Google Slides MCP
In one line: Connect Google Slides so your UnleashX agent can build presentations, add and edit slides, and update text from natural language.
| Category | Productivity |
| Authentication | OAuth (Google sign-in) |
| Setup time | ~2 minutes |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Best for | Generating decks from AI output and automating recurring report and summary slides |
1. Overview
Google Slides is Google’s presentation service for creating and editing slide decks stored in Drive. Once connected, your UnleashX agent can create presentations, read presentations and individual pages, list layouts and templates, add and delete slides, insert text and text boxes, create populated title-and-body slides, replace text across a deck, and fetch slide thumbnails. Connecting Google Slides to UnleashX makes deck-building conversational: ask “create a 3-slide summary of this report” or “add a closing slide with these bullet points,” and the agent assembles the slides for you.2. What you’ll need
A Google account with Slides
Any personal Google account or a Google Workspace account with Slides enabled.
Permission to grant access
You must be able to complete the Google sign-in and approve the requested permissions.
No admin access? On a managed Google Workspace account, your admin may need to allow UnleashX before authorization succeeds.
3. Get your credentials
Google Slides uses Google OAuth 2.0. You do not create or paste an API key. UnleashX redirects you to Google, you sign in once, and Google issues an access token to UnleashX automatically.Start the connection in UnleashX
In your agent’s Data Connectors, find Google Slides and click Connect (see Section 4).
There is no key to copy. Access is granted by your Google sign-in and can be revoked anytime at your Google Account permissions page.
| Scope | Why UnleashX needs it |
|---|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations | Create and edit presentations, slides, and text. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive | List and create presentation files in Drive. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file | Access the specific presentation files you open or create. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly | Find and list your presentations and templates. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email | Identify which account is connected. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile | Read your basic profile (name, picture). |
openid | Sign-in / identity verification. |
4. Connect on UnleashX
Open your agent
Sign in at https://www.tryunleashx.com and open your agent.
5. Available tools
| Tool | What it does | Changes data? |
|---|---|---|
| Create Presentation | Create a new presentation. | ✏️ Yes |
| Get Presentation | Get a presentation’s full structure. | No |
| Get Page | Get a single page (slide) by object ID. | No |
| Get Thumbnail | Get a thumbnail image of a slide. | No |
| Replace Text | Replace matching text across the deck. | ✏️ Yes |
| Add Slide | Add a new slide at an index with a layout. | ✏️ Yes |
| Delete Slide | Delete a slide. | ⚠️ Yes |
| Get Slides | List the slides in a presentation. | No |
| List Presentations | List available presentations. | No |
| Get Presentation Templates | Get available presentation templates. | No |
| Get Slide Templates | Get available slide templates. | No |
| List Layouts | List available slide layouts. | No |
| Get Layout Content | Get the content of a specific layout. | No |
| List Presentation Template | List presentation templates. | No |
| List Slides Template | List slide templates. | No |
| Insert Text | Insert text into an existing shape/placeholder. | ✏️ Yes |
| Create Textbox | Create a text box on a slide and fill it. | ✏️ Yes |
| Create Slide with Content | Create a populated title+body slide in one call. | ✏️ Yes |
6. Example usage
“Create a new presentation called ‘Q3 Review’ with a title slide and a slide listing our three key wins.” Runs Create Presentation, then Create Slide with Content.
“In the Q3 Review deck, replace ‘DRAFT’ with ‘FINAL’ everywhere.” Runs Replace Text.
7. Permissions & data access
UnleashX can:- Create presentations and read their structure and thumbnails.
- Add and delete slides.
- Insert text and text boxes, create populated slides, and replace text.
- List layouts and templates.
- Access Gmail, Calendar, or other Google services unless connected separately.
- Change your Google account settings or password.
- Edit presentations you don’t have access to.
access-token header, a google_slides_access_token header, or an Authorization: Bearer header, falling back to your UnleashX session), refreshed automatically when it expires.
8. Troubleshooting
| Problem | What it means | How to fix it |
|---|---|---|
401 Unauthorized | The access token is missing or expired. | Reconnect Google Slides in Data Connectors. |
403 Forbidden | Missing scope, or you lack edit rights on the presentation. | Re-authorize all scopes; confirm you can edit the file. |
404 Not Found | The presentation or slide ID is wrong or not shared with you. | Verify the presentation_id/object ID and your access. |
| Text inserted in the wrong place | The target object ID was incorrect. | Use Get Presentation/Get Page to get the right object_id. |