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Excel Server

by · github.com/yzfly/mcp-excel-server

mcp-excel-server is a project based on the Spring AI MCP framework. Its main function is to provide large language model (LLM) with the ability to read and write local Excel files with the help of MCP protocol.

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About Excel Server

Excel Server is an MCP server published by yzfly in the Developer Tools category: mcp-excel-server is a project based on the Spring AI MCP framework. Its main function is to provide large language model (LLM) with the ability to read and write local Excel files with the help of MCP protocol. It has been installed 0 times through Conduid.

The repository has 83 stars and 18 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues (0) before depending on it in production.

Install

Install
npx mcp-excel-server

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README

Excel MCP Server

An MCP server that provides comprehensive Excel file management and data analysis capabilities.

Features

  • Excel File Operations

    • Read multiple Excel formats (XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV, JSON)
    • Write and update Excel files
    • Get file information and sheet names

  • Data Analysis

    • Summary statistics and descriptive analysis
    • Data quality assessment
    • Pivot tables
    • Filtering and querying data

  • Visualization

    • Generate charts and plots from Excel data
    • Create data previews
    • Export visualizations as images

Installation

  1. Create a new Python environment (recommended):
# Using uv (recommended)
uv init excel-mcp-server
cd excel-mcp-server
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Or using pip
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
  1. Install dependencies:
# Using uv
uv pip install -e .

Integration with Claude Desktop

  1. Install Claude Desktop
  2. Open Settings and go to the Developer tab
  3. Edit claude_desktop_config.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-excel-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/your/python"
      }
  }
}

Available Tools

File Reading

  • read_excel: Read Excel files
  • get_excel_info: Get file details
  • get_sheet_names: List worksheet names

Data Analysis

  • analyze_excel: Perform statistical analysis
  • filter_excel: Filter data by conditions
  • pivot_table: Create pivot tables
  • data_summary: Generate comprehensive data summary

Data Visualization

  • export_chart: Generate charts
    • Supports line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, histograms

File Operations

  • write_excel: Write new Excel files
  • update_excel: Update existing Excel files

Available Resources

  • excel://{file_path}: Get file content
  • excel://{file_path}/info: Get file structure information
  • excel://{file_path}/preview: Generate data preview image

Prompt Templates

  • analyze_excel_data: Guided template for Excel data analysis
  • create_chart: Help create data visualizations
  • data_cleaning: Assist with data cleaning

Usage Examples

  • "Analyze my sales_data.xlsx file"
  • "Create a bar chart for product_sales.csv"
  • "Filter employees over 30 in employees.xlsx"
  • "Generate a pivot table of department sales"

Security Considerations

  • Read files only from specified paths
  • Limit file size
  • Prevent accidental file overwriting
  • Strictly control data transformation operations

Dependencies

  • pandas
  • numpy
  • matplotlib
  • seaborn

License

MIT License

README mirrored from the source repository 21 days ago. The original is authoritative.

Questions

About Excel Server

How do I install Excel Server?

Run npx mcp-excel-server, then add the server to your MCP client's configuration. Conduid has recorded 0 installs, so the command is known to work with current clients.

Is Excel Server safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 51 out of 100 (fair). It passes 0 of 1 static security checks; the failures are listed above. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Excel Server still maintained?

The last commit was a year ago, with 0 open issues. That's long enough that you should check whether the maintainer is responding to issues before depending on it.