Advanced Excel runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 451 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 21 Oct 2026.
Normalize messy lab Excel and CSV exports into structured tables.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-advanced-excel -e 'EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS=<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS>' -- uvx mcp-advanced-excel{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-advanced-excel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-advanced-excel"
],
"env": {
"EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-advanced-excel]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-advanced-excel"]
env = { EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS = "<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-advanced-excel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-advanced-excel"
],
"env": {
"EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-advanced-excel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-advanced-excel"
],
"env": {
"EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS> (Path-separator list of directories the server may read).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
EXCEL_ALLOW_WRITE (Set to 1 to enable excel_write_csv. Off by default), EXCEL_OUTPUT_ROOTS (Path-separator list of directories excel_write_csv may write).
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