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Getting started
- Create your account. Every plan starts with 3 free days.
- Connect Slidemate to your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor and more), as shown below.
- Connect your TikTok account and add your website on the Brand page, so your AI knows what works and what you sell.
- Ask your AI for a slideshow. It appears on your Slidemate home page right away.
- Open it, change anything you like, then post it, schedule it or run a campaign.
Connect your AI
Slidemate works as an MCP connector. Your connector address is:
https://slidemate.app/mcp- Open Settings, then Connectors
- Choose Add custom connector
- Paste the address above and click Add
- Click Connect and allow Slidemate
Works on every Claude plan.
- Open Settings, then Apps and Connectors
- Under Advanced settings, turn on Developer mode
- Choose Create, name it Slidemate and paste the address
- Pick OAuth, then sign in and allow Slidemate
Custom connectors need ChatGPT Pro, Team, Enterprise or Edu.
- Go to grok.com/connectors
- Choose New Connector, then Custom
- Paste the address above
- Sign in and allow Slidemate
Custom connectors are on Grok paid plans.
- Open Cursor Settings, then MCP
- Add a new MCP server named Slidemate
- Use the address above as its url
- Sign in and allow Slidemate when asked
Any other app that supports remote MCP servers works the same way.
What to ask
Talk to your AI like you would to a person. A few ideas:
- “Look at what worked on my TikTok and make 3 new slideshows in that style”
- “Make a 6 slide TikTok slideshow about morning habits, with photos from my library”
- “Search Pexels for cozy autumn photos and make a slideshow with big hooks”
- “Open my latest slideshow and make the text on every slide shorter”
You can name a font, a text style (box, plain or outline), the number of slides, or ask it to use photos from a folder in your library.
Your AI learns from your TikTok
This is part of the Pro plan. On Starter, your AI makes and posts slideshows but does not read your past TikToks.
Connect your TikTok account on the Brand page. Your AI can then read your bio, followers and your latest videos with their captions, views, likes, comments and shares, ranked from best to worst, plus everything you made and posted in Slidemate.
Ask “Look at what worked on my TikTok and make 3 new slideshows in that style”. It leans into the topics and hooks that got views, skips what flopped, writes in your language and voice, and never repeats a hook you already posted.
Your AI knows your business
On the Brand page, under Websites, paste your website, App Store or Google Play link. Slidemate reads the site, its key pages and its app store listing, grabs the logo, and writes a brief: what you provide, your exact audience, what your TikTok should post and the tone. Edit it anytime. Ask for a slideshow about your app and your AI works from that brief.
Editing
Click any text on a slide to edit it. The panel on the right changes the font, size, weight, color, box and outline. The tools next to the slide add text, drawings and shapes.
The Layers panel lists everything on the slide. Drag layers to reorder them, and use the icons to hide, lock or delete them. The background photo is locked by default; unlock it in Layers to move or zoom it.
Photos
The panel on the left has three tabs. Library holds your uploads and folders. Pexels searches millions of free photos. Pinterest shows your boards once you connect it on the Pinterest page. Click a photo to set it as the background, or add it as a layer.
Posting and campaigns
Click Post in the editor to open the post page. Pick the TikTok account, then post now, schedule a date and time, or send it to your TikTok drafts. You choose who can see it, comments, disclosure and whether TikTok adds a suggested sound.
For many posts at once, ask your AI for a campaign: “Plan 14 slideshows about my app, two a day on both my accounts.” It makes every slideshow and schedules them. Review and approve them on the Scheduled page, and Slidemate posts them on time. Starter includes 30 posts a month, Pro 1,000.
App Store and Google Play badges
In the editor, the call to action tool adds the official “Download on the App Store” and “Get it on Google Play” badges. Add one, or both side by side. Your AI adds them too: ask for “the App Store badge on the last slide”.
Downloading
Download saves the slide you are on, every slide as a zip, or each slide as its own file, numbered in order. TikTok slides are 1080 by 1920; Instagram carousel slides are 4:5. You can also download a whole slideshow from the menu on its card on Home.
