XLS.now MCP Server

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XLS.now MCP Server is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 4 tools.

Convert XLS spreadsheets to modern document, image and spreadsheet formats.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 6 days of history · worst day 16%

6 days agonow

37.4%

Uptime 24h

34 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

463 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

XLS.now MCP Server does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 31.5% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add xls-now --transport http https://xls.now/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://xls.now/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.xls-now]
url = "https://xls.now/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xls-now": {
      "url": "https://xls.now/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "xls-now": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://xls.now/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

api

get_api_usage

Return the caller's XLS.now API credits, usage, and rate limit.

conversion

get_conversion_status

Check a XLS.now conversion job. A completed job includes an absolute, temporary download URL.

convert

convert_image_url

Download a publicly accessible XLS or supported spreadsheet URL, submit it to XLS.now using a converter slug, and optionally wait for the result. Private-network URLs and embedded URL credentials are rejected.

converters

list_converters

Search the live XLS.now converter catalog and return valid converter slugs such as xls-to-xlsx, xls-to-csv, xls-to-pdf, and xlsx-to-xls.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://xls.now/mcp	streamable-http	answering	20000 ms	13 min ago

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XLS.now MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can XLS.now MCP Server do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: convert_image_url, get_api_usage, get_conversion_status, list_converters. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is XLS.now MCP Server working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 34 of 91 checks got a reply (37.4%), average response time 463 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is XLS.now MCP Server still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

The registry lists XLS.now MCP Server as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect XLS.now MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does XLS.now MCP Server need an API key?

No. XLS.now MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is XLS.now MCP Server?

It answers our handshake in 463 ms on average, which is faster than 27% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.