diff --git a/src/snippets_cms/backend_connect.clj b/src/snippets_cms/backend_connect.clj
index 633946e..1972d61 100644
--- a/src/snippets_cms/backend_connect.clj
+++ b/src/snippets_cms/backend_connect.clj
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
   (let [params (if limit {:limit limit} {})]
     (get-request "/api/snippets" params)))
 
-(defn fetch-snippet [id]
-  (get-request "/api/snippet" {:id id}))
+(defn fetch-snippet [slug]
+  (get-request "/api/snippet-by-slug" {:slug slug}))
 
-(defn delete-snippet [id]
-  (http/delete (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet") {:query-params {"id" id}}))
+(defn delete-snippet [slug]
+  (http/delete (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet") {:query-params {"slug" slug}}))
 
-(defn update-snippet [id patch]
+(defn update-snippet [slug patch]
   (http/patch (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet")
-              {:query-params {:id id}
+              {:query-params {:slug slug}
                :headers {:accept "application/edn"
                          :content-type "application/edn"}
                :body  (pr-str patch)}))
diff --git a/src/snippets_cms/mcp.clj b/src/snippets_cms/mcp.clj
index 2e77928..951ee67 100644
--- a/src/snippets_cms/mcp.clj
+++ b/src/snippets_cms/mcp.clj
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
    {:name "get_snippet"
     :description "Get a specific snippet by id, including body, tags, slug, title, and other details"
     :inputSchema {:type "object"
-                  :properties {:id {:type "string"
-                                    :description "The id of the snippet to retrieve"}}
-                  :required ["id"]}}
+                  :properties {:slug {:type "string"
+                                      :description "The slug of the snippet to retrieve"}}
+                  :required ["slug"]}}
    {:name "create_snippet"
     :description "Create a new code snippet with title, slug, markdown content, and tags"
     :inputSchema {:type "object"
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
   (let [snippets (fetch-snippets)]
     {:snippets (map #(select-keys % [:id :title :slug :tags]) snippets)}))
 
-(defn get-snippet-impl [id]
-  (let [snippet (fetch-snippet id)]
+(defn get-snippet-impl [slug]
+  (let [snippet (fetch-snippet slug)]
     {:snippet snippet}))
 
 (defn create-snippet-impl [{:keys [title slug markdown tags]}]
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
    :id id
    :result (case tool-name
              "list_snippets" (mcp-res list-snippets-impl [])
-             "get_snippet" (mcp-res get-snippet-impl [(:id tool-input)])
+             "get_snippet" (mcp-res get-snippet-impl [(:slug tool-input)])
              "create_snippet" (mcp-res create-snippet-impl [tool-input])
              {:error (str "Unknown tool: " tool-name)})})
 
diff --git a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/delete.clj b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/delete.clj
index 8925a4d..391d507 100644
--- a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/delete.clj
+++ b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/delete.clj
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 (defn run []
   (let [selected-snippet (utils/select (map #(hash-map :value (:slug %) :item %) (fetch-snippets)))]
-    (delete-snippet (:id selected-snippet))))
+    (delete-snippet (:slug selected-snippet))))
diff --git a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/edit.clj b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/edit.clj
index 8438c5d..b42f4a0 100644
--- a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/edit.clj
+++ b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/edit.clj
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 
 (defn run []
   (let [snippet-to-edit (utils/select (map #(hash-map :value (:slug %) :item %) (fetch-snippets)))]
-    (update-snippet (:id snippet-to-edit) (edit snippet-to-edit))
+    (update-snippet (:slug snippet-to-edit) (edit snippet-to-edit))
     (println "Snippet updated successfully")
-    (view/view (fetch-snippet (:id snippet-to-edit)))))
+    (view/view (fetch-snippet (:slug snippet-to-edit)))))
diff --git a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/view.clj b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/view.clj
index 87bccf4..64329c8 100644
--- a/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/view.clj
+++ b/src/snippets_cms/tui_actions/view.clj
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 
 (defn run []
   (let [snippet-to-view (utils/select (map #(hash-map :value (:slug %) :item %) (fetch-snippets 25)))]
-    (view (fetch-snippet (:id snippet-to-view)))))
+    (view (fetch-snippet (:slug snippet-to-view)))))