We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of the SlideSpeak Model Context Protocol (MCP) server! This new capability brings the power of our AI-powered PowerPoint presentations directly into your favorite MCP-compatible clients, starting with tools like Claude Desktop. Now, you can generate and create presentations using MCP directly. All other SlideSpeak features are also available via MCP, that means you can create summaries, PowerPoints and analyze documents directly using MCP. Build your own workflows. The possibilities are endless:

• Create PowerPoint (PPTX) presentations using MCP
• Summarize documents and presentations using MCP
• Generate reports using MCP
• Design presentations using MCP

TLDR: Start using the SlideSpeak API within MCP clients like Claude Desktop today for PowerPoint and presentation automation. Use your Slidespeak API key with the new Slidespeak MCP.

As pioneers in AI-powered presentation tools, we released the SlideSpeak API to let developers integrate our technology. Now, with the SlideSpeak MCP, we’re making that power even more accessible and integrated, allowing direct interaction from supported third-party applications.

What is the SlideSpeak MCP?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard allowing different AI tools and clients to communicate and leverage each other’s capabilities. By supporting MCP, SlideSpeak enables users to call our powerful presentation API functions directly from within MCP-aware applications, effectively acting as an MCP for PowerPoint and presentation tasks.

Claude announced the integration of MCP in November 2024. Imagine working within Claude Desktop, discussing a report or brainstorming ideas. Now, instead of switching apps, you can simply instruct Claude to:

• “Create a summary for this PDF report using SlideSpeak into 5 key slides.”
• “Generate a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation using SlideSpeak based on our conversation about Q3 marketing results.”
• “Ask SlideSpeak: What were the main conclusions from the attached board meeting minutes?”

The MCP handles the communication, sending your request and the necessary context (like text or document references) to the SlideSpeak API, and returning the results right back into your Claude Desktop interface. This makes using the SlideSpeak MCP for PowerPoint generation incredibly fluid.

Leveraging the SlideSpeak API via MCP

Through the MCP integration, you gain access to the core SlideSpeak API features within your client, allowing you to automatically create polished PowerPoint presentations from text discussions, uploaded documents, or structured data. Define parameters like length, tone, and style within your prompt.

Seamless Workflow Integration

The beauty of the SlideSpeak MCP for presentations lies in its seamlessness. There’s no need to copy-paste text or manually upload files between applications. You stay within your primary workspace, like Claude Desktop, and invoke SlideSpeak’s capabilities as needed. This dramatically streamlines workflows and boosts productivity.

Example Use Cases with MCP Clients:

• Instant Meeting Summaries: After a meeting transcript is generated in your client, ask SlideSpeak via MCP to turn it into a summary presentation.
• Rapid Report Generation: Discuss data or findings in your client, then ask SlideSpeak to create a stakeholder-ready report presentation.
• On-the-Fly Sales Decks: Brainstorm pitch angles in your client and have SlideSpeak generate a draft deck based on the conversation – a prime example of MCP for PowerPoint presentations in action.
• Interactive Document Q&A: Upload a document to your client and use SlideSpeak via MCP to answer specific questions about its contents without leaving the chat.

A New Era of Integrated AI Productivity

Just as APIs revolutionized web development, protocols like MCP are set to revolutionize how we interact with specialized AI tools. By integrating SlideSpeak directly into popular clients like Claude Desktop, we’re removing friction and embedding powerful presentation capabilities right where you work.

We built SlideSpeak to give everyone presentation superpowers. The API opened that to developers, and now the SlideSpeak MCP for presentations brings it directly to end-users within their favourite tools.

Get your SlideSpeak API key today, connect it to your MCP-compatible client, and experience a new level of integrated AI productivity. We can’t wait to see how you leverage SlideSpeak within your existing workflows! Let us know what you build!

You can find more information about the Slidespeak API here, and learn how to use the API from within clients like Claude Desktop on our Slidespeak MCP GitHub page.