Excel MCP Server

A cross-platform MCP server for reading, writing, and formatting Excel files. Works with both open Excel workbooks (live) and closed .xlsx files (no Excel needed).

- workbook— Operate on an open Excel workbook in real-time via xlwings
- path— Edit closed .xlsx files directly using pure Python (preserves images, charts, and all embedded content)

- Node.js18+
- Python3.8+
- xlwings(for live Excel mode —pip install xlwings)
- Microsoft Excel(only needed forworkbookmode andexecute_vba)

Works onWindowsandmacOS. Thepathmode also works on Linux.

git clone https://github.com/kousunh/excel-mcp-server.git cd excel-mcp-server npm install pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt

Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):

{ "mcpServers": { "excel-mcp": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/excel-mcp-server/src/index.js"] } } }

To use a specific Python executable, set theEXCEL_MCP_PYTHONenvironment variable:

{ "mcpServers": { "excel-mcp": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/excel-mcp-server/src/index.js"], "env": { "EXCEL_MCP_PYTHON": "/path/to/python" } } } }

read_cells path="/data/report.xlsx" range="A1:D20" formats=true write_cells path="/data/report.xlsx" range="A1:C3" value=[["Name","Age","City"],["Alice",30,"NYC"],["Bob",25,"LA"]] format_cells path="/data/report.xlsx" range="A1:C1" format={"bold":true,"backgroundColor":"#4472C4","fontColor":"#FFFFFF"}

No Excel installation required. Images, charts, and shapes are preserved.

get_excel_info read_cells workbook="Sales.xlsx" range="B2:F10" write_cells workbook="Sales.xlsx" range="G2" value="=SUM(B2:F2)" execute_vba workbook="Sales.xlsx" code="Range(\"A1:G10\").AutoFilter"

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