getalai/alai-mcp-server

AI presentation maker and slide generator for Claude, Cursor, and MCP clients. Create designer-level presentations, pitch decks, and slides from text. Export to PowerPoint (PPTX) and PDF.
What is Alai?
Alai is an **AI presentation maker** and the fastest way to create high-quality, beautiful slides without design skills.
- **Generate slides from text** - Turn notes, markdown, URLs, or documents into polished presentations
- **Beautify existing slides** - Restyle and improve your PowerPoint presentations with AI
- **Export anywhere** - Download as PowerPoint (PPTX), PDF, or shareable link
- **Professional themes** - Designer-level templates for any occasion
- **Speaker notes** - AI-generated talking points for each slide
- **Nano Banana Pro Image Slides** - Theme-aware image slide generation that matches your deck's visual style
- **Edit and iterate** - Make targeted changes to text, icons, and images on existing slides
Use Cases
- **Pitch decks** - Create investor-ready presentations from your notes
- **Sales presentations** - Generate compelling slides for prospects
- **Meeting notes to slides** - Transform your notes into shareable decks
- **PowerPoint beautification** - Restyle existing slides with professional themes
- **Marketing presentations** - Build product and campaign decks quickly
Features
- Generate designer-level presentations from text, markdown, or meeting notes
- AI-powered slide beautification and restyling
- Export to PowerPoint (PPTX) or PDF
- Professional pitch deck themes
- Add and remove slides from existing presentations
- Edit and iterate on existing slides with targeted prompts
- Generate speaker notes automatically
Server URL
Glama / Local Wrapper
This repository includes a local MCP wrapper so Glama can build, start, and inspect the server automatically.
The wrapper runs over stdio and forwards tool calls to the hosted Alai MCP endpoint:
- ALAI_MCP_URL - optional override for the upstream MCP URL
- ALAI_API_KEY - optional API key used when forwarding tool calls upstream
- api_key - alternate env var name supported for Glama placeholder arguments
Tool introspection works without credentials, which is enough for Glama to inspect the server. Real tool execution requires a valid API key.
Run locally
With upstream credentials:
Authentication
The server accepts either a static API key or an OAuth 2.1 bearer token on the same endpoint.
API Key
Get a key from getalai.com and pass it in one of these headers:
- api-key: sk_your_key
- Authorization: Bearer sk_your_key
OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic Client Registration
The server implements RFC 9728 Protected Resource Metadata and delegates authorization to Supabase, which supports RFC 7591 Dynamic Client Registration and PKCE (S256). Spec-compliant MCP clients (e.g. Claude Desktop, MCP Inspector) can auto-discover the flow:
The response's authorization_servers entry points at the Supabase authorization server, whose /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server document advertises the registration_endpoint, authorization_endpoint, and token_endpoint. After the authorization code + PKCE flow, the client sends Authorization: Bearer to the MCP endpoint.