How to use Google Slides in your AI agent

What you'll get

This skill lets you ask your AI assistant to create slide decks, update existing presentations, or read content from Google Slides—all without opening the app. Perfect for founders pitching investors, marketers building campaign decks, or PMs assembling roadmap slides. Just describe what you need in plain English and get a finished presentation.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Google Slides skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides

Add the skill at https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides

Add this skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-slides

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• You need a pitch deck or campaign presentation fast
• Building a roadmap or strategy deck for your team
• Update slides without opening Google Slides
• Extract content from an existing deck for a summary

What this skill does

• Creates new blank Google Slides presentations with custom titles
• Reads content from existing slide decks to summarize or reference
• Updates slides in batch—add text, images, shapes, or reformat layouts
• Returns the finished presentation ready to share or present