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Research a topic in Perplexity, have your AI platform turn it into an outline, generate the deck through Gamma’s MCP server, and export it for review.

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Goal

Get from a question to a presentable deck in under an hour.

Connects through: API · MCP

Steps

#WhoWhat happensHowStatus
1Perplexity Researches the topic with citations through the Agent API (or by hand in the Perplexity app)
Or use any AI platform with web search.
 API Confirmed · source ↗
2Your AI platform Turns the research into a slide-by-slide outline AI platform Confirmed
3Gamma Generates the deck from the outline
Gamma’s MCP tools include generate, generate_from_template, export_gamma and edit_gamma.
 MCP Confirmed · source ↗
4Gamma Exports the deck to PDF, PPTX or PNG MCP Confirmed · source ↗
5You Check every claim against its source and edit the deck Human step Confirmed

Confirmed means the vendor documents it (linked). It doesn't mean IonBin has tested it. AI-platform and human steps need no source.

Human approval

You verify facts before the deck is shared.

Watch out for

Keep the human approval step: You verify facts before the deck is shared.

Starter prompt

Goal: Get from a question to a presentable deck in under an hour. Tools involved: Perplexity, Gamma. Your part: turns the research into a slide-by-slide outline; generates the deck from the outline; exports the deck to pdf, pptx or png. Work step by step, show me each draft or proposed change, and wait for my approval before anything is sent, published, signed, filed or changed in a live system.

Assembled from this page’s goal and steps. Paste it into your AI platform and adjust it to your situation.

Tools in this workflow

ToolRoleOfficial site
PerplexityAPI perplexity.ai ↗
GammaMCP gamma.app ↗

Which AI platforms can run it

PlatformStatusWhy
Claude (incl. Claude Code) Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
OpenAI Codex To verify Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs; Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs
Google Antigravity To verify Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs; Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs
ChatGPT Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
Gemini To verify Perplexity: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n); Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs; Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs
Perplexity To verify Perplexity: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n); Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs; Gamma: pairing not named in vendor docs

Computed from the MCP and API steps only: "Confirmed" needs the tool's docs to name the platform and the platform to support the connection. Browser, upload and human steps work from any platform.

What we checked

Gamma’s MCP server uses OAuth and exposes tools to generate a gamma (including multi-page and from a template), check generation status, edit, search, read, and export to PDF, PPTX or PNG. Generation is asynchronous: the tool returns an ID, and the assistant polls until the deck is ready. Check every claim in the deck against its source before you share it.

Set it up

  1. Connect Gamma’s MCP server and sign in with OAuth. Gamma’s docs cover setup, access and pricing for its API and MCP.
  2. Research the topic with citations, in Perplexity or another AI platform with web search, and keep the source links.
  3. Ask your AI platform for a slide-by-slide outline with one claim per slide and its source.
  4. Generate the deck in Gamma from the outline, or from one of your templates so it matches your brand.
  5. Export to PDF or PPTX and check each slide against its source before you share it.

Sources

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