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Excel MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets you manipulate Excel files without needing Microsoft Excel installed. Create, read, and modify Excel workbooks with your AI agent.

Features

  • 📊 Excel Operations: Create, read, update workbooks and worksheets
  • 📈 Data Manipulation: Formulas, formatting, charts, pivot tables, and Excel tables
  • 🔍 Data Validation: Built-in validation for ranges, formulas, and data integrity
  • 🎨 Formatting: Font styling, colors, borders, alignment, and conditional formatting
  • 📋 Table Operations: Create and manage Excel tables with custom styling
  • 📊 Chart Creation: Generate various chart types (line, bar, pie, scatter, etc.)
  • 🔄 Pivot Tables: Create dynamic pivot tables for data analysis
  • 🔧 Sheet Management: Copy, rename, delete worksheets with ease
  • 🔌 Triple transport support: stdio, SSE (deprecated), and streamable HTTP
  • 🌐 Remote & Local: Works both locally and as a remote service

Usage

The server supports three transport methods:

1. Stdio Transport (for local use)

uvx excel-mcp-server stdio
{ "mcpServers": { "excel": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["excel-mcp-server", "stdio"] } } }

2. SSE Transport (Server-Sent Events - Deprecated)

uvx excel-mcp-server sse

SSE transport connection:

{ "mcpServers": { "excel": { "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse", } } }
uvx excel-mcp-server streamable-http

Streamable HTTP transport connection:

{ "mcpServers": { "excel": { "url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp", } } }

Environment Variables & File Path Handling

SSE and Streamable HTTP Transports

When running the server with the SSE or Streamable HTTP protocols, you must set the EXCEL_FILES_PATH environment variable on the server side. This variable tells the server where to read and write Excel files.

  • If not set, it defaults to ./excel_files.

You can also set the FASTMCP_PORT environment variable to control the port the server listens on (default is 8017 if not set).

  • Example (Windows PowerShell):
    $env:EXCEL_FILES_PATH="E:\MyExcelFiles" $env:FASTMCP_PORT="8007" uvx excel-mcp-server streamable-http
  • Example (Linux/macOS):
    EXCEL_FILES_PATH=/path/to/excel_files FASTMCP_PORT=8007 uvx excel-mcp-server streamable-http

Stdio Transport

When using the stdio protocol, the file path is provided with each tool call, so you do not need to set EXCEL_FILES_PATH on the server. The server will use the path sent by the client for each operation.

Available Tools

The server provides a comprehensive set of Excel manipulation tools. See TOOLS.md for complete documentation of all available tools.

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License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Deploy Server
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security – no known vulnerabilities
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license - permissive license
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quality - confirmed to work

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Bietet Funktionen zur Bearbeitung von Excel-Dateien. Dieser Server ermöglicht die Erstellung von Arbeitsmappen, die Bearbeitung und Formatierung von Daten sowie erweiterte Excel-Funktionen.

  1. Merkmale
    1. Schnellstart
      1. Voraussetzungen
      2. Installation
      3. Ausführen des Servers
    2. Verwendung mit KI-Tools
      1. Cursor-IDE
      2. Remote-Hosting und Transportprotokolle
    3. Umgebungsvariablen (für SSE-Transport)
      1. Verfügbare Tools
        1. Lizenz

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