Google Slides
Arcade.dev LLM tools for Google Slides
The Google Slides toolkit lets Arcade-powered LLMs create, read, search, and annotate Google Slides presentations on behalf of authenticated users.
Capabilities
- Presentation management: Create new presentations with a title and subtitle, or retrieve the full text content of any accessible presentation as Markdown.
- Slide & comment authoring: Add slides to an existing presentation and post comments on specific slides by index; list all comments on a presentation.
- Search & discovery: Search the authenticated user's Google Drive for presentations (trash excluded) and resolve access issues via the Google Drive inline file picker.
- Identity & environment inspection: Retrieve the authenticated user's profile, email, permissions, and Google Slides environment details.
OAuth
Uses OAuth 2.0 via Google. See the Arcade Google auth provider docs for setup details.
Secrets
ENABLE_GOOGLE_DRIVE_INLINE_PICKER_URL: Controls whether theGoogleSlides.GenerateGoogleFilePickerUrltool is available. This secret is expected to be a URL (or a flag value) that enables the Google Drive inline picker flow — the mechanism that lets a user grant the app access to specific Drive files without a full re-authentication. This is not a standard Google API credential; it is an application-level configuration value specific to your Arcade deployment. Set this in your Arcade secrets store. Consult the Arcade secrets documentation for how to configure it, and manage your values at https://api.arcade.dev/dashboard/auth/secrets.
Available tools(8)
| Tool name | Description | Secrets | |
|---|---|---|---|
Comment on a specific slide by its index in a Google Slides presentation. | 1 | ||
Create a new Google Slides presentation
The first slide will be populated with the specified title and subtitle. | |||
Create a new slide at the end of the specified presentation | 1 | ||
Generate a URL where the user can grant this app access to specific Drive files.
Opens Google's first-party Drive picker. The user selects which files to share
with this application — it is not a sign-in or credential prompt.
Use this when a prior tool reported that a file was not found or access was denied,
and the user expects the file to exist. After the user completes the picker flow,
retry the prior tool. | |||
Get the specified Google Slides presentation and convert it to markdown.
Only retrieves the text content of the presentation and formats it as markdown. | 1 | ||
List all comments on the specified Google Slides presentation. | 1 | ||
Searches for presentations in the user's Google Drive.
Excludes presentations that are in the trash. | 1 | ||
Get comprehensive user profile and Google Slides environment information.
This tool provides detailed information about the authenticated user including
their name, email, profile picture, Google Slides access permissions, and other
important profile details from Google services. |
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GoogleSlides.CommentOnPresentation
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Comment on a specific slide by its index in a Google Slides presentation.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
presentation_id | string | Required | The ID of the presentation to comment on |
comment_text | string | Required | The comment to add to the slide |
Requirements
Output
json— The comment's ID, presentationId, and slideNumber in a dictionaryGoogleSlides.CreatePresentation
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Create a new Google Slides presentation The first slide will be populated with the specified title and subtitle.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title | string | Required | The title of the presentation to create |
subtitle | string | Optional | The subtitle of the presentation to create |
Requirements
Output
json— The created presentation's title, presentationId, and presentationUrlGoogleSlides.CreateSlide
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Create a new slide at the end of the specified presentation
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
presentation_id | string | Required | The ID of the presentation to create the slide in |
slide_title | string | Required | The title of the slide to create |
slide_body | string | Required | The body (text) of the slide to create |
Requirements
Output
json— A URL to the created slideGoogleSlides.GenerateGoogleFilePickerUrl
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Generate a URL where the user can grant this app access to specific Drive files. Opens Google's first-party Drive picker. The user selects which files to share with this application — it is not a sign-in or credential prompt. Use this when a prior tool reported that a file was not found or access was denied, and the user expects the file to exist. After the user completes the picker flow, retry the prior tool.
Parameters
No parameters required.
Requirements
Output
json— Google File Picker URL for user file selection and permission grantingGoogleSlides.GetPresentationAsMarkdown
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Get the specified Google Slides presentation and convert it to markdown. Only retrieves the text content of the presentation and formats it as markdown.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
presentation_id | string | Required | The ID of the presentation to retrieve. |
Requirements
Output
string— The presentation textual content as markdownGoogleSlides.ListPresentationComments
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
List all comments on the specified Google Slides presentation.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
presentation_id | string | Required | The ID of the presentation to list comments for |
include_deleted | boolean | Optional | Whether to include deleted comments in the results. Defaults to False. |
Requirements
Output
json— A dictionary containing the commentsGoogleSlides.SearchPresentations
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Searches for presentations in the user's Google Drive. Excludes presentations that are in the trash.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
presentation_contains | array<string> | Optional | Keywords or phrases that must be in the presentation title or content. Provide a list of keywords or phrases if needed. |
presentation_not_contains | array<string> | Optional | Keywords or phrases that must NOT be in the presentation title or content. Provide a list of keywords or phrases if needed. |
search_only_in_shared_drive_id | string | Optional | The ID of the shared drive to restrict the search to. If provided, the search will only return presentations from this drive. Defaults to None, which searches across all drives. |
include_shared_drives | boolean | Optional | Whether to include presentations from shared drives. Defaults to False (searches only in the user's 'My Drive'). |
include_organization_domain_presentations | boolean | Optional | Whether to include presentations from the organization's domain. This is applicable to admin users who have permissions to view organization-wide presentations in a Google Workspace account. Defaults to False. |
order_by | array<string> | Optional | Sort order. Defaults to listing the most recently modified presentations first. If presentation_contains or presentation_not_contains is provided, then the order_by will be ignored.createdTimecreatedTime descfolderfolder descmodifiedByMeTimemodifiedByMeTime descmodifiedTimemodifiedTime descnamename descname_naturalname_natural descquotaBytesUsedquotaBytesUsed descrecencyrecency descsharedWithMeTimesharedWithMeTime descstarredstarred descviewedByMeTimeviewedByMeTime desc |
limit | integer | Optional | The number of presentations to list |
pagination_token | string | Optional | The pagination token to continue a previous request |
Requirements
Output
json— A dictionary containing 'presentations_count' (number of presentations returned) and 'presentations' (a list of presentation details including 'kind', 'mimeType', 'id', and 'name' for each presentation)GoogleSlides.WhoAmI
Execution hints
Signals for MCP clients and agents about how this tool behaves.
Reads data without modifying any state in the target system.
May permanently delete or overwrite data in the target system.
Repeated calls with the same inputs produce no additional effect.
Communicates with external APIs, databases, or other services.
Get comprehensive user profile and Google Slides environment information. This tool provides detailed information about the authenticated user including their name, email, profile picture, Google Slides access permissions, and other important profile details from Google services.
Parameters
No parameters required.
Requirements
Output
json— Get comprehensive user profile and Google Slides environment information.