Add more MCP tools
Johnathan Lightfoot
Right now the MCP tools are too few. I would suggest adding:
get_generation_status
get_gamma
list_gammas
export_gamma
generate_from_template
update_card
regenerate_card
duplicate_gamma
delete_gamma
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Also, you're on fire man. I'm counting 12 Jonathan lightfoot posts haha
Johnathan Lightfoot
Nik Payne (Gamma design) LOL, I did a deep dive into the API functions this last two days and was taking notes as I went through the docs and ran a few automations and agents using it.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Hey Johnathan Lightfoot, thanks for the super concrete list here, this is really helpful. I’ll pass it along to the team.
Quick question so we prioritize the right stuff: which 1-2 of these would unblock your workflow the most right now, and what are you trying to automate end to end (ex: generate from template then update/regenerate a few cards then export)?
Johnathan Lightfoot
Nik Payne (Gamma design) The two that would unblock me most right now: generate_from_template and update/regenerate a single card.
The workflow I actually care about isn't "make me a deck from a prompt." It's: structured data comes in from a form/Airtable/database → generate a deck from a template → review → fix only the weak cards → export the PPTX/PDF → hand off to storage, email, or the next step. That's the real business workflow.
generate_from_template matters because repeatable use cases don't start from scratch — they start from a known format like a proposal, report, training deck, or client update.
Single-card regeneration is the other big one because that's where time and credits get wasted today. If one card is off, I shouldn't have to recreate the whole deck.
Just those two would move MCP from a one-shot content tool to something I could actually run in production.