Microsoft Office runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 647 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.
Microsoft Office MCP server: read and edit Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint files
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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-server-office -e 'MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE=<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE>' -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-office
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-office": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-office"
],
"env": {
"MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE": "<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE>"
}
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-server-office]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mindstone/mcp-server-office"]
env = { MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE = "<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE>" }
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-office": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-office"
],
"env": {
"MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE": "<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"mcp-server-office": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-office"
],
"env": {
"MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE": "<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE>"
}
}
}
}
Put your own value in place of
<MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE> (Absolute path to sidecar state file (host-managed; sidecar writes port + token here)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_DISABLE (Kill-switch — set to 1 to refuse to spawn or talk to the sidecar), REBEL_DISABLE_OFFICE_SIDECAR (DEPRECATED legacy alias for MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_DISABLE — still honored for backward compatibility with v0.1.1 operator-set kill-switches; will be removed in a future major version. Use MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_DISABLE instead), MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE_DIR (Sidecar state directory (certs, per-app manifests). Normally derived from MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE; hosts managing the sidecar lifecycle directly can override), MCP_OFFICE_ADDIN_DIR (Absolute path to the built add-in static files. Defaults to the package's dist/addin/ directory).
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