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Office MCP Server
Overview
A complete MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing 39 tools for Office document operations. Implemented in TypeScript/Node.js with real functionality (not placeholders).
Tool Categories
PDF Tools (10)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
extract_text_from_pdf | Extract text content, supports page selection |
extract_tables_from_pdf | Extract table data from PDFs |
merge_pdfs | Merge multiple PDFs into one |
split_pdf | Split PDF by page ranges |
compress_pdf | Reduce PDF file size |
add_watermark_to_pdf | Add text/image watermarks |
fill_pdf_form | Fill PDF form fields |
get_pdf_metadata | Get PDF properties and metadata |
ocr_pdf | OCR on scanned PDFs (multi-language) |
ocr_image | OCR on image files (PNG, JPG, TIFF, etc.) |
Spreadsheet Tools (7)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
read_xlsx | Read Excel files with sheet/range selection |
create_xlsx | Create multi-sheet Excel files |
analyze_spreadsheet | Statistical analysis (min/max/mean/median) |
apply_formula | Apply Excel formulas to cells |
create_chart | Generate chart configurations |
pivot_table | Create pivot tables with aggregation |
xlsx_to_json | Convert Excel to JSON |
Document Tools (6)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
extract_text_from_docx | Extract text from Word documents |
create_docx | Create DOCX with headings, lists, tables |
fill_docx_template | Fill templates with {{placeholders}} |
analyze_document_structure | Analyze headings, tables, word count |
insert_table_to_docx | Insert tables into documents |
merge_docx_files | Merge multiple Word documents |
Conversion Tools (9)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
xlsx_to_csv | Convert Excel to CSV |
csv_to_xlsx | Convert CSV to Excel |
json_to_xlsx | Convert JSON arrays to Excel |
docx_to_md | Convert Word to Markdown |
md_to_docx | Convert Markdown to Word |
pdf_to_docx | Convert PDF to Word (text extraction) |
docx_to_pdf | Convert Word to PDF (external tool required) |
html_to_pdf | Convert HTML to PDF (external tool required) |
batch_convert | Batch convert multiple files |
Presentation Tools (7)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
create_pptx | Create PowerPoint with themes |
extract_from_pptx | Extract text and images from PPTX |
md_to_pptx | Convert Markdown to slides |
add_slide | Add slides to existing presentations |
update_slide | Update slide content |
pptx_to_html | Convert to reveal.js HTML |
get_pptx_outline | Get presentation structure |
Installation
1. Clone and Build
bash
cd mcp-servers/office-mcp
npm install
npm run build2. Configure Claude Desktop
Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
json
{
"mcpServers": {
"office-mcp": {
"command": "/usr/local/bin/node",
"args": ["/path/to/claude-office-skills/mcp-servers/office-mcp/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}3. Restart Claude Desktop
Example Prompts
- "Read the Excel file at ~/Documents/sales.xlsx"
- "Create a PowerPoint with 5 slides about AI trends"
- "Extract text from this PDF and convert to Markdown"
- "Merge these 3 Word documents into one"
- "Analyze the data in this spreadsheet"
Dependencies
pdf-parse, pdf-lib - PDF operations
tesseract.js - OCR (pure JavaScript, no native binary needed)
xlsx - Excel operations
mammoth, docx - Word operations
docxtemplater, pizzip - Template filling
pptxgenjs, jszip - PowerPoint operations
turndown, marked - Markdown conversionSupported OCR Languages
eng- Englishchi_sim- Simplified Chinesechi_tra- Traditional Chinesejpn- Japanesekor- Koreanfra- Frenchdeu- Germanspa- Spanish
