google_slides

Google Slides is a dynamic cloud-based presentation application that allows users to create, edit, collaborate on, and present slideshows in real-time. As part of Google's productivity suite, Google Slides offers a flexible platform for designing engaging presentations, collaborating with others, and sharing content seamlessly through the cloud.

Learn how to integrate the Google Slides tools in Agent Forge to effortlessly manage presentations as part of your automated workflows. With Agent Forge, you can read, write, create, and update Google Slides presentations directly through your agents and automated processes, making it easy to deliver up-to-date information, generate custom reports, or produce branded decks programmatically.

With Google Slides, you can:

• Create and edit presentations: Design visually appealing slides with themes, layouts, and multimedia content

• Collaborate in real-time: Work simultaneously with teammates, comment, assign tasks, and receive live feedback on presentations

• Present anywhere: Display presentations online or offline, share links, or publish to the web

• Add images and rich content: Insert images, graphics, charts, and videos to make your presentations engaging

• Integrate with other services: Connect seamlessly with Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and other third-party tools

• Access from any device: Use Google Slides on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices for maximum flexibility

In Agent Forge, the Google Slides integration enables your agents to interact directly with presentation files programmatically. Automate tasks like reading slide content, inserting new slides or images, replacing text throughout a deck, generating new presentations, and retrieving slide thumbnails. This empowers you to scale content creation, keep presentations up-to-date, and embed them into automated document workflows. By connecting Agent Forge with Google Slides, you facilitate AI-driven presentation management—making it easy to generate, update, or extract information from presentations without manual effort.

Usage Instructions

Integrate Google Slides into the workflow. Can read, write, create presentations, replace text, add slides, add images, and get thumbnails.

Tools

google_slides_read

Read content from a Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation to read

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
slides	json	Array of slides with their content
metadata	json	Presentation metadata including ID, title, and URL

google_slides_write

Write or update content in a Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation to write to
content	string	Yes	The content to write to the slide
slideIndex	number	No	The index of the slide to write to (defaults to first slide)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
updatedContent	boolean	Indicates if presentation content was updated successfully
metadata	json	Updated presentation metadata including ID, title, and URL

google_slides_create

Create a new Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
title	string	Yes	The title of the presentation to create
content	string	No	The content to add to the first slide
folderSelector	string	No	Select the folder to create the presentation in
folderId	string	No	The ID of the folder to create the presentation in (internal use)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
metadata	json	Created presentation metadata including ID, title, and URL

google_slides_replace_all_text

Find and replace all occurrences of text throughout a Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation
findText	string	Yes	The text to find (e.g., {{placeholder}})
replaceText	string	Yes	The text to replace with
matchCase	boolean	No	Whether the search should be case-sensitive (default: true)
pageObjectIds	string	No	Comma-separated list of slide object IDs to limit replacements to specific slides (leave empty for all slides)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
occurrencesChanged	number	Number of text occurrences that were replaced
metadata	json	Operation metadata including presentation ID and URL

google_slides_add_slide

Add a new slide to a Google Slides presentation with a specified layout

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation
layout	string	No	The predefined layout for the slide (BLANK, TITLE, TITLE_AND_BODY, TITLE_ONLY, SECTION_HEADER, etc.). Defaults to BLANK.
insertionIndex	number	No	The optional zero-based index indicating where to insert the slide. If not specified, the slide is added at the end.
placeholderIdMappings	string	No	JSON array of placeholder mappings to assign custom object IDs to placeholders. Format: [{"layoutPlaceholder":{"type":"TITLE"},"objectId":"custom_title_id"}]

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
slideId	string	The object ID of the newly created slide
metadata	json	Operation metadata including presentation ID, layout, and URL

google_slides_add_image

Insert an image into a specific slide in a Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation
pageObjectId	string	Yes	The object ID of the slide/page to add the image to
imageUrl	string	Yes	The publicly accessible URL of the image (must be PNG, JPEG, or GIF, max 50MB)
width	number	No	Width of the image in points (default: 300)
height	number	No	Height of the image in points (default: 200)
positionX	number	No	X position from the left edge in points (default: 100)
positionY	number	No	Y position from the top edge in points (default: 100)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
imageId	string	The object ID of the newly created image
metadata	json	Operation metadata including presentation ID and image URL

google_slides_get_thumbnail

Generate a thumbnail image of a specific slide in a Google Slides presentation

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
presentationId	string	Yes	The ID of the presentation
pageObjectId	string	Yes	The object ID of the slide/page to get a thumbnail for
thumbnailSize	string	No	The size of the thumbnail: SMALL (200px), MEDIUM (800px), or LARGE (1600px). Defaults to MEDIUM.
mimeType	string	No	The MIME type of the thumbnail image: PNG or GIF. Defaults to PNG.

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
contentUrl	string	URL to the thumbnail image (valid for 30 minutes)
width	number	Width of the thumbnail in pixels
height	number	Height of the thumbnail in pixels
metadata	json	Operation metadata including presentation ID and page object ID

Notes

• Category: tools

• Type: google_slides