SlidesGPT MCP Server

What is SlidesGPT MCP Server?

SlidesGPT MCP Server is the hosted connector that lets Claude generate complete presentation decks with SlidesGPT and restyle them with one of 18 themes. It runs at https://claude.slidesgpt.com/mcp and needs no SlidesGPT account, OAuth or API key.

SlidesGPT is an AI PowerPoint generator. Through this MCP server, Claude sends a topic, outline or the highlights of an attached document to SlidesGPT, and gets back an interactive slide carousel with a layout switcher, a theme picker and a Download as PowerPoint button. Generated decks are saved on slidesgpt.com under a shareable URL, but they are not tied to an account.

How to use SlidesGPT MCP Server?

The connector is anonymous and stateless, so setup is just the URL. SlidesGPT is also listed in Claude's connector directory (Settings → Connectors → Browse connectors → search "SlidesGPT" → Connect).

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http slidesgpt https://claude.slidesgpt.com/mcp

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, name it "SlidesGPT" and paste https://claude.slidesgpt.com/mcp. The tools appear in your next chat.

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slidesgpt": { "url": "https://claude.slidesgpt.com/mcp" }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "slidesgpt": { "type": "http", "url": "https://claude.slidesgpt.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Developer endpoint

For your own agent or app, SlidesGPT also documents a general MCP endpoint, https://mcp.slidesgpt.com/mcp, which exposes five tools: create_slides, apply_theme, generate_image, show_theme_picker and upload_files. It is also keyless.

Key features of SlidesGPT MCP Server

• Topic to full deck in one prompt, with mixed layouts and stock photos matched to each slide's caption.
• Purpose-built layouts such as timelines, SWOT grids, KPI rings, phase roadmaps, quadrant grids and layered pyramids.
• Pitch-style storytelling layouts for problem, solution, traction and ask slides.
• Decks built from documents attached in the Claude conversation.
• 18 themes (Urban and Gradient families, light and dark variants) applied to the whole deck at once.
• Inline carousel widget with per-slide layout switching and a PowerPoint download.
• No account, OAuth or API key; the server keeps no per-user state.

SlidesGPT MCP Server tools

The Claude connector exposes two tools, both described by SlidesGPT as non-destructive:

• create_slides — generates a presentation from a topic or outline. Inputs include the topic or outline, an optional slide count, an optional theme and an optional presentation_id to add or replace slides in an existing deck; without it, a new presentation is created.
• apply_theme — re-renders every slide of an existing deck under a new theme, keeping the content. It needs the presentation_id and a theme id. Themes include copenhagen, tokyo, paris, berlin, new-york, la, zurich and shanghai (each light and dark) plus cosmic-pulse light and dark.

Use cases of SlidesGPT MCP Server

• Research briefing: "Make a 6-slide deck on the future of solid-state batteries — cover market size, leading manufacturers, key technical challenges, and a 5-year outlook."
• Fundraising: "Build a 7-slide seed-stage pitch deck for my AI legal-tech startup: problem, solution, market opportunity, traction, business model, team, and the ask."
• Internal updates: "I've attached our Q3 product review memo. Turn the highlights into a 5-slide all-hands presentation."
• Single visual slides: "Create a single timeline slide showing the major milestones of the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972."
• Restyling: "Apply the Tokyo Dark theme to the deck we just made."

Troubleshooting SlidesGPT MCP Server

• Theme change fails. apply_theme requires an existing deck. Ask Claude to create the deck first so it has a presentation_id, then request the theme.
• Edits create a new deck instead of updating one. Make sure the previous response's presentation_id is passed back to create_slides.
• Tools not showing after adding the connector. SlidesGPT notes the tools appear in your next chat; start a new conversation after saving the connector.