--- title: "Connect Google Slides and SQL Server - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Slide Added\" fires in Google Slides, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in SQL Server." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-sql-server" --- # Connect Google Slides and SQL Server When **New Slide Added** fires in [Google Slides](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-slides), your agent runs **Add Row** in [SQL Server](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server), or **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server to **Presentations Pages Get** in Google Slides. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Slides **1** trigger Google Slides **8** actions SQL Server **4** triggers SQL Server **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Slides and SQL Server to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Slides and SQL Server can do together ### From Google Slides to SQL Server - When **New Slide Added** in Google Slides then **Add Row** in SQL Server - When **New Slide Added** in Google Slides then **Update Row** in SQL Server ### From SQL Server to Google Slides - When **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server then **Presentations Pages Get** in Google Slides - When **New Row** in SQL Server then **Presentations Pages Get Thumbnail** in Google Slides Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Google Slides and SQL Server ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **New Slide Added** Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation. - Action **Create Slides Markdown** Creates a new google slides presentation from markdown text. automatically splits content into slides using '---' separators and applies appropriate templates based on content structure. - Action **Get Page Thumbnail2** Tool to generate a thumbnail of the latest version of a specified page. Use when you need a preview image URL for a slide page. This request counts as an expensive read request for quota purposes. - Action **Presentations Batch Update** Tool to update existing google slides presentations with either raw api requests or markdown content. **two operation modes:** 1. **raw api mode**: provide direct slides api requests for precise control 2. **markdown mode**: provide markdown text to automatically add professional slides **markdown features:** - professional themes with coordinated colors and backgrounds - dynamic font sizing that prevents overflow (notion-like hierarchy) - smart table auto-sizing with column width optimization - auto-centering and professional positioning - bold formatting, emojis, and multi-line content support - multiple slide types: title, bullet, table, quote, image, two-column **use cases:** - add new slides to existing presentations - update presentation content with markdown - apply professional themes and styling - bulk slide creation with consistent formatting - Action **Presentations Copy From Template** Tool to create a new Google Slides presentation by duplicating an existing template deck via Drive file copy. Use when you need to preserve themes, masters, and layouts exactly as they appear in the template. After copying, use GOOGLESLIDES_PRESENTATIONS_BATCH_UPDATE to replace placeholder text or images. - Action **Presentations Create** Tool to create a blank or duplicate presentation. use when you need to initialize a presentation with a specific title or duplicate an existing one. - Action **Presentations Get** Tool to retrieve the latest version of a presentation. use after obtaining the presentation id. - Action **Presentations Pages Get** Tool to get the latest version of a specific page in a presentation. use when you need to inspect slide, layout, master, or notes page details. - Action **Presentations Pages Get Thumbnail** Tool to generate and return a thumbnail image url for a specific page. use when you need a quick preview of a slide page after loading it. - Trigger **New or Updated Row** Triggers when a new row is added or modified. - Trigger **New or Updated Row (Custom Query)** Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected SQL Server database. - Action **Add Row** Add one row to a table on the connected SQL Server database. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Find the first row in a table whose chosen column matches a value. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns every row it matches. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Run Custom Statement** Runs a statement you write against the connected SQL Server database that changes data rather than returning rows, and reports how many rows it changed. - Action **Update Row** Change column values on every row of a table whose chosen column matches a value. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Slides** Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation editor with real-time collaboration, template gallery, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-slides) - [ **SQL Server** Connect directly to a Microsoft SQL Server database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Slides - [ **Google Slides to Dust** Dust lets you build custom AI assistants with access to your company's data.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-dust) - [ **Google Slides to NEXT** NEXT is an AI-powered continuous product discovery platform for teams, that lets you validate big-picture...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-next) - [ **Google Slides to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Slides to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-salesforce) - [ **Google Slides to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SQL Server when something happens in Google Slides? Any of SQL Server's 7 actions, including Update Row, Add Row, Find Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SQL Server to Google Slides? Yes. When something happens in SQL Server, your agent can act in Google Slides too. This page covers both directions: SQL Server's triggers and Google Slides's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Slides or SQL Server? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Google Slides and SQL Server without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.