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Pattern for keeping published plugin templates stable while layering source-owned helper files and skill content.
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Excel CLI automation skill for Windows workbooks. Use when a coding agent needs token-efficient, scriptable, or unattended Excel automation via excelcli commands. Best for CI/CD, scheduled jobs, batch processing, PowerShell workflows, and bulk workbook edits. Supports Power Query, DAX, PivotTables, Tables, Ranges, Charts, VBA, Data Models, screenshots, and formatting. Triggers: excelcli, Excel CLI, command line, batch, script, automation, CI/CD, scheduled, PowerShell, unattended, coding agent, workbook processing.
Excel MCP Server skill for Windows workbook automation. Use when an assistant needs rich MCP tools to create, inspect, modify, format, or analyze Excel files. Supports Power Query (M), Data Model/DAX, PivotTables, Tables, Ranges, Charts, Slicers, formatting, screenshots, VBA macros, connections, and calculation mode. Triggers: Excel, spreadsheet, workbook, xlsx, xlsm, Power Query, DAX, PivotTable, chart, dashboard, VBA, MCP.
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Catch packaging-script regressions by asserting the real script exit path and current overlay surface.
Use a validated tooling downgrade when Dependabot flags an unpatchable transitive vulnerability in build-only dependencies.
| name | plugin-overlay-bundling |
| description | Pattern for keeping published plugin templates stable while layering source-owned helper files and skill content. |
Use this when plugin artifacts are built by copying validated templates from a published/distribution repo, but the source repo still needs to own release-coupled helper files or skill content.
.github/plugins/<plugin-name>/) for files that should be authored in the source repo:
.github/plugin/marketplace.json, metadata.version) but tolerate the legacy path/schema (marketplace.json, version) until the published repo is updated.scripts/Build-Plugins.ps1 copies ../mcp-server-excel-plugins/plugins/excel-cli, applies .github/plugins/excel-cli/, and refreshes the skill content without adding release binaries.publish-plugins.yml can publish the plugin bundle directly after Build-Plugins.ps1 because the standalone CLI remains distributed through GitHub Releases and NuGet.