Office Word MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• word_document_server/main.py:297-300 (registration)

  MCP tool registration for 'add_footnote_to_document' using @mcp.tool() decorator. This is the entrypoint handler called by the MCP server, which delegates execution to the implementation in footnote_tools.
  @mcp.tool() def add_footnote_to_document(filename: str, paragraph_index: int, footnote_text: str): """Add a footnote to a specific paragraph in a Word document.""" return footnote_tools.add_footnote_to_document(filename, paragraph_index, footnote_text)
• word_document_server/tools/footnote_tools.py:29-97 (handler)

  Core implementation of the tool logic. This async function adds a footnote to the specified paragraph using python-docx, attempting native footnote addition first and falling back to manual superscript and section creation if needed.
  async def add_footnote_to_document(filename: str, paragraph_index: int, footnote_text: str) -> str: """Add a footnote to a specific paragraph in a Word document. Args: filename: Path to the Word document paragraph_index: Index of the paragraph to add footnote to (0-based) footnote_text: Text content of the footnote """ filename = ensure_docx_extension(filename) # Ensure paragraph_index is an integer try: paragraph_index = int(paragraph_index) except (ValueError, TypeError): return "Invalid parameter: paragraph_index must be an integer" if not os.path.exists(filename): return f"Document {filename} does not exist" # Check if file is writeable is_writeable, error_message = check_file_writeable(filename) if not is_writeable: return f"Cannot modify document: {error_message}. Consider creating a copy first." try: doc = Document(filename) # Validate paragraph index if paragraph_index < 0 or paragraph_index >= len(doc.paragraphs): return f"Invalid paragraph index. Document has {len(doc.paragraphs)} paragraphs (0-{len(doc.paragraphs)-1})." paragraph = doc.paragraphs[paragraph_index] # In python-docx, we'd use paragraph.add_footnote(), but we'll use a more robust approach try: footnote = paragraph.add_run() footnote.text = "" # Create the footnote reference reference = footnote.add_footnote(footnote_text) doc.save(filename) return f"Footnote added to paragraph {paragraph_index} in {filename}" except AttributeError: # Fall back to a simpler approach if direct footnote addition fails last_run = paragraph.add_run() last_run.text = "¹" # Unicode superscript 1 last_run.font.superscript = True # Add a footnote section at the end if it doesn't exist found_footnote_section = False for p in doc.paragraphs: if p.text.startswith("Footnotes:"): found_footnote_section = True break if not found_footnote_section: doc.add_paragraph("\n").add_run() doc.add_paragraph("Footnotes:").bold = True # Add footnote text footnote_para = doc.add_paragraph("¹ " + footnote_text) footnote_para.style = "Footnote Text" if "Footnote Text" in doc.styles else "Normal" doc.save(filename) return f"Footnote added to paragraph {paragraph_index} in {filename} (simplified approach)" except Exception as e: return f"Failed to add footnote: {str(e)}"
• word_document_server/tools/__init__.py:33-37 (helper)

  Re-exports the add_footnote_to_document function from footnote_tools.py for convenient imports in other modules.
  # Footnote tools from word_document_server.tools.footnote_tools import ( add_footnote_to_document, add_endnote_to_document, convert_footnotes_to_endnotes_in_document, customize_footnote_style )