Community MCP server for manipulating Excel files without Excel installed. Supports reading and writing ranges, formatting, charts, tables, conditional formatting and sheet management, restricted to allowed directories.
Connect
- 1Add the server to Codex
codex mcp add excel --env EXCEL_FILES_PATH=YOUR_EXCEL_FILES_PATH -- uvx excel-mcp-server stdio --allow-dir /path/to/workbooks
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Tools 12
create_workbookdescribe_workbookcreate_sheetread_rangewrite_rangeformat_rangecreate_chartcreate_tableadd_conditional_formatfind_cellsmerge_cellscopy_sheetThings to ask
- “Create a budget workbook with monthly columns”
- “Read the Sales sheet and summarize totals”
- “Add a bar chart of revenue by region”
- “Highlight cells over 1000 in red”