SlideSpeak MCP Server

SlideSpeak MCP Server

An MCP server that enables Claude or other MCP-compatible apps to generate PowerPoint presentations from natural language prompts using the SlideSpeak API.

About this MCP Server: To understand how to connect to and utilize this MCP server, please refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at mcp.apify.com.

Available Tools

generatePowerpoint

Generates a PowerPoint presentation from a user prompt.

Inputs:

• prompt (string): Description of the presentation content.
• length (integer, optional): Number of slides to include (default: 5).
• theme (string, optional): Presentation theme/style.

Returns:

• A downloadable .pptx file or a shareable link.

Usage with Claude Desktop

To use this with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Remote MCP

This is the easiest way to run the MCP. This approach requires you to have Node.js installed on your system. (Download Node.js for free here)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slidespeak": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.slidespeak.co/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-SLIDESPEAK-API-KEY-HERE"
      ],
      "timeout": 300000
    }
  }
}

Docker

This will allow you to run the MCP Server on your own computer. This approach requires Docker to be installed on your system. (Download Docker Desktop for free here)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slidespeak": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "SLIDESPEAK_API_KEY",
        "slidespeak/slidespeak-mcp:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SLIDESPEAK_API_KEY": "YOUR-SLIDESPEAK-API-KEY-HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Getting an API key

Visit this page in order to get an API key for Slidespeak: https://slidespeak.co/slidespeak-api/

Development of SlideSpeak MCP

The following information is related to development of the SlideSpeak MCP. These steps are not needed to use the MCP.

Building the Docker Image

This is for local testing, if you want to publish a new docker container check out the "Making a new version" section below.

$docker build . -t slidespeak/slidespeak-mcp:TAG-HERE

Development

Install uv

$curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Create virtual environment and activate it

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

$uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Using the server directly without Docker

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slidespeak": {
      "command": "/path/to/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/slidespeak-mcp",
        "run",
        "slidespeak.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SLIDESPEAK_API_KEY": "API-KEY-HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Making a new release

Version naming should be in the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (e.g., 1.0.0).
The version needs to be updated in the following files:

• pyproject.toml → version
• slidespeak.py → USER_AGENT

Make a new release in GitHub and tag it with the version number. This will trigger a GitHub Action. The release will be automatically built and pushed to Docker Hub.
https://hub.docker.com/r/slidespeak/slidespeak-mcp

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All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/SlideSpeak/slidespeak-mcp

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Original project URL: https://github.com/SlideSpeak/slidespeak-mcp

References

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• Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Apify SDK for Python documentation
• Apify Platform documentation
• Apify MCP Server
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