office-mcp

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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

cd mcp-servers/office-mcp
npm install
npm run build

2. Configure Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.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 conversion

Supported OCR Languages

eng - English

chi_sim - Simplified Chinese

chi_tra - Traditional Chinese

jpn - Japanese

kor - Korean

fra - French

deu - German

spa - Spanish

Resources

MCP Server Code

Implementation Plan

Claude Office Skills Hub