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