Office MCP

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