Create or edit PowerPoint presentations. Dual-mode skill: (1) Editing mode preserves existing templates via Open XML unpack/edit/repack when an existing .pptx is provided. (2) Generation mode creates new Metis-branded decks from a design system with 36 composable components and 5 layout grids. Includes brand extraction for client decks and visual QA via PowerPoint COM. Triggers on deck, slides, presentation, PPT, or any .pptx request.
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"""Remove unreferenced files from an unpacked PPTX directory.
Usage: python clean.py <unpacked_dir>
Example:
python clean.py unpacked/
This script removes:
- Orphaned slides (not in sldIdLst) and their relationships
- [trash] directory (unreferenced files)
- Orphaned .rels files for deleted resources
- Unreferenced media, embeddings, charts, diagrams, drawings, ink files
- Unreferenced theme files
- Unreferenced notes slides
- Content-Type overrides for deleted files
"""
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import defusedxml.minidom
import re
def get_slides_in_sldidlst(unpacked_dir: Path) -> set[str]:
pres_path = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "presentation.xml"
pres_rels_path = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "_rels" / "presentation.xml.rels"
if not pres_path.exists() or not pres_rels_path.exists():
return set()
rels_dom = defusedxml.minidom.parse(str(pres_rels_path))
rid_to_slide = {}
for rel in rels_dom.getElementsByTagName("Relationship"):
rid = rel.getAttribute("Id")
target = rel.getAttribute("Target")
rel_type = rel.getAttribute("Type")
if "slide" in rel_type and target.startswith("slides/"):
rid_to_slide[rid] = target.replace("slides/", "")
pres_content = pres_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
referenced_rids = set(re.findall(r'<p:sldId[^>]*r:id="([^"]+)"', pres_content))
return {rid_to_slide[rid] for rid in referenced_rids if rid in rid_to_slide}
def remove_orphaned_slides(unpacked_dir: Path) -> list[str]:
slides_dir = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "slides"
slides_rels_dir = slides_dir / "_rels"
pres_rels_path = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "_rels" / "presentation.xml.rels"
if not slides_dir.exists():
return []
referenced_slides = get_slides_in_sldidlst(unpacked_dir)
removed = []
for slide_file in slides_dir.glob("slide*.xml"):
if slide_file.name not in referenced_slides:
rel_path = slide_file.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
slide_file.unlink()
removed.append(str(rel_path))
rels_file = slides_rels_dir / f"{slide_file.name}.rels"
if rels_file.exists():
rels_file.unlink()
removed.append(str(rels_file.relative_to(unpacked_dir)))
if removed and pres_rels_path.exists():
rels_dom = defusedxml.minidom.parse(str(pres_rels_path))
changed = False
for rel in list(rels_dom.getElementsByTagName("Relationship")):
target = rel.getAttribute("Target")
if target.startswith("slides/"):
slide_name = target.replace("slides/", "")
if slide_name not in referenced_slides:
if rel.parentNode:
rel.parentNode.removeChild(rel)
changed = True
if changed:
with open(pres_rels_path, "wb") as f:
f.write(rels_dom.toxml(encoding="utf-8"))
return removed
def remove_trash_directory(unpacked_dir: Path) -> list[str]:
trash_dir = unpacked_dir / "[trash]"
removed = []
if trash_dir.exists() and trash_dir.is_dir():
for file_path in trash_dir.iterdir():
if file_path.is_file():
rel_path = file_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
removed.append(str(rel_path))
file_path.unlink()
trash_dir.rmdir()
return removed
def get_slide_referenced_files(unpacked_dir: Path) -> set:
referenced = set()
slides_rels_dir = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "slides" / "_rels"
if not slides_rels_dir.exists():
return referenced
for rels_file in slides_rels_dir.glob("*.rels"):
dom = defusedxml.minidom.parse(str(rels_file))
for rel in dom.getElementsByTagName("Relationship"):
target = rel.getAttribute("Target")
if not target:
continue
target_path = (rels_file.parent.parent / target).resolve()
try:
referenced.add(target_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir.resolve()))
except ValueError:
pass
return referenced
def remove_orphaned_rels_files(unpacked_dir: Path) -> list[str]:
resource_dirs = ["charts", "diagrams", "drawings"]
removed = []
slide_referenced = get_slide_referenced_files(unpacked_dir)
