Release Notes v0.1.0

Initial release of google-mcp-server, a read-only MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Google Slides presentations.

Highlights

• Read-only MCP server enabling AI assistants to read and understand Google Slides presentations
• 5 tools for comprehensive slide content extraction
• Dual authentication support: Google service account and goauth CredentialsSet

MCP Tools

Tool	Description
get_presentation	Get presentation metadata (title, slide count, locale, revision)
list_slides	List all slides with titles and element counts
get_slide	Get content and elements for a specific slide
get_slide_notes	Get speaker notes for a specific slide
get_presentation_content	Get all slides' text and images in one call (ideal for AI analysis)

Authentication

Two authentication methods are supported:

1. Google Service Account: Use -credentials /path/to/service-account.json
2. goauth CredentialsSet: Use -goauth-credentials-file and -goauth-credentials-account flags

Usage with Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-slides": {
      "command": "/path/to/google-mcp-server",
      "args": ["-credentials", "/path/to/service-account.json"]
    }
  }
}

Dependencies

• github.com/grokify/gogoogle v0.7.0 - Google Slides reading utilities
• github.com/grokify/goauth v0.23.28 - OAuth2 authentication
• github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk v1.2.0 - MCP SDK for Go
• google.golang.org/api v0.265.0 - Google APIs