What is Office Word Mcp Server

Office-Word-MCP-Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for creating, reading, and manipulating Microsoft Word documents. It provides a standardized interface for AI assistants to interact with Word documents, enabling rich document editing capabilities.

Use cases

Use cases include automating report generation, creating educational materials, formatting documents for presentations, and assisting users in document editing tasks through AI-driven interactions.

How to use

To use Office-Word-MCP-Server, integrate it with your AI assistant or application that supports the Model Context Protocol. You can perform operations such as document creation, content addition, and formatting through the provided API.

Key features

Key features include document management (creating, extracting, and analyzing documents), content creation (adding headings, paragraphs, tables, and images), rich text formatting (text styling and search/replace), table formatting (custom borders and shading), and advanced document manipulation (deleting paragraphs and more).

Where to use

Office-Word-MCP-Server can be used in various fields including education, business, and content creation, where document handling and manipulation are essential.

Office-Word-MCP-Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for creating, reading, and manipulating Microsoft Word documents. This server enables AI assistants to work with Word documents through a standardized interface, providing rich document editing capabilities.

Overview

Office-Word-MCP-Server implements the Model Context Protocol to expose Word document operations as tools and resources. It serves as a bridge between AI assistants and Microsoft Word documents, allowing for document creation, content addition, formatting, and analysis.

The server features a modular architecture that separates concerns into core functionality, tools, and utilities, making it highly maintainable and extensible for future enhancements.

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Features

Document Management

• Create new Word documents with metadata
• Extract text and analyze document structure
• View document properties and statistics
• List available documents in a directory
• Create copies of existing documents
• Merge multiple documents into a single document
• Convert Word documents to PDF format

Content Creation

• Add headings with different levels
• Insert paragraphs with optional styling
• Create tables with custom data
• Add images with proportional scaling
• Insert page breaks
• Add footnotes and endnotes to documents
• Convert footnotes to endnotes
• Customize footnote and endnote styling

Rich Text Formatting

• Format specific text sections (bold, italic, underline)
• Change text color and font properties
• Apply custom styles to text elements
• Search and replace text throughout documents

Table Formatting

• Format tables with borders and styles
• Create header rows with distinct formatting
• Apply cell shading and custom borders
• Structure tables for better readability

Advanced Document Manipulation

• Delete paragraphs
• Create custom document styles
• Apply consistent formatting throughout documents
• Format specific ranges of text with detailed control

Document Protection

• Add password protection to documents
• Implement restricted editing with editable sections
• Add digital signatures to documents
• Verify document authenticity and integrity

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Office Word Document Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server --client claude

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip package manager

Basic Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server.git
cd Office-Word-MCP-Server

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Using the Setup Script

Alternatively, you can use the provided setup script which handles:

• Checking prerequisites
• Setting up a virtual environment
• Installing dependencies
• Generating MCP configuration

python setup_mcp.py

Usage with Claude for Desktop

Configuration

Method 1: After Local Installation

1. After installation, add the server to your Claude for Desktop configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "word-document-server": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/word_mcp_server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Method 2: Without Installation (Using uvx)

1. You can also configure Claude for Desktop to use the server without local installation by using the uