Excel Reader Server
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A MS excel server based on modelcontextprotocol
Details
- Author
- softgridinc-pte-ltd
- GitHub stars
- 6
- Downloads
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- Categories
- Other, AI
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- Read content from all sheets in an Excel file
- Read a specific sheet by name
- Read a specific sheet by index
- Returns data in JSON format
- Handles empty cells and data type conversions
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Excel Reader ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install the package via pip install excel-reader-server or uv pip install excel-reader-server (requires Python 3.10+). Then configure your MCP client to use the three provided tools: read_excel, read_excel_by_sheet_name, and read_excel_by_sheet_index.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"excel reader server": {
"mcp-excel-reader-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"excel-reader-server"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-excel-reader-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"excel-reader-server"
]
}
}Excel Reader Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for reading Excel (xlsx) files.
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Features
- Read content from all sheets in an Excel file
- Read content from a specific sheet by name
- Read content from a specific sheet by index
- Returns data in JSON format
- Handles empty cells and data type conversions
Installation
Requires Python 3.10 or higher.
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