Developer Preview: The Google Slides Model Context Protocol (MCP) server now supports reading and managing presentation comments:

• Include comments when reading a presentation or slide page by setting the optional commentsIncluded field on the read_presentation and read_slide_page tools.
• Create, reply to, resolve or reopen, update, and delete comments and replies using the update_presentation tool with the insertComment, addCommentReply, updateCommentPost, deleteComment, and deleteCommentReply operations.

To learn more, see Configure the Slides MCP server and the Slides MCP tool reference.

Feature

Developer Preview: The Google Slides Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and its reference documentation include the following updates:

• Added the read_slide_page tool to read a single slide page from a presentation and the read_slide_page_thumbnail tool to retrieve a thumbnail image of a slide page.
• Added the optional fields field mask parameter to read_presentation and updated ReadPresentationResponse.content to object (Struct format).
• Added the optional writeControl (WriteControl with requiredRevisionId) parameter and inline request schemas for all presentations.batchUpdate operations to update_presentation.
• Expanded the Tool Annotations section across tool reference pages with definitions of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, and openWorldHint.

To learn more, see Configure the Slides MCP server and the Slides MCP tool reference.

Generally Available: You can now programmatically read, create, and manage comments in Google Slides with the Google Slides API. This includes:

• Reading comment threads and anchors by setting commentsViewMode in presentations.get or presentations.pages.get.
• Creating comment threads and replying to comment threads using InsertCommentRequest and AddCommentReplyRequest.
• Modifying existing comment and reply posts using UpdateCommentPostRequest.
• Deleting comments and replies using DeleteCommentRequest and DeleteCommentReplyRequest.

For more information, see Manage comments.

Developer Preview: The Google Slides API now supports comments, letting you programmatically read, create, reply to, update, and delete comments in presentations.

To get started, see the Manage comments guide.

Developer Preview: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Slides is now available in developer preview. MCP is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between AI applications and your presentations. By configuring the Slides MCP server, you enable AI agents to securely interact with your presentations and take actions, such as reading slide content or updating layouts.

To get started with the Slides MCP server, see the following documentation:

• Set up the Slides MCP server
• Slides MCP tool reference

To find more available MCP servers, see Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in Google Workspace.

The Google Slides API is now generally available.