Keynote

Keynote is Apple’s presentation app, with cinematic transitions, Magic Move and Apple-native document formats.

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Keynote

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Company
Apple (apple)
Product type
productivity_application
Categories
productivity
Official site
https://www.apple.com/keynote/ ↗
Catalog ID
apple-keynote

At a glance

Keynote is Apple’s presentation app, with cinematic transitions, Magic Move and Apple-native document formats.

Catalog categories: productivity.

Catalogued capability areas: - Slide authoring and transitions - Presenting and presenter mode - PowerPoint/pptx import and export

This summary reflects the catalog record, not a complete product specification. Verify intended users, end-to-end workflows, supported platforms, edge cases, data handling, and constraints against cited sources. Treat capability labels as research leads until that verification is complete.

  • Slide authoring and transitions
  • Presenting and presenter mode
  • PowerPoint/pptx import and export

Open-source alternative

4 candidate projects in the landscape. A candidate may cover all, part, or none of what Keynote does — read the coverage and gaps below.

Full slide authoring and presenting, pptx-compatible.

The main desktop replacement.

HTML/JS presentation framework.

Code-first slides.

Coverage and gaps

Alternative coverage

Available. Both desktop and web/markdown open presentation tools exist.

The gap

Keynote’s proprietary format and signature transitions have no exact open match.

Build this product with your agent

This Markdown file is the coding-agent skill for Keynote. Give it to your agent in your project; it guides research, reuse decisions, implementation and verification.

Get the Keynote build skill

rae apple-keynote --out ./apple-keynote-agent

Generate the skill with the RAE CLI, or download the Markdown skill. The source skill is also available in the catalog.

  • agent-kit.mdDownloadable Markdown skill with product-specific instructions for your coding agent.available
  • skill.mdGenerated copy of the same product skill — rae apple-keynote --out ./apple-keynote-agent.in kit
  • mcp.jsonOptional MCP server config — rae apple-keynote --out ./apple-keynote-agent.in kit
  • Product workspaceOptional starting workspace for your agent — rae build product apple-keynote --out ./apple-keynote.
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  2. ReviewAsk your agent to check the product skill, evidence and alternatives.
  3. BuildGive the skill to your coding agent and build in your own project.
  4. VerifyRun the checks for your implementation and review the result.

Evidence

Sources

Provenance

Next step

Give the Keynote skill to your coding agent in your project. Ask it to evaluate LibreOffice Impress ↗ against your needs, reuse what fits, then follow the skill's build and verification instructions.

Give the product skill to your coding agent in the project where you want to build. Optional starter workspace: rae build product apple-keynote --out ./apple-keynote. CLI reference.