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 📊 Server name:     Excel Explorer
 📦 Transport:       Streamable-HTTP / Direct
 🔗 Server URL:      http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp
 
 📚 Docs:            https://gofastmcp.com
 🚀 Deploy:          https://fastmcp.cloud
 
 ⚡ FastMCP version: 2.10.6
 🔧 MCP version:     1.12.3

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# Set up environment (optional)
source activate-pipx.sh

# Install dependencies
uv sync

python main.py

fastmcp run main.py:mcp --transport http --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 --path /mcp

# Run all tests
python -m pytest tests/ -v

# Run specific test files
python -m pytest tests/test_file_operations.py -v
python -m pytest tests/test_data_discovery.py -v

# With coverage
python -m pytest tests/ --cov=src --cov-report=html

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excel-explorer": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/excel-mcp/main.py"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

{

    "excelExplorer": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
            "-y",
            "mcp-remote",
            "http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp"
        ],
        "env": {
            "MCP_TRANSPORT_STRATEGY": "http-only"
        }
    }
}

You: "Load the file data/dataset.xlsx and tell me about its structure"

Claude will use:
1. load_excel("data/dataset.xlsx")
2. get_schema("data/dataset.xlsx")
3. get_dimensions("data/dataset.xlsx")
4. describe_dataset("data/dataset.xlsx")

Then provide insights about your data!