office-mcp

name	office-mcp
description	MCP server with 39 tools for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, OCR operations
version	2.1
author	claude-office-skills
license	MIT
category	workflow
tags	["office","mcp","pdf","excel","word","powerpoint","automation"]
department	All
models	{"recommended":["claude-sonnet-4","claude-opus-4"],"compatible":["claude-3-5-sonnet","gpt-4","gpt-4o"]}
capabilities	["office_automation","mcp_tools","pdf_processing","spreadsheet_analysis","document_generation","presentation_creation","format_conversion"]
languages	["en","zh"]

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