Mcp Office Excel

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Local-first MCP server for Microsoft Excel. 65 tools cover cell and range I/O, sheet management, styling, pivot tables, charts, conditional formatting, data validation, PDF export, and formula evaluation. File-based tools (openpyxl) run on Windows without Excel installed. COM-bac

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- Cell and range input/output operations
- Sheet management (create, rename, delete, move)
- Styling (fonts, colors, borders, alignment)
- Pivot table creation and manipulation
- Chart creation and formatting
- Conditional formatting and data validation
- PDF export of worksheets
- Formula evaluation and recalculation

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 Mcp Office Excel

Command (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

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Install with pip install mcp-office-excel. Then configure your MCP client with { "mcpServers": { "excel": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m","excelmcp.server"] } } }. The server communicates over stdio and runs on your machine; no hosted tier is available.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp office excel": {
            "excel": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "excelmcp.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "excel": {
        "command": "python",
        "args": [
            "-m",
            "excelmcp.server"
        ]
    }
}

Local-first MCP server for Microsoft Excel — part of the mcp-office suite. 65 tools for reading, writing, styling, and exporting Excel workbooks over stdio. Capabilities: cell/range I/O, sheet management, styling, pivot tables, charts, conditional formatting, data validation, PDF export, formula evaluation. Requirements: Windows · Python 3.11+ · Microsoft Excel needed only for COM tools (PDF export, recalculation, pivots, VBA); file-based tools (openpyxl) work without Excel. No hosted tier — runs on your machine. Install: pip install mcp-office-excel Config: { "mcpServers": { "excel": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m","excelmcp.server"] } } } License: MIT

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