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How to use Google Slides with VS Code

You want Google Slides inside VS Code so it can find and update the right presentation, create on-brand decks from templates, review presentation feedback, and apply approved slide changes — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Google Slides gateway

The gateway is the thing VS Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Google Slides tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

  1. Create an Arcade account

    Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.

  2. Create an MCP Gateway and select your Google Slides tools

    In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Google Slides tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.

  3. Copy your gateway URL

    Every client below needs it.

    https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>

Create a Google Slides gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to VS Code

  1. Add the server

    VS Code 1.107.0 or higher. Command Palette → MCP: Add Server… → choose HTTP, paste your gateway URL, and name it something like mcp-arcade.

  2. Start it and authenticate

    Click Start next to the server in mcp.json or under Extensions → MCP Servers - Installed, then approve the Arcade sign-in and consent screens.

  3. Try it out

    Open the chat pane, switch to Agent mode, and ask it to use one of your Google Slides tools.

Full VS Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Google Slides prompts

VS Code can now act on your Google Slides account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Limit access to selected Drive files and require approval before an agent creates or edits a deck or posts comments. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so it can review presentations without making changes.

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