MARGIN * 2
path = spec.get("image")
caption = (spec.get("caption") or "").strip()
caption_h = Emu(365760) if caption else Emu(0)
avail_h = Emu(int(avail_h - caption_h))
ratio = 1.0
if Image is not None and path and os.path.exists(path):
try:
with Image.open(path) as img:
if img.height:
ratio = img.width / float(img.height)
except Exception:
ratio = 1.0
# Fit inside the box, preserving aspect, then centre it.
width = int(BODY_W)
height = int(width / ratio) if ratio else int(avail_h)
if height > int(avail_h):
height = int(avail_h)
width = int(height * ratio)
left = Emu(int((SLIDE_W - width) / 2))
if path and os.path.exists(path):
slide.shapes.add_picture(path, left, Emu(int(top)), Emu(width), Emu(height))
if caption:
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, Emu(int(top) + height + 91440), BODY_W, caption_h)
para = frame.paragraphs[0]
para.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER
_run(para, caption, 14, color=MUTED, italic=True)
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_compare(prs, spec):
"""Two labelled columns on tinted cards — the layout a differential, a
mild-versus-severe or a before-and-after actually wants, and the one
markdown had no way to ask for."""
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
gutter = Emu(365760)
col_w = Emu(int((BODY_W - gutter) / 2))
columns = (spec.get("columns") or [])[:2]
tints = [RGBColor(0xEF, 0xF6, 0xFF), RGBColor(0xFE, 0xF3, 0xC7)]
edges = [ACCENT, RGBColor(0xD9, 0x77, 0x06)]
sizes = [_fit_size(c.get("bullets") or [], 0.44, int(BODY_H) - int(Emu(548640)))
for c in columns] or [BULLET_SIZES[0]]
size = min(sizes)
for index, column in enumerate(columns):
left = MARGIN + (col_w + gutter) * index
card = slide.shapes.add_shape(5, left, BODY_TOP, col_w, BODY_H) # rounded rect
card.fill.solid()
card.fill.fore_color.rgb = tints[index % 2]
card.line.color.rgb = edges[index % 2]
card.line.width = Pt(1)
card.shadow.inherit = False
card.text_frame.text = ""
label = _textbox(slide, left + Emu(228600), BODY_TOP + Emu(182880),
Emu(int(col_w) - 457200), Emu(365760))
_run(label.paragraphs[0], (column.get("label") or "").upper(), 14,
bold=True, color=edges[index % 2])
frame = _textbox(slide, left + Emu(228600), BODY_TOP + Emu(640080),
Emu(int(col_w) - 457200), Emu(int(BODY_H) - 822960))
_bullets(frame, column.get("bullets") or [], size, width_frac=0.44)
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_callout(prs, spec):
"""One thing worth stopping on: a red flag, a dose, a rule of thumb."""
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
card = slide.shapes.add_shape(5, MARGIN, BODY_TOP, BODY_W, Emu(int(BODY_H * 0.62)))
card.fill.solid()
card.fill.fore_color.rgb = RGBColor(0xFE, 0xF3, 0xC7)
card.line.color.rgb = RGBColor(0xD9, 0x77, 0x06)
card.line.width = Pt(1.5)
card.shadow.inherit = False
card.text_frame.text = ""
text = (spec.get("text") or "").strip()
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN + Emu(457200), BODY_TOP + Emu(365760),
Emu(int(BODY_W) - 914400), Emu(int(BODY_H * 0.62) - 731520))
frame.vertical_anchor = MSO_ANCHOR.MIDDLE
para = frame.paragraphs[0]
para.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER
size = 28 if len(text) <= 90 else (22 if len(text) <= 180 else 18)
for chunk, bold in _split_bold(text):
_run(para, chunk, size, bold=bold or True, color=RGBColor(0x78, 0x35, 0x0F))
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
def slide_figure(prs, spec):
"""A figure beside its text, rather than alone on a slide of its own."""
slide = _blank(prs)
_heading(slide, spec.get("heading") or "")
gutter = Emu(365760)
text_w = Emu(int((BODY_W - gutter) * 0.46))
img_w = Emu(int((BODY_W - gutter) * 0.54))
items = spec.get("bullets") or []
size = _fit_size(items, 0.42)
frame = _textbox(slide, MARGIN, BODY_TOP, text_w, BODY_H)
_bullets(frame, items, size, width_frac=0.42)
path = spec.get("image")
if path and os.path.exists(path):
ratio = 1.0
if Image is not None:
try:
with Image.open(path) as img:
if img.height:
ratio = img.width / float(img.height)
except Exception:
ratio = 1.0
width = int(img_w)
height = int(width / ratio) if ratio else int(BODY_H)
if height > int(BODY_H):
height = int(BODY_H)
width = int(height * ratio)
left = MARGIN + text_w + gutter + Emu(int((int(img_w) - width) / 2))
top = BODY_TOP + Emu(int((int(BODY_H) - height) / 2))
slide.shapes.add_picture(path, left, top, Emu(width), Emu(height))
_notes(slide, spec.get("notes"))
return slide
BUILDERS = {
"title": slide_title,
"section": slide_section,
"bullets": slide_bullets,
"two": slide_two,
"table": slide_table,
"image": slide_image,
"compare": slide_compare,
"callout": slide_callout,
"figure": slide_figure,
}
def main():
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print("usage: render_pptx.py <output.pptx> (spec on stdin)", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
spec = json.load(sys.stdin)
prs = Presentation()
prs.slide_width = SLIDE_W
prs.slide_height = SLIDE_H
slides = spec.get("slides") or []
if not slides:
print("spec contains no slides", file=sys.stderr)
return 3
for item in slides:
BUILDERS.get(item.get("type") or "bullets", slide_bullets)(prs, item)
prs.save(sys.argv[1])
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())