# Alai MCP: Use Alai in Slack and Email

Source: https://maito.app/integrations/alai

Connect the Alai MCP server to Maito with one sign-in, and your whole team can use it from Slack or email: “Make a 12-slide deck on our 2027 hiring plan.”

Alai creates presentations and slides. Connect the Alai MCP server to Maito once, and everyone on your team can use Alai from Slack, by email, or from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse. Nobody else has to sign in.

-   Connects in one click
-   Sign in with Alai
-   One connection for the whole team
-   Server by [Alai](https://getalai.com/)

Updated October 21, 2026

## What you can ask with Alai

Requests to Maito

![Dana](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/dana.webp)

Dana in Slack

Make a 12-slide deck on our 2027 hiring plan.

![Sam](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/sam.webp)

Sam by email

Turn these meeting notes into a short slide deck for Acme.

Maito uses Alai to do the work and replies where you asked.

## How to connect Alai

Open Connections in your workspace and choose Connect next to Alai. You sign in to Alai in a new tab, and that's the whole setup. Name the account and choose Workspace under who can use it. That's the only time anyone signs in: your whole team, shared chats and Loops can use Alai from then on. Or skip ahead and ask for the work: Maito sends you a link if Alai isn't connected yet.

## Questions

### What is the Alai MCP server URL?

Alai publishes it at https://slides-api.getalai.com/mcp/, and it signs in with OAuth, so there's no key to copy.

### Can I use the Alai MCP server from Slack?

Yes. Connect it to Maito once, then mention Maito in any Slack channel or send it a direct message. The same connection works by email and from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse.

### Does everyone on my team have to connect Alai?

No. One person connects it once and chooses Workspace. Then everyone in the workspace, shared chats and Loops can use Alai, without signing in themselves. Choose Only me instead to keep it to your own chats.

### Do I have to connect Alai before I ask?

No. If a request needs Alai and it isn't connected yet, your agent sends you a link. Connect it, and the work picks up where it stopped.

### Can I limit what Maito does in Alai?

Yes. After you connect, turn off any Alai tools you don't want Maito to use, such as the ones that change data. Tools Alai adds later stay off until you turn them on.

## Also in Productivity

-   [Wispr Flow Wispr Flow is a voice dictation app that keeps your meetings, notes and tasks.](https://maito.app/integrations/wispr-flow)
-   [SlidesGPT SlidesGPT makes presentations and exports them to PowerPoint.](https://maito.app/integrations/slidesgpt)
-   [Craft Craft is a notes app for docs, notes and personal knowledge.](https://maito.app/integrations/craft)
-   [Roam Roam is a virtual office with messages, meetings and transcripts.](https://maito.app/integrations/roam)
-   [Otto Travel Otto Travel plans, books and manages business travel.](https://maito.app/integrations/otto-travel)
-   [Idiolect Idiolect learns how you write so drafts sound like you.](https://maito.app/integrations/idiolect)

[See all integrations](https://maito.app/integrations)

## Put your AI employee to work.

Set it up in minutes. Connect Alai, then hand Maito the first job.

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