mcp-excel-server

by yzfly · Productivity · ★ 95

mcp-excel-server is an MCP server by yzfly. The Excel MCP Server is a powerful tool that enables natural language interaction with Excel files through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for reading, analyzing, visualizing, and writing Excel data. It has 95 GitHub stars and ranks #237 of 1809 in Productivity by stars.

Category: Productivity
Author: yzfly
GitHub stars: 95
This week: Tracking since 18 Oct 2026
Language: Python
License: Not stated
Last update: 2026-07-02 (4 months ago)
Links: Source PyPI

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How to install mcp-excel-server

mcp-excel-server is published on PyPI as mcp-excel-server. These steps assume it runs as a local stdio server, which is the usual setup.

Check the README. Confirm the start command and note any API keys or environment variables it needs (pass them with -e KEY=value or an env block). You need uv for uvx.

Add it to Claude Code from a terminal:

claude mcp add mcp-excel-server -- uvx mcp-excel-server

Or add it to Cursor or Claude Desktop in .cursor/mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Restart the client and check it. Run claude mcp list, or open the client's MCP settings, and confirm mcp-excel-server and its tools are listed. The install guide covers VS Code and Codex.

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What is mcp-excel-server?

mcp-excel-server is an MCP server by yzfly in the Productivity category. The Excel MCP Server is a powerful tool that enables natural language interaction with Excel files through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for reading, analyzing, visualizing, and writing Excel data. It has 95 GitHub stars and ranks #237 of 1809 in Productivity by stars.

Is mcp-excel-server free and open source?

The listing has no license field, which usually means the repository does not declare one. Without a license the code is not open source by default, so ask the maintainer before reusing it. You can still read the code and the README at the source link.

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