Google slides

Skill sanjay3290/ai-skills/skills/google-slides

Read and write Google Slides presentations - get text, find presentations, create presentations, add slides, replace text, and manage slide content. Use when user asks to: read a presentation, create slides, find slides, add a slide, replace text in a presentation, or manage presentation content. Lightweight integration with standalone OAuth authentication supporting full read/write access.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-slides

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runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 8 commands, including `python scripts/auth.py login` and 7 more.

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SKILL.md

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Google Slides

Lightweight Google Slides integration with standalone OAuth authentication. No MCP server required. Full read/write access.

Requires Google Workspace account. Personal Gmail accounts are not supported.

First-Time Setup

Authenticate with Google (opens browser):

python scripts/auth.py login

Check authentication status:

python scripts/auth.py status

Logout when needed:

python scripts/auth.py logout

Read Commands

All operations via scripts/slides.py. Auto-authenticates on first use if not logged in.

# Get all text content from a presentation
python scripts/slides.py get-text "1abc123xyz789"
python scripts/slides.py get-text "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1abc123xyz789/edit"

# Find presentations by search query
python scripts/slides.py find "quarterly report"
python scripts/slides.py find "project proposal" --limit 5

# Get presentation metadata (title, slide count, slide object IDs)
python scripts/slides.py get-metadata "1abc123xyz789"

Write Commands

# Create a new empty presentation
python scripts/slides.py create "Q4 Sales Report"

# Add a blank slide to the end
python scripts/slides.py add-slide "1abc123xyz789"

# Add a slide with a specific layout
python scripts/slides.py add-slide "1abc123xyz789" --layout TITLE_AND_BODY

# Add a slide at a specific position (0-based index)
python scripts/slides.py add-slide "1abc123xyz789" --layout TITLE --at 0

# Find and replace text across all slides
python scripts/slides.py replace-text "1abc123xyz789" "old text" "new text"
python scripts/slides.py replace-text "1abc123xyz789" "Draft" "Final" --match-case

# Delete a slide by object ID (use get-metadata to find IDs)
python scripts/slides.py delete-slide "1abc123xyz789" "g123abc456"

# Batch update (advanced - for formatting, inserting shapes, images, etc.)
python scripts/slides.py batch-update "1abc123xyz789" '[{"replaceAllText":{"containsText":{"text":"foo"},"replaceText":"bar"}}]'

Slide Layouts

Available layouts for add-slide --layout:

BLANK - Empty slide (default)
TITLE - Title slide
TITLE_AND_BODY - Title with body text
TITLE_AND_TWO_COLUMNS - Title with two text columns
TITLE_ONLY - Title bar only
SECTION_HEADER - Section divider
ONE_COLUMN_TEXT - Single column text
MAIN_POINT - Main point highlight
BIG_NUMBER - Large number display

Presentation ID Format

You can use either:

Direct presentation ID: 1abc123xyz789
Full Google Slides URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1abc123xyz789/edit

The scripts automatically extract the ID from URLs.

Output Format

get-text

Returns extracted text from all slides, including:

Presentation title
Text from shapes/text boxes on each slide
Table data with cell contents

find

Returns list of matching presentations:

{
  "presentations": [
    {"id": "1abc...", "name": "Q4 Report", "modifiedTime": "2024-01-15T..."}
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "..."
}

get-metadata

Returns presentation details:

{
  "presentationId": "1abc...",
  "title": "My Presentation",
  "slideCount": 15,
  "pageSize": {"width": {...}, "height": {...}},
  "hasMasters": true,
  "hasLayouts": true
}

Token Management

Tokens stored securely using the system keyring:

macOS: Keychain
Windows: Windows Credential Locker
Linux: Secret Service API (GNOME Keyring, KDE Wallet, etc.)

Service name: google-slides-skill-oauth

Automatically refreshes expired tokens using Google's cloud function.

What ships with it: 5 files

27.4 KB alongside SKILL.md, 2 of them executable

scripts/

auth.pyruns12.2 KB
requirements.txt16 B
slides.pyruns12.3 KB

README.md2.8 KB
requirements.txt16 B

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most slides presentations skills give in 892 tokens

Counted across 547 of the 547 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

Ensure every slide fits inside one viewportin 31 of 547, across 18 files
Keep one idea per slidein 27 of 547, across 24 files
Default to one self-contained HTML filein 24 of 547, across 16 files
Check for product marketing context firstin 21 of 547, across 7 files
Read STYLE_PRESETS.md before generatingin 21 of 547, across 12 files
Involve reps in creationin 20 of 547, across 6 files
Tailor to persona and deal stagein 20 of 547, across 6 files
Generate three single-slide preview filesin 17 of 547, across 11 files
Delete temporary preview files at handoffin 16 of 547, across 8 files
Support keyboard and touch navigationin 16 of 547, across 7 files
Keep one-pagers to a single pagein 15 of 547, across 5 files
Use bold headers and short bulletsin 14 of 547, across 4 files

Said here and by no other author read

Use scripts/auth.py login to authenticate
Use scripts/slides.py for operations

Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.