Available Tools
Slate MCP provides 30+ tools organized by function. Standard plans include 12 core tools. Pro plans unlock everything.
Account & preferences
Section titled “Account & preferences”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
check_credits | Check your AI credit balance | Standard |
get_user_preferences | Get your default theme, subscription info, and active workspace | Standard |
get_account_stats | Aggregate statistics across all courses | Pro |
Documentation
Section titled “Documentation”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
search_slate_documentation | Browse and read the official Slate documentation and help articles | Standard |
search_lesson_md_documentation | Browse and read the LESSON.md format reference at lesson.md | Standard |
Use search_slate_documentation for product help. Without a URL, it returns the Slate docs topic index; with a URL, it reads a specific docs page.
Use search_lesson_md_documentation when you want the LESSON.md authoring spec, for example when asking the AI to draft a lesson file you’ll import into Slate. Without a URL, it returns the canonical LESSON.md sample; with a URL, it reads a page on lesson.md.
Course management
Section titled “Course management”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
create_course | Generate a complete eLearning course from a prompt. Costs 1,250 credits. | Standard |
preview_course_outline | Generate a text outline before committing credits. Free to use. | Standard |
list_courses | List and search your courses with sorting, tag filtering, and workspace filtering | Standard |
get_course_summary | Get detailed information about a course by title or ID, including workspace | Standard |
preview_course | Get a shareable preview link for any course (auto-manages a single AI Chat Preview link per course) | Standard |
get_presentation_content | Extract course content for use in presentations | Pro |
When generating a course, you can specify duration, difficulty level, target audience, language, and a summary of any source materials. Drafts can be generated in any of 15 supported languages, and default to the Default source language set in Settings > Profile.
Course creation respects your plan’s course limit (5 courses on Free, 100 on Standard, unlimited on Pro). If you’ve reached the limit, the tool returns a message explaining the cap before any credits are spent.
When you’re in a team workspace, list_courses shows both personal and team courses. Team courses are labeled with the team name. Use the workspace filter (personal, team, or all) to narrow results.
If two of your courses share the same title, any tool that looks up a course by name now asks which one you mean rather than guessing. The assistant lists the matches with their last-updated dates so you can confirm the right one before it runs. This applies to previews, summaries, reviews, share track, and tag tools alike.
Preview links
Section titled “Preview links”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
create_preview_link | Create a shareable preview link | Standard |
list_preview_links | View all preview links with staleness detection | Standard |
update_preview_links | Refresh outdated preview links with the latest content | Standard |
Preview links let stakeholders view a course without a Slate account. Staleness detection alerts you when a link is out of date with the current course content.
preview_course manages a single auto-named AI Chat Preview link per course. Every AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, and any future MCP client) refreshes that same link in place, so your preview link list stays tidy when you switch assistants. Use create_preview_link instead if you want a separately named link, for example one per reviewer or audience.
Tag management
Section titled “Tag management”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
add_course_tag | Add a tag to a course | Pro |
remove_course_tag | Remove a tag from a course | Pro |
bulk_add_course_tags | Add a tag to multiple courses at once | Pro |
bulk_remove_course_tags | Remove a tag from multiple courses at once | Pro |
Bulk operations accept a search query or list of course IDs, making it easy to organize large libraries through conversation.
Filtering courses by tag through list_courses is available on Standard and Pro. Adding, removing, or bulk-managing tags is a Pro feature.
Review management
Section titled “Review management”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
list_reviews | View reviews for a course with comment counts and reviewer links | Pro |
find_reviews | Find reviews across all courses, filterable by status | Pro |
open_review | Create a new review session with optional course snapshot | Pro |
close_review | Close a review and get final statistics | Pro |
summarize_review | Generate an AI-powered summary of review feedback | Pro |
generate_review_checklist | Generate checklist items from review feedback | Pro |
view_review_checklist | View current checklist items and completion status | Pro |
toggle_checklist_item | Mark a checklist item as complete or incomplete | Pro |
Review tools enable a full feedback cycle: open a review, share it with your team, summarize the feedback, generate a checklist, and track completion, all through conversation.
Share & Track
Section titled “Share & Track”| Tool | Description | Plan |
|---|---|---|
create_share_track_link | Create a tracked link with email capture and consent settings | Pro |
list_share_track_links | View tracked links with engagement statistics | Pro |
find_tracked_links | Find tracked links across all courses, filterable by status | Pro |
activate_share_track_link | Enable viewer access to a tracked link | Pro |
deactivate_share_track_link | Disable viewer access to a tracked link | Pro |
update_share_track_content | Refresh a tracked link with the latest course content | Pro |
get_share_track_stats | Get aggregate metrics: viewers, completions, average progress | Pro |
Share & Track tools return aggregate engagement metrics only. Individual viewer data is never exposed through MCP; it’s only available in the Slate Builder UI.
Permissions
Section titled “Permissions”When you connect Slate to an AI client, tools are grouped into two permission categories:
Read-only tools retrieve information from your account: checking credits, listing courses, previewing outlines. These are safe to allow automatically.
Write tools can create or modify content: course creation, managing preview links, opening reviews. You can choose to allow these automatically or require approval each time.
You can change these settings anytime from your AI client’s connector preferences.