mcp-office

MCP Office

Local-first, governed MCP servers for Microsoft Office — built for developers who want to treat Office files the way they treat code.

What is this?

MCP Office is a suite of Model Context Protocol servers that expose Microsoft Office capabilities as governed, deterministic tool calls. Each server runs locally on Windows, connects to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, VS Code Copilot, or any MCP-compatible client), and gives you structured control over Office files — without an in-app AI assistant.

This is not a Copilot replacement. It is a developer-first execution layer for Office automation.

Packages

✅ Available now

Package	What it does	Install	Tools
excelmcp	Read, write, style, validate, and export Excel workbooks	pip install mcp-office	65
pptmcp	Build, edit, review, and export PowerPoint presentations. Output Contract framework for machine-verifiable slide specs	pip install mcp-office	46
wordmcp	Template assembly, tracked-changes support, and structural QA for Word documents	pip install mcp-office	50

🚧 Coming next

Package	Status
mailmcp	In development — Outlook email, calendar, contacts, and MailRepo search

New packages are added as they complete their proof cycle. See ROADMAP.md.

Quick start

Prerequisites

• Windows 10 or 11
• Python 3.11 or later (python --version)
• Git (git --version)
• Claude Desktop or VS Code with GitHub Copilot
• Microsoft Office (Excel / PowerPoint / Word) — required for COM-backed tools (styling, PDF export, tracked-changes)

Install

PyPI note: excelmcp on PyPI is an unrelated third-party package. Do not pip install excelmcp — that ships you a stranger's code. The published suite packages are mcp-office-excel (PyPI) and source-editable installs below. pip install excelmcp is never the right command for this project.

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/dosev-ai/mcp-office.git
cd mcp-office

# Create one shared venv for all packages
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

# Install whichever packages you want (each is independent)
pip install -e ./excelmcp
pip install -e ./wordmcp

# pptmcp depends on the shared library — install both
pip install -e ./shared && pip install -e ./pptmcp

Configure Claude Desktop

Open %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (create it if it doesn't exist) and add the servers you installed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excel-excelmcp": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-office\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe",
      "args": ["-m", "excelmcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "EXCEL_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "C:\\path\\to\\your\\files",
        "EXCEL_ENABLE_WRITE": "true"
      }
    },
    "powerpoint-pptmcp": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-office\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe",
      "args": ["-m", "pptmcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "PPT_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "C:\\path\\to\\your\\files",
        "PPT_ENABLE_WRITE": "true"
      }
    },
    "word-wordmcp": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-office\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe",
      "args": ["-m", "wordmcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "C:\\path\\to\\your\\files",
        "WORD_ENABLE_WRITE": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace C:\\path\\to\\mcp-office with the absolute path where you cloned the repo, and C:\\path\\to\\your\\files with the directory where your Office files live. Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Verify

In Claude Desktop, send:

Call capabilities() on excel-excelmcp
Call capabilities() on powerpoint-pptmcp
Call capabilities() on word-wordmcp

Each should return a tool list (60+ for Excel, 48 for PowerPoint, 51 for Word). If a server is missing, check the command path points to your .venv Python executable.

Full per-package guides: excelmcp/README.md · pptmcp/README.md · wordmcp/README.md

Detailed step-by-step: docs/quickstart.md

Requirements

Requirement	Notes
Windows 10 or 11	COM automation requires Windows
Python 3.11+	python --version to confirm
Git	For cloning the repo
Microsoft Office	Required for COM-dependent tools (styling, PDF export, tracked-changes). Read-only docx/xlsx/pptx tools work without Office.
MCP client	Claude Desktop or VS Code with Copilot

Architecture

Your MCP client (Claude Desktop / VS Code Copilot / other)
        │
        │  MCP stdio protocol
        ↓
  MCP Office servers (local Python processes)
   ├─ excelmcp    — Excel automation (live)
   ├─ pptmcp      — PowerPoint automation (live)
   ├─ wordmcp     — Word automation (live)
   └─ mailmcp     — Outlook + MailRepo (coming)
        │
        │  COM / openpyxl / python-pptx / python-docx
        ↓
  Microsoft Office (local installation)

Each server is a standalone stdio MCP server. No network calls. No cloud dependency. Your files stay local.

Contributing

This project is in active development. The best way to contribute right now:

• Try any package (excelmcp, pptmcp, wordmcp) and open a First Run Report
• Report bugs via GitHub Issues
• Ask questions or share what you built in GitHub Discussions

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development guidelines.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.