Recipe Create Presentation

by googleworkspacea3768d0e82adNo licenseListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026

Create a new Google Slides presentation and add initial slides.

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Creates a new Google Slides presentation and adds initial slides via the gws CLI.

What it does: This recipe walks through creating a new Google Slides presentation with a given title using the gws command-line tool, then retrieving the presentation ID from the response. It also shows how to share the resulting file with a team member by granting writer permission through the gws drive permissions command. The deliverable is a new, shared slide deck.
When to use it: Use it when you need to spin up a fresh Google Slides deck and give collaborators access to it. It fits quick setup tasks such as starting a quarterly review presentation.
Requirements: Requires the gws binary and the gws-slides skill to be available. It also needs access to Google Slides and Google Drive, plus a valid account or credentials for those services. No scripts are shipped; it is instructions only.

Create a Google Slides Presentation

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-slides

Create a new Google Slides presentation and add initial slides.

Create presentation: gws slides presentations create --json '{"title": "Quarterly Review Q2"}'
Get the presentation ID from the response
Share with team: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "PRESENTATION_ID"}' --json '{"role": "writer", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "[email protected]"}'

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