# Word MCP Live (MCP server)

> Word MCP Live is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Live Microsoft Word editing via MCP — tracked changes, undo, comments, 40+ tools. It has 228 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx word-mcp-live.

The only MCP server that edits Word documents while they're open Live editing · Tracked changes · Per-action undo · 124 tools · Cross-platform

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ykarapazar/word-mcp-live |
| GitHub stars | 228 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: word-mcp-live |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.ykarapazar/word-mcp-live |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "word-mcp-live": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "word-mcp-live"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTHOR": "your-value",
        "MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env MCP_AUTHOR=your-value --env MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS=your-value --transport stdio word-mcp-live -- uvx word-mcp-live
```

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

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "word-mcp-live": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "word-mcp-live"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTHOR": "your-value",
        "MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

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

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "word-mcp-live": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "word-mcp-live"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTHOR": "your-value",
        "MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

## Environment variables

- `MCP_AUTHOR`: Author name shown on tracked changes and comments (default: AI Assistant)
- `MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS`: Author initials shown on comments (default: AI)

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