Slidev MCP Server

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Slidev MCP is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Generate, render, and host Slidev presentations from markdown

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 0%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

182 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 25 Oct 2026

What changed 5

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 25 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten export_slides, list_session_slides

25 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for export_slides, list_session_slides

25 Oct a tool changed version

What the code does

We read the source, 6 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command builder/build-job.ts:104, builder/export-job.ts:117, builder/run.ts:49

      await Bun.spawn(["ln", "-s", nodeModulesSrc, nodeModulesDest]).exited;

Asks for container control access docker-compose.local.yml:117, docker-compose.prod.yml:153

      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro

Image runs as root builder/Dockerfile:7

# Install Playwright system dependencies as root (Chromium needs system libs)
USER root

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add slidev-mcp --transport http https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.slidev-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slidev-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "slidev-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

browse

browse_themes

Show the user a visual theme gallery with preview images. ONLY call this when the user explicitly asks to SEE or BROWSE themes visually (e.g. "show me the themes", "what do they look like", "let me pick a theme"). This renders an interactive gallery in the user's UI. To show a filtered subset (e.g. only dark themes), first call list_themes to identify matching themes, then pass their names here. Do NOT call this to decide which theme to use yourself — use list_themes for that instead.

export

export_slides

Export a presentation as a downloadable PDF. Returns a URL to download the PDF.

render

render_slides

Render a Slidev presentation from markdown and return its hosted URL. IMPORTANT: Before calling this tool, you MUST call get_theme with the theme name you plan to use. Each theme has unique layouts, components, and frontmatter options. Apply the theme's specific features in your markdown to produce high-quality slides that match the theme's design. If the user has not specified a theme, call list_themes to pick one. If you are unfamiliar with Slidev markdown syntax, call get_slidev_guide. Images must be remote URLs or base64-encoded inline. Local file paths are not supported.

screenshot

screenshot_slides

Render all slides as PNG images and return them. Use this to visually review a presentation. Returns one image per slide so you can see exactly what each slide looks like and give specific feedback.

session

list_session_slides

Look up presentations by UUID. Returns URLs, themes, and timestamps for each requested presentation. The server does not track which presentations belong to a conversation, so pass the UUIDs you got back from render_slides. Unknown UUIDs are omitted.

slidev

get_slidev_guide

Get the Slidev syntax guide: how to write slides in markdown. Returns the official Slidev syntax reference (frontmatter, slide separators, speaker notes, layouts, code blocks) plus built-in layout documentation and an example deck. Call this once to learn how to write Slidev presentations.

theme

get_theme

Get full documentation for a specific theme: layouts, components, and examples. Call this BEFORE render_slides to learn the theme's unique features. Each theme has different layouts, components, and frontmatter options. Use what you learn here to produce high-quality, theme-specific slides. This is the primary tool for preparing to render slides. When the user specifies a theme, call this directly — no need to call browse_themes.

themes

list_themes

Get a list of all available themes with style descriptions and recommendations. Call this to decide which theme to use. Returns a guide organized by style (dark, academic, modern, playful, etc.) with "best for" recommendations. After picking a theme, call get_theme with the theme name to read its full documentation (layouts, components, examples) before rendering. This tool does NOT display anything to the user — it is for your own reference when choosing a theme.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.slidev-mcp.org/mcp	streamable-http	answering	157 ms	9 min ago

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Slidev MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Slidev MCP do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: browse_themes, export_slides, get_slidev_guide, get_theme, list_session_slides, list_themes and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Slidev MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 182 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Slidev MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Slidev MCP need an API key?

No. Slidev MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Slidev MCP?

It answers our handshake in 182 ms on average, which is faster than 75% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Slidev MCP open source?

We cannot say either way: written in Python and 5 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.