Excel MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that reads and writes MS Excel data.

Features

Read/Write text values
Read/Write formulas
Create new sheets

🪟Windows only:

Live editing
Capture screen image from a sheet

For more details, see the tools section.

Requirements

Node.js 20.x or later

Supported file formats

xlsx (Excel book)
xlsm (Excel macro-enabled book)
xltx (Excel template)
xltm (Excel macro-enabled template)

Installation

Installing via NPM

excel-mcp-server is automatically installed by adding the following configuration to the MCP servers configuration.

For Windows:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "excel": {
            "command": "cmd",
            "args": ["/c", "npx", "--yes", "@negokaz/excel-mcp-server"],
            "env": {
                "EXCEL_MCP_PAGING_CELLS_LIMIT": "4000"
            }
        }
    }
}

For other platforms:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "excel": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["--yes", "@negokaz/excel-mcp-server"],
            "env": {
                "EXCEL_MCP_PAGING_CELLS_LIMIT": "4000"
            }
        }
    }
}

Installing via Smithery

To install Excel MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @negokaz/excel-mcp-server --client claude

`excel_describe_sheets`

List all sheet information of specified Excel file.

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file

`excel_read_sheet`

Read values from Excel sheet with pagination.

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file
sheetName
- Sheet name in the Excel file
range
- Range of cells to read in the Excel sheet (e.g., "A1:C10"). [default: first paging range]
knownPagingRanges
- List of already read paging ranges
showFormula
- Show formula instead of value

`excel_screen_capture`

[Windows only] Take a screenshot of the Excel sheet with pagination.

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file
sheetName
- Sheet name in the Excel file
range
- Range of cells to read in the Excel sheet (e.g., "A1:C10"). [default: first paging range]
knownPagingRanges
- List of already read paging ranges

`excel_write_to_sheet`

Write values to the Excel sheet.

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file
sheetName
- Sheet name in the Excel file
newSheet
- Create a new sheet if true, otherwise write to the existing sheet
range
- Range of cells to read in the Excel sheet (e.g., "A1:C10").
values
- Values to write to the Excel sheet. If the value is a formula, it should start with "="

`excel_create_table`

Create a table in the Excel sheet

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file
sheetName
- Sheet name where the table is created
range
- Range to be a table (e.g., "A1:C10")
tableName
- Table name to be created

`excel_copy_sheet`

Copy existing sheet to a new sheet

Arguments:

fileAbsolutePath
- Absolute path to the Excel file
srcSheetName
- Source sheet name in the Excel file
dstSheetName
- Sheet name to be copied

You can change the MCP Server behaviors by the following environment variables:

`EXCEL_MCP_PAGING_CELLS_LIMIT`

The maximum number of cells to read in a single paging operation.
[default: 4000]

License

excel-mcp-server is released under the MIT License

This server cannot be installed

security - not tested

license - permissive license

quality - not tested

hybrid server

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

A Model Context Protocol server that enables AI assistants to read from and write to Microsoft Excel files, supporting formats like xlsx, xlsm, xltx, and xltm.

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Features

Requirements

Supported file formats

Installation

Installing via NPM

Installing via Smithery

`excel_describe_sheets`

`excel_read_sheet`

`excel_screen_capture`

`excel_write_to_sheet`

`excel_create_table`

`excel_copy_sheet`

`EXCEL_MCP_PAGING_CELLS_LIMIT`

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