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Generate PowerPoint Presentations with OpenClaw and Oracle Cloud Generative AI
Enterprise AI Power, Open Ecosystem, Zero Compromise
The rapid evolution of AI orchestration tools has reshaped how companies build intelligent systems. Among these tools, OpenClaw has emerged as a powerful open-source platform designed to simplify the creation of AI agents, conversational workflows, and multi-channel integrations.
OpenClaw is not just another wrapper around LLM APIs. It is:
- Modular
- Plugin-driven
- Open-source
- OpenAI-compatible
- Community-powered
Its OpenAI-compatible design makes it instantly interoperable with the entire AI tooling ecosystem — SDKs, automation frameworks, browser clients, bots, and custom agent pipelines.
And because it is open source, innovation happens in public.
There is an active and growing community contributing:
- New plugins
- Messaging integrations (WhatsApp, web, etc.)
- Tool execution engines
- Agent frameworks
- Workflow automation patterns
- Performance optimizations
This means OpenClaw evolves continuously — without vendor lock-in.
But while agility and innovation are essential, enterprises require something more:
- Security
- Governance
- Compliance
- Regional data sovereignty
- Observability
- Controlled network exposure
- Predictable scalability
This is where Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI becomes the strategic enterprise choice.
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The Power of Ecosystem + Enterprise Security
OpenClaw: Open Ecosystem Advantage
Because OpenClaw is:
- Open-source
- Community-driven
- Plugin-extensible
- OpenAI-protocol compatible
You benefit from:
- Rapid innovation
- Transparent architecture
- Community-tested integrations
- Zero dependency on a single SaaS provider
- Full customization capability
You are not locked into one AI vendor. You control your orchestration layer.
This flexibility is critical in a world where models evolve rapidly and enterprises need adaptability.
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OCI Generative AI: Enterprise Trust Layer
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure adds what large organizations require:
- Fine-grained IAM control
- Signed API requests (no exposed API keys)
- Dedicated compartments
- Private VCN networking
- Sovereign cloud regions
- Enterprise SLAs
- Monitoring & logging integration
- Production-ready inference endpoints
OCI Generative AI supports powerful production-grade models such as:
- Cohere Command
- LLaMA family
- Embedding models
- Custom enterprise deployments
- OpenAI-compatible models via mapping
This creates a secure AI backbone inside your own tenancy.
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Why This Combination Is Strategically Powerful
By implementing a local OpenAI-compatible gateway backed by OCI:
OpenClaw continues to behave exactly as designed — while inference happens securely inside Oracle Cloud.
You gain:
- Full OpenAI protocol compatibility
- Enterprise security boundaries
- Cloud tenancy governance
- Scalable AI inference
- Ecosystem extensibility
- Open-source flexibility
Without rewriting your agents. Without breaking plugins. Without sacrificing innovation.
Why Use OCI Generative AI?
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides:
- Enterprise security (IAM, compartments, VCN)
- Flexible model serving (ON_DEMAND, Dedicated)
- High scalability
- Cost control
- Regional deployment control
- Native integration with Oracle ecosystem
By building an OpenAI-compatible proxy, we combine:
OpenClaw flexibility + OCI enterprise power
OpenClaw + OCI Generative AI Gateway and PPTX Template Builder
About the tutorial
OpenAI-compatible endpoint
This tutorial is based on Integrating OpenClaw with Oracle Cloud Generative AI (OCI) tutorial and explains how to integrate OpenClaw with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI by building an OpenAI-compatible API gateway using FastAPI.
Instead of modifying OpenClaw's core, we expose an OpenAI-compatible
endpoint (/v1/chat/completions) that internally routes requests to
OCI Generative AI.
This approach provides:
- ✅ Full OpenClaw compatibility
- ✅ Control over OCI model mapping
- ✅ Support for streaming responses
- ✅ Enterprise-grade OCI infrastructure
- ✅ Secure request signing via OCI SDK
Secure Enterprise Prompting
In this material, you have a prompt file that will be incorporate into the OCI OpenAPI Proxy (oci_openai_proxy.py). The prompt (pptx_runner_policy_strict.txt) was created to generate a automatic PowerPoint presentation based on any web documentation (github, docs.oracle.com). This example demonstrates a more enterprise secure way to use the OCI IAM to control the cloud resources like Object Storage and LLM.
