How to use the Create Google Slides Presentation agent skill

What the skill makes the agent do

An agent skill is a folder containing instructions (here, a file called SKILL.md) that an AI agent reads when a task matches the skill. This skill is a recipe for one job: creating a new Google Slides presentation with a title and adding initial slides.

The recipe has three steps. The agent creates a presentation with a title by running the gws slides presentations create command, reads the presentation ID from the response, and then shares the file with a team member as an editor using gws drive permissions create. The agent runs these commands on your computer, so the work is done by gws, not by the chat itself.

Install the skill

You can install the skill in one of two ways. Download the ZIP from the skill's page on this site and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder to make it available only in that project. Alternatively, upload the ZIP in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

The skill depends on the gws-slides skill, so install that as well. Before you start, make sure the gws command-line tool is installed and on your PATH, and that you have authenticated with a Google Workspace account that can access Google Slides and Google Drive.

• Requires the gws command-line tool (Google Workspace CLI) installed and on the PATH
• Requires an authenticated Google Workspace account with access to Google Slides and Google Drive
• Requires the gws-slides skill, which this recipe depends on

How to trigger the skill with a natural request

You do not need to type the command yourself. Describe what you want in plain language and mention a presentation title, and the agent should pick up the recipe when the request matches its description: creating a new Google Slides presentation and adding initial slides.

Useful requests name the title and the outcome you expect. Because the recipe shares with a fixed example address, say so if you want the share step to happen, and check the address before you rely on it.

• "Create a Google Slides presentation titled Quarterly Review Q2 and share it with my team."
• "Set up a new deck called Product Roadmap and give my colleague editor access."
• "Make a new Google Slides presentation titled Board Update and tell me its ID."

What the commands look like

The recipe uses these commands as written in the source. The agent fills in the presentation ID it reads back from the first response. You can read them to confirm what will run before you approve it.

Safety notes: scripts and network access

This skill runs scripts and uses the network. Each gws command sends requests to Google Workspace using your authenticated account, so the presentation is created in your Drive and the share step grants writer access to the address in the command.

The share address in the recipe is the example team@company.com. Change it to the real person before the agent runs the share step, or ask the agent to stop before sharing. Writer access is granted immediately, so the recipe is not suited to cases where sharing must wait for review or be limited to specific domains.

• Check the title and the email address in the command before approving it
• The recipe gives writer access straight away, with no review step
• Only use it with accounts and files you are allowed to share

Tips for getting good results

Keep requests focused on creating a new deck. The recipe does not edit or format the content of existing slides, so ask for those changes separately or in another tool.

If a command fails, the most common causes are a missing gws install, a PATH that does not include it, or an account that is not authenticated. Fix those before retrying the request.

• Name the presentation clearly so the title is useful later
• Give the real colleague's address in your request to avoid sharing with the example address
• Ask the agent to report the presentation ID so you can find it again