GWS Slides

Create polished, professional Google Slides presentations using the gws CLI. This skill wraps the Google Slides API with strong design opinions so every deck looks intentional, not auto-generated.

PREREQUISITE: The gws CLI must be on $PATH and authenticated.

Prerequisites

which gws || echo "MISSING: install gws CLI"
gws auth login -s slides,drive   # OAuth login with Slides + Drive scope
gws slides --help                 # verify Slides API is accessible

If gws auth setup has never been run, run it once to create a Cloud project and enable APIs.

CLI quirk: gws prints Using keyring backend: keyring to stdout before JSON output. When parsing responses programmatically, skip the first line (e.g., tail -n +2).

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