PPTX Builder
A PPTX builder will generate a professional PowerPoint deck from a template (.pptx) + a structured content.json
The goal is to keep OpenClaw fully compatible with the OpenAI protocol while moving inference to OCI and enabling artifact generation (PPTX) using a repeatable, governed pipeline.
Architecture
OpenClaw
↓ (OpenAI protocol)
OpenAI-compatible Gateway (FastAPI)
↓ (signed OCI REST)
OCI Generative AI (chat endpoint)
↓
LLM response
(Optional)
Material (URL / file / text)
↓
content.json (validated / governed)
↓
PPTX Builder (template + content.json)
↓
openclaw_oci_presentation.pptx
Project structure
project/
├── oci_openai_proxy.py # FastAPI OpenAI-compatible gateway -> OCI GenAI
├── pptx_runner_policy_strict.txt # Strict policy for extracting/validating material -> content.json
├── openclaw.json # Example OpenClaw config using the gateway
└── README.md
AND these files:
├── generate_openclaw_ppt_template.py # PPTX generator (template + content.json)
├── read_url_and_read_file.sh # Helper script to create read_url/read_file in OpenClaw workspace
└── template_openclaw_oci_clean.pptx # You MUST have one template here
Move these files to:
$HOME/.openclaw/workspace/openclaw_folder
├── generate_openclaw_ppt_template.py # PPTX generator (template + content.json)
├── read_url_and_read_file.sh # Helper script to create read_url/read_file in OpenClaw workspace
└── template_openclaw_oci_clean.pptx # You MUST have one template here
Part A — OpenAI-compatible Gateway (OpenClaw → OCI GenAI)
Why OCI Generative AI?
OCI provides what enterprises usually need:
- IAM & compartments
- Signed requests (no API key leakage)
- Regional control / sovereignty
- VCN options
- Observability integration
- Production-grade inference endpoints
By putting an OpenAI-compatible API in front of OCI, you get:
- ✅ OpenClaw compatibility
- ✅ Model mapping (OpenAI names → OCI modelIds)
- ✅ Streaming compatibility (simulated if OCI returns full text)
- ✅ Governance inside your tenancy
Requirements
- Python 3.10+ (recommended)
- OCI config file (
~/.oci/config) + API key - Network access to OCI GenAI endpoint
Install dependencies:
pip install fastapi uvicorn requests oci pydantic
Configuration (environment variables)
The gateway reads OCI configuration using environment variables (defaults shown):
export OCI_CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.oci/config"
export OCI_PROFILE="DEFAULT"
export OCI_COMPARTMENT_ID="ocid1.compartment.oc1..."
export OCI_GENAI_ENDPOINT="https://inference.generativeai.<region>.oci.oraclecloud.com"
Run the server
uvicorn oci_openai_proxy:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8050
Test with curl
curl http://127.0.0.1:8050/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
"model": "gpt-5",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
}'
OpenClaw configuration (openclaw.json)
Point OpenClaw to the gateway:
baseUrl→ your local gateway (port 8050)api→ openai-completionsmodel id→ must match aMODEL_MAPkey insideoci_openai_proxy.py
Example provider block:
{
"models": {
"providers": {
"openai-compatible": {
"baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:8050/v1",
"apiKey": "sk-test",
"api": "openai-completions"
}
}
}
}
Part B — PPTX generation from a template (Template → Deck)
What it does
generate_openclaw_ppt_template.py builds a fixed 7-slide strategic deck:
- Cover
- Intro (use case)
- Technologies
- Architecture
- Problems
- Demo (includes the source link)
- Conclusion
The deck is generated from:
- a PPTX template (with expected layouts),
- a
content.jsonfile, - and a
OCI_LINK_DEMOlink (material source shown on the Demo slide).
Inputs
1) PPTX template
You MUST have a PowerPoint template named template_openclaw_oci_clean.pptx with some master layout slides.
Default expected layout names inside the template:
Cover 1 - Full ImageFull Page - Light
You can change the template by passing --template or PPTX_TEMPLATE_PATH.
2) content.json
content.json must contain:
cover_title(string)introduction,technologies,architecture,problems,demo,conclusion(objects)
Each section object must include:
bullets: 3–6 short bulletskeywords: 5–12 keywords that appear literally in the materialevidence: 2–4 short excerpts (10–25 words) extracted from the material (no HTML)
The strict validation rules are described in pptx_runner_policy_strict.txt.
