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haris-musa/excel-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol server for Excel file manipulation

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About haris-musa/excel-mcp-server

A Python-based server that implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for programmatic Excel file manipulation. It enables AI agents and MCP-compatible clients to read, write, and modify Excel spreadsheets through a standardized interface.

Best for

Developers building AI agents that need reliable, protocol-based read/write access to Excel files.

Use cases

  • Reading data from Excel files into an AI agent's context
  • Writing structured data from LLM outputs into spreadsheet cells
  • Automating repetitive Excel tasks like formatting or formula insertion

Notes

3,889 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-12. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Open-source with a large community following (3,889 stars)
  • Clean Python codebase that is easy to extend or audit
  • Standard MCP interface makes it pluggable into multiple AI assistants

Cons

  • Requires a MCP-compatible client or host to be useful
  • Python runtime and dependencies must be installed on the target system
  • Limited to operations exposed by the MCP protocol; not a full Excel automation suite

Key facts

What we have checked

Not checked yet. Dated facts such as prices, releases and repository activity appear here once we have confirmed them from a source.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

uvx excel-mcp-server streamable-http --allow-dir /srv/workbooks

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excel": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install

Add haris-musa/excel-mcp-server to your client

Not verified yet

Our lab has not run this server yet. "Config checked" on a client means the recipe matches that client's documented config format; it does not mean we ran it.

Claude Code

Config checked

Run in your terminal (runs on your computer)

claude mcp add --transport stdio haris-musa-excel-mcp-server -- uvx excel-mcp-server@2.2.2 stdio

Version 2.2.2 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Claude Code's config docs

Claude Desktop

Config checked

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "haris-musa-excel-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server@2.2.2",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 2.2.2 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Claude Desktop's config docs

Cursor

Config checked

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "haris-musa-excel-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server@2.2.2",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 2.2.2 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Cursor's config docs

VS Code

Config checked

Add to .vscode/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "servers": {
    "haris-musa-excel-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server@2.2.2",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 2.2.2 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against VS Code's config docs

Codex

Config checked

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (runs on your computer)

[mcp_servers.haris-musa-excel-mcp-server]
command = "uvx"
args = ["excel-mcp-server@2.2.2", "stdio"]

Version 2.2.2 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Codex's config docs

  • ChatGPT: ChatGPT connects only to remote servers that need no API key.

Recipes come from the server's entry in the official MCP registry. Check the package name before you run it, and keep keys out of shared files.

Works with

What haris-musa/excel-mcp-server connects to

5 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.

Works withTypeHow we knowChecked
Claude CodeClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 2.2.2Config checkedClaude Code docs
Claude DesktopClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 2.2.2Config checkedClaude Desktop docs
CursorClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 2.2.2Config checkedCursor docs
VS CodeClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 2.2.2Config checkedVS Code docs
CodexClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 2.2.2Config checkedCodex docs

Health and security

Is haris-musa/excel-mcp-server looked after, and what do its setup files show

Security check static checks

100 out of 100

Reads what is published about the server: package advisories, licence, secrets in the documented setup and tool permissions. Nothing is installed or run, so this is not a security assessment. Checked by edna-static-v1 PyPI:excel-mcp-server@2.2.2. What it checks

Licence: MIT

  • Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.

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