# Excel MCP Server (MCP server)

> Excel MCP Server is an MCP server that lets AI assistants create, read and edit Excel workbooks. It needs no Microsoft Excel installation. It has 4,212 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx excel-mcp-server.

A Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants create, read and edit Excel workbooks. It needs no Microsoft Excel installation.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/haris-musa/excel-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 4,212 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: excel-mcp-server |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | v1.1.1 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 28, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.haris-musa/excel-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

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

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio excel-mcp-server -- uvx excel-mcp-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

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

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "excel-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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