Configure paths
Create a folder named openclaw_folder inside the $HOME/.openclaw/workspace.
cd $HOME/.openclaw
mkdir openclaw_folder
cd openclaw_folder
Put these files into the openclaw_folder:
generate_openclaw_ppt_template.py
read_url_and_read_file.sh
template_openclaw_oci_clean.pptx (Your PPTX template if you have)
Run this command only one time:
bash read_url_and_read_file.sh
This will generate the read_url and read_file tools.
You can run everything without hardcoded paths using either CLI flags or environment variables.
Environment variables
# Optional: where your files live (default: current directory)
export OPENCLAW_WORKDIR="$HOME/.openclaw/workspace/openclaw_folder"
# Template + output
export PPTX_TEMPLATE_PATH="$OPENCLAW_WORKDIR/template_openclaw_oci_clean.pptx"
export PPTX_OUTPUT_PATH="$OPENCLAW_WORKDIR/openclaw_oci_presentation.pptx"
# Content JSON (if not set, defaults to $OPENCLAW_WORKDIR/content.json)
export OCI_CONTENT_FILE="$OPENCLAW_WORKDIR/content.json"
# Source link shown on the Demo slide
export OCI_LINK_DEMO="https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/home.htm"
CLI usage
python generate_openclaw_ppt_template.py --template "$PPTX_TEMPLATE_PATH" --output "$PPTX_OUTPUT_PATH" --content "$OCI_CONTENT_FILE" --link "$OCI_LINK_DEMO"
End-to-end pipeline (URL → content.json → PPTX)
A typical (strict) flow:
- Read material (URL or local file)
- Generate
content.jsonfollowing the strict policy - Validate JSON
- Generate PPTX
Helper scripts (read_url / read_file)
The repository includes read_url e read_file.sh to install helper scripts into your OpenClaw workspace.
Example:
bash "read_url e read_file.sh"
Then:
# Read URL
~/.openclaw/workspace/openclaw_folder/read_url "https://example.com" > material_raw.txt
# Read local file
~/.openclaw/workspace/openclaw_folder/read_file "/path/to/file.pdf" > material_raw.txt
Validate JSON
python -m json.tool "$OCI_CONTENT_FILE" >/dev/null
Generate PPTX
python gera_oci_ppt_openclaw_template.py --link "$OCI_LINK_DEMO"
Deploying (common options)
Option 1 — Run locally (developer laptop)
- Run the gateway with
uvicorn - Generate decks on demand in the workspace folder
Option 2 — Server VM (systemd for gateway)
Create a systemd service (example):
[Unit]
Description=OpenAI-compatible OCI GenAI Gateway
After=network.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/openclaw-oci
Environment=OCI_CONFIG_FILE=/home/ubuntu/.oci/config
Environment=OCI_PROFILE=DEFAULT
Environment=OCI_COMPARTMENT_ID=ocid1.compartment...
Environment=OCI_GENAI_ENDPOINT=https://inference.generativeai.<region>.oci.oraclecloud.com
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python -m uvicorn oci_openai_proxy:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8050
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Option 3 — Containerize
- Put
oci_openai_proxy.pyinside an image - Mount
~/.oci/configread-only - Pass the same env vars above
(Exact Dockerfile depends on how you manage OCI config and keys in your environment.)
Troubleshooting
PPTX builder errors
- Layout not found: your template does not have the expected layout names.
- Too few placeholders: your selected layout must have at least 2 text placeholders.
- Exactly 7 slides: the generator enforces the fixed structure.
Content issues
- If
content.jsonhas generic bullets/keywords not present in the material, the strict policy should fail validation. - If you cannot extract enough literal keywords, re-check your material extraction (HTML removal, raw GitHub URL, etc.).
Test the Solution
Go to the openclaw dashboard:
openclaw dashboard
Try this:
generate a pptx based on this material https://github.com/hoshikawa2/openclaw-oci
And you get a temporary OCI Object Storage link:
This is the oci_openai_proxy.py monitoring output:
And the Presentation generated is:
Final Notes
You now have:
✔ OpenClaw fully integrated
✔ OCI Generative AI backend
✔ Streaming compatibility
✔ Enterprise-ready architecture
Reference
- Integrating OpenClaw with Oracle Cloud Generative AI (OCI)
- Installing the OCI CLI
- Oracle Cloud Generative AI
- OpenClaw
Acknowledgments
- Author - Cristiano Hoshikawa (Oracle LAD A-Team Solution Engineer)










