Provides tools for generating presentation slides through the 2slides.com API, including searching themes, creating slide content from user input, and monitoring job status for slide generation tasks
2slides MCP Server
Expose 2slides.com tools for MCP clients (e.g., Claude Desktop).
Get Your API Key
Before using this MCP server, you need to obtain an API key from 2slides.com/api.
Configure in Claude Desktop
Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
and add:
Then fully restart Claude Desktop. In a chat, open the tools panel and you should see the tools below.
Available Tools
slides_generate
(POST /api/v1/slides/generate)Args:
themeId
(string),userInput
(string),responseLanguage
(string)Example:
{ "themeId": "st-1756528793701-fcg5fblt2", "userInput": "generate sample content", "responseLanguage": "English" }
jobs_get
(GET /api/v1/jobs/{jobId})Args:
jobId
(string)Example:
{ "jobId": "D8h9VYDGdTlZ6wWSEoctF" }
themes_search
(GET /api/v1/themes/search)Args:
query
(string),limit
(number, optional, max 100)Example:
{ "query": "8 stages", "limit": 10 }
All tools return the 2slides API JSON as formatted text. Use jobs_get
with the jobId
from slides_generate
to poll status or get the downloadUrl
when available.
Troubleshooting (Claude Desktop)
If tools don’t appear in Claude, verify the config path is absolute and restart the app.
Check Claude MCP logs:
For stdio MCP servers, avoid logging to stdout; this server only logs errors to stderr. See the official guidance below.
References
Build an MCP server (official docs): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/develop/build-server
2slides: https://www.2slides.com
2slides Templates: https://www.2slides.com/templates
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Enables users to generate presentation slides using 2slides.com's API through Claude Desktop. Supports searching for slide themes, generating slides from text input, and monitoring job status for slide creation.