for dir_name in resource_dirs:
rels_dir = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / dir_name / "_rels"
if not rels_dir.exists():
continue
for rels_file in rels_dir.glob("*.rels"):
resource_file = rels_dir.parent / rels_file.name.replace(".rels", "")
try:
resource_rel_path = resource_file.resolve().relative_to(unpacked_dir.resolve())
except ValueError:
continue
if not resource_file.exists() or resource_rel_path not in slide_referenced:
rels_file.unlink()
rel_path = rels_file.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
removed.append(str(rel_path))
return removed
def get_referenced_files(unpacked_dir: Path) -> set:
referenced = set()
for rels_file in unpacked_dir.rglob("*.rels"):
dom = defusedxml.minidom.parse(str(rels_file))
for rel in dom.getElementsByTagName("Relationship"):
target = rel.getAttribute("Target")
if not target:
continue
target_path = (rels_file.parent.parent / target).resolve()
try:
referenced.add(target_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir.resolve()))
except ValueError:
pass
return referenced
def remove_orphaned_files(unpacked_dir: Path, referenced: set) -> list[str]:
resource_dirs = ["media", "embeddings", "charts", "diagrams", "tags", "drawings", "ink"]
removed = []
for dir_name in resource_dirs:
dir_path = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / dir_name
if not dir_path.exists():
continue
for file_path in dir_path.glob("*"):
if not file_path.is_file():
continue
rel_path = file_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
if rel_path not in referenced:
file_path.unlink()
removed.append(str(rel_path))
theme_dir = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "theme"
if theme_dir.exists():
for file_path in theme_dir.glob("theme*.xml"):
rel_path = file_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
if rel_path not in referenced:
file_path.unlink()
removed.append(str(rel_path))
theme_rels = theme_dir / "_rels" / f"{file_path.name}.rels"
if theme_rels.exists():
theme_rels.unlink()
removed.append(str(theme_rels.relative_to(unpacked_dir)))
notes_dir = unpacked_dir / "ppt" / "notesSlides"
if notes_dir.exists():
for file_path in notes_dir.glob("*.xml"):
if not file_path.is_file():
continue
rel_path = file_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir)
if rel_path not in referenced:
file_path.unlink()
removed.append(str(rel_path))
notes_rels_dir = notes_dir / "_rels"
if notes_rels_dir.exists():
for file_path in notes_rels_dir.glob("*.rels"):
notes_file = notes_dir / file_path.name.replace(".rels", "")
if not notes_file.exists():
file_path.unlink()
removed.append(str(file_path.relative_to(unpacked_dir)))
return removed
def update_content_types(unpacked_dir: Path, removed_files: list[str]) -> None:
ct_path = unpacked_dir / "[Content_Types].xml"
if not ct_path.exists():
return
dom = defusedxml.minidom.parse(str(ct_path))
changed = False
for override in list(dom.getElementsByTagName("Override")):
part_name = override.getAttribute("PartName").lstrip("/")
if part_name in removed_files:
if override.parentNode:
override.parentNode.removeChild(override)
changed = True
if changed:
with open(ct_path, "wb") as f:
f.write(dom.toxml(encoding="utf-8"))
def clean_unused_files(unpacked_dir: Path) -> list[str]:
all_removed = []
slides_removed = remove_orphaned_slides(unpacked_dir)
all_removed.extend(slides_removed)
trash_removed = remove_trash_directory(unpacked_dir)
all_removed.extend(trash_removed)
while True:
removed_rels = remove_orphaned_rels_files(unpacked_dir)
referenced = get_referenced_files(unpacked_dir)
removed_files = remove_orphaned_files(unpacked_dir, referenced)
total_removed = removed_rels + removed_files
if not total_removed:
break
all_removed.extend(total_removed)
if all_removed:
update_content_types(unpacked_dir, all_removed)
return all_removed
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print("Usage: python clean.py <unpacked_dir>", file=sys.stderr)
print("Example: python clean.py unpacked/", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
unpacked_dir = Path(sys.argv[1])
if not unpacked_dir.exists():
print(f"Error: {unpacked_dir} not found", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
removed = clean_unused_files(unpacked_dir)
if removed:
print(f"Removed {len(removed)} unreferenced files:")
for f in removed:
print(f" {f}")
else:
print("No unreferenced files found")