MCP Office Word runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 306 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.
50-tool Word MCP server. Document assembly, tracked changes, and export. Windows-first.
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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-office-word -e 'WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS=<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS>' -- uvx mcp-office{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-office-word": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-office"
],
"env": {
"WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-office-word]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-office"]
env = { WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS = "<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-office-word": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-office"
],
"env": {
"WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-office-word": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-office"
],
"env": {
"WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS": "<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<WORD_ALLOWLIST_ROOTS> (Comma-separated directory roots allowed for file access. Required — no files are accessible without this).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
WORD_ENABLE_WRITE (Set to 'true' to enable write operations (document content editing and styles)), WORD_ENABLE_COM (Set to 'true' to activate COM-backed tools: manage_tracked_changes and export_document (PDF/HTML). Windows-only — requires pywin32 and Microsoft Word).
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