Questions
What is Slidemate?
The TikTok marketing engine your AI runs. Connect Slidemate to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Cursor and your AI makes finished TikTok slideshows with real photos and the real TikTok font, and posts them for you. On Pro it also learns from your past TikToks. You polish anything you like in a professional desktop editor.
How long does it take to set up?
About two minutes. Create your account, paste one address into your AI, and ask for your first slideshow. No API key, no code.
Do I need to film anything?
No. Slidemate makes photo slideshows, the format TikTok shows in photo mode. No camera, no voice over, no editing video.
Will the posts look AI made?
No. Every slide uses real photos, never AI images, with TikTok Sans and the same text styles people see on their For You page. Your slideshows look like content, not like an ad.
Which AI assistants work with it?
Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor and any assistant that supports MCP connectors. Setup steps for each are on the MCP page and in the docs.
How do I connect my AI?
Open the MCP page in Slidemate and copy your address. In your assistant, add a custom connector, paste the address and sign in to Slidemate. The docs show every step for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Cursor.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You talk to your AI in plain words, like "make 3 slideshows about my app for this week".
What can my AI do in Slidemate?
Make and edit slideshows, pick templates, find photos on Pexels, the web, your Pinterest boards or your library, read your website, add App Store and Google Play badges, and post or schedule to TikTok, including whole campaigns. On Pro it also reads your past TikToks and their stats.
Can I edit what my AI makes?
Yes. Every slideshow opens in the desktop editor: text, fonts, photos, layers, sizes and safe zones. Change one word or rebuild a slide.
Can I copy a format I saw on TikTok?
Yes. Paste the TikTok link into your AI and ask it to make one like it. Your AI reads the post and rebuilds the format with your own content and photos.
What are templates?
Ready made slideshow formats that already work on TikTok: news drops, lists, quotes, hot takes, Apple Notes style slides and more. Pick one in the editor or let your AI choose.
Does it know what my business does?
Yes. Paste your website, App Store or Google Play link. Slidemate reads it and writes a brief your AI works from, so every slideshow gets your product and your audience right.
Can my AI learn from my past TikToks?
Yes, on Pro. Connect your TikTok account and your AI reads your latest videos with their views, likes, comments and shares, sees what worked and what flopped, and makes new slideshows in the style, topics and language that already work for you. It never repeats a hook you already posted. Starter does not include this.
Can I add App Store and Google Play badges?
Yes. In the editor, click Add a call to action and drop the official "Download on the App Store" or "Get it on Google Play" badge on any slide. Your AI can add them too.
Why does the TikTok font matter?
Viral slideshows are made with TikTok Sans, TikTok's own font, in its box, plain and outline styles. It is what people are used to reading on their For You page, so your slides look like content, not like an ad. In Slidemate it is the default on every slide.
Are the photos AI generated?
Never. Slidemate only uses real photos: your uploads, your Pinterest boards, free photos from Pexels, or real photos your AI finds on the web. Viewers trust real photos, and so does TikTok.
How does the library work?
Upload your own photos, up to 100 at a time, sort them into folders and bookmark the best ones. Your AI can look through your library and use your photos on slides.
Does it post for me?
Yes. Post now, schedule for later, send to your TikTok drafts, or plan a whole campaign across your accounts. Starter includes 30 posts a month and Pro 1,000.
Do I approve posts before they go out?
For campaigns, yes: planned posts wait on the Scheduled page until you approve them. A single post goes out when you post or schedule it. You can also send posts to your TikTok drafts and publish them yourself.
What is a campaign?
A plan of many posts over several days and accounts, made in one message: "Plan 14 slideshows about my app, two a day on both my accounts." Your AI makes every slideshow, you approve, and Slidemate posts them on time.
Which platforms can I post to?
Slidemate posts and schedules straight to TikTok. For Instagram, make your slides in 4:5, download them and post them as a carousel.
