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MCP Connector

Connect Rideful Slides to ChatGPT

Create presentations from ChatGPT's chat interface

Before You Start

ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, or Enterprise/Edu plan (Check your plan)

Developer Mode Required

ChatGPT requires Developer Mode to be enabled for custom MCP tools — both for setup and for using them in chats. See Step 2 below.

5 Steps to Get Started

1

Open Settings

Click your username in the bottom-left corner of ChatGPT

Select Settings

ChatGPT sidebar showing the username menu with Settings option
2

Enable Developer Mode & Create App

Click Apps in the left sidebar

Click Advanced settings and enable Developer Mode

Once enabled, click "Create app" in the top-right

ChatGPT Apps settings showing Advanced settings with Developer Mode toggle
3

Fill in the App Details

Fill in the "New App" form:

Name:

Rideful Slides

Description:

Prompt to deck in seconds

MCP Server URL:

https://slides.rideful.io/mcp
Authentication:OAuth

Leave OAuth Client ID and OAuth Client Secret empty.

"I understand and want to continue" — then click Create
ChatGPT New App form showing fields for Name, MCP Server URL, and OAuth authentication
4

Authenticate

After clicking Create, you may briefly see an error banner at the top — this is expected.

You'll be redirected to sign in with your Rideful account. Complete the login to authorize the connection.

Tip: If authentication doesn't start automatically, go back to Settings → Apps, find Rideful Slides, and click on it to retry.

5

Activate in a Chat

In each new chat, click the "+" button next to the message input

Click More, then select Rideful Slides

Once activated, you can ask ChatGPT to create and manage presentations.

Try these prompts:

"Create a deck that convinces my boss to let me work from Bali"
"Build a 3-slide deck explaining why pineapple belongs on pizza"
ChatGPT chat showing the + menu with Rideful Slides option under More

You're all set! You should see this at the bottom of your chat:

ChatGPT chat input showing Rideful Slides active and ready to use

Available Tools

Read

slides_list_decks

List all slide decks the user has access to

slides_list_templates

List all slide deck templates available

slides_get_deck

Get full details of a deck including theme, slides summary, and guidelines

slides_get_slides

Get full details of multiple slides including all elements

Create

slides_create_deck

Create a new slide deck with one empty slide

slides_add_slide

Add a new slide to a deck with built-in or template layouts

slides_bulk_create

Create multiple slides with content in a single call

slides_create_element

Create a shape, text, or line element on a slide

slides_bulk_create_elements

Create up to 50 elements on a slide in one call

slides_add_image

Add an image to a slide by fetching from a URL

Update

slides_bulk_update_elements

Update multiple elements’ properties in a single call

slides_duplicate_slide

Duplicate a slide and all its elements

Delete

slides_delete_element

Delete an element from a slide

slides_delete_slide

Delete a slide and all its elements from a deck

Common Issues & Solutions

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