Overview
A Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents direct access to Microsoft Office documents. Agents can read, write, and manipulate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without any Office installation — pure Python, no COM automation.
How it works
Exposes the MCP tool protocol over stdio, so any MCP-compatible agent can call it as a subprocess. Uses python-docx, openpyxl, and python-pptx under the hood. Each tool maps directly to a document operation — read a sheet range, insert a paragraph, append slides — keeping context usage low by returning only the relevant fragment.
Features
Word document tools
Read paragraphs, tables, and headers; insert or replace content; extract plain text for summarisation.
Excel spreadsheet tools
Read cell ranges, write values, create sheets, and parse structured tables into JSON for agent reasoning.
PowerPoint tools
Read slide content and speaker notes; add or update slides; export individual slides as images.
Zero-install Office
No Microsoft Office needed — all document manipulation is done with pure-Python libraries that handle the OOXML format directly.
MCP-native
Implements the Model Context Protocol tool interface over stdio, compatible with any MCP host including Claude Desktop, piclaw, and agentbox.
Architecture
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2026-04-30
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