How many TikTok accounts can I connect?
As many as you run. Your monthly posts are shared across all of them.
How do I connect a TikTok account?
On the Brand page, click Connect TikTok and sign in on TikTok itself. Slidemate never sees your password.
Is my TikTok account safe?
Yes. You sign in on TikTok itself, your tokens are encrypted, and Slidemate only posts when you ask it to. Read how on our security page.
Does it work for Instagram?
Yes for carousels. Every slide can be made in 4:5, the Instagram feed size, in the same editor and the same TikTok font look.
Why am I getting 0 views?
Almost always because the account is not warmed up yet, so TikTok is limiting its reach. Zero views is a sign something is off with the account, not with your content. Stop posting for a few days and use the account like a normal person: scroll your niche, like, comment and follow. Then post once and see where it lands, and ramp up slowly if views come back. A couple of hundred views is different: then the account is fine and the content needs work.
Do I need to warm up a new account?
Yes. For the first 3 to 7 days, use it like a real person before posting: fill in the profile, watch videos in your niche on the For You page, like, comment and follow a few accounts. Then start with one post a day and build up.
How do I get TikTok accounts?
Create them yourself, one per email address you own. Give each a clear profile for its niche, warm it up for a few days, engage with your audience, then connect it to Slidemate on the Brand page.
Is it better to buy or create accounts?
Create them. Buying accounts is against TikTok's rules, bought accounts often get banned, and their followers are not your audience. A fresh account you warm up yourself grows faster and stays yours.
How often should I post?
One to three slideshows a day per account works well. Consistency beats bursts: posting every day for weeks is what makes TikTok learn who to show you to.
What should my posts be about?
Your audience's problems and interests, not your product. Teach something, tell a story, share a list or a hot take they care about, then show your product on the last slide as the answer.
Why the slideshow format?
Slideshows are fast to make, easy to post every day, and every swipe keeps people watching. They get saved and shared, and they work without filming anything.
How do I sell my product in these posts?
Lead with value, then bring your product in naturally near the end: a slide showing it solving the problem, a clear call to action, and for apps the official store badge.
Do I need a link in bio?
It helps. Add your link as soon as your account can show one. Until then, tell viewers what to search for, for example your app's name in the App Store.
How long until it works?
Give it a few weeks of posting every day. Most accounts need time to find their audience, and each week of results makes the next posts better.
How much does Slidemate cost?
Starter is $29 a month for 30 posts, Pro is $59 a month for 1,000 posts and an AI that learns from your past TikToks. Billed yearly, Starter is $14 a month and Pro $29 a month. In euro countries the same numbers are in euros, VAT included: €29 and €59, or €14 and €29 billed yearly. Enterprise, where we run it for you, is priced with you.
What is the difference between Starter and Pro?
Pro includes 1,000 posts a month instead of 30, and your AI learns from your past TikToks: their views, likes, comments and shares. Everything else is on both plans.
How does the free trial work?
Every plan starts with 3 free days. Your card is not charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime before that from Settings.
How much do I save with yearly billing?
About half. Yearly plans cost $14 a month for Starter instead of $29, and $29 a month for Pro instead of $59, billed once a year. You still get your full post allowance every month.
What happens if I hit my post limit?
You can keep making and editing slideshows, but new posts wait until your allowance resets next month. Upgrade to Pro anytime for 1,000 posts a month.
Can I move from Starter to Pro?
Anytime, from Settings. On monthly billing your first Pro month is $30 off, so the switch costs $29 that month. On yearly billing you only pay the difference for the rest of your year.
How do I cancel?
In Settings, click Manage billing, then Cancel plan. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you paid for.
Can you run it all for us?
Yes. On the Enterprise plan our team builds your strategy, runs your campaigns and sends you weekly updates. Talk to us.
Where is my data kept?
On Cloudflare, with payments on Stripe. Transfers outside the European Union rely on the EU and US Data Privacy Framework or the Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. Details are on our GDPR page and in the privacy policy.