Make a PowerPoint with Perplexity
Perplexity can research a topic on the web and pass the findings to MagicSlides as a deck. This 5-slide brief on urban heat islands is built from two real sources, which are cited on the last slide.
Set up MagicSlides in Perplexity (one time)
Custom connectors are on paid Perplexity plans (Pro, Max and Enterprise).
https://www.magicslides.app/api/mcp/mcp- 1.Open Plugins in the sidebar, then Add custom → Connector → Add MCP connector.
- 2.Paste the URL, pick Streamable HTTP and OAuth 2.0, and save.
- 3.Log in with MagicSlides, then turn the connector on in a thread.
Example: what you type in Perplexity
Research the urban heat island effect and make a 5-slide brief: causes, the two types, impacts on energy, health and water, and a sources slide. Use editorial-magazine.
Source used: US EPA, What Are Heat Islands? (plus the Wikipedia article on urban heat islands)
- Fetched the US EPA page What Are Heat Islands? and the Wikipedia article Urban heat island
- Pulled the figures: 1 to 7°F day and 2 to 5°F night gap, 1 to 9% AC demand per 2°F, 702 US heat deaths a year (2004 to 2018)
- Called get_template_schema (editorial-magazine, 5 slides)
- Wrote the slots with a glossary and a sources slide, then called create_presentation_from_slots
Your 5-slide urban heat island brief is ready. Every figure comes from the EPA page or the Wikipedia article, and both are listed on the final slide.
This is the real output from that prompt, made with the MagicSlides MCP. Open it to click through or download it.
How it works
- 1.In Perplexity, go to Plugins, Add custom, Connector, Add MCP connector
- 2.Choose Streamable HTTP and OAuth 2.0, paste https://www.magicslides.app/api/mcp/mcp
- 3.Ask a research question and say you want slides with sources
- 4.Open the present link or download the PPTX
Tool used: create_presentation_from_slots. Prefer a web app? Topic to PPT does the same without an agent.
FAQ
Which Perplexity plans can add MCP connectors?
Pro, Max and Enterprise plans can add a custom MCP connector.
Will the slides include citations?
Yes, if you ask. Perplexity researches with citations, and in this example both sources are listed on the last slide.
Does it cost MagicSlides AI credits?
No. Perplexity writes the copy from its research, so the deck costs 0 AI credits.
What do I get back?
A present link, per-slide links, and PPTX and PDF downloads that open in the MagicSlides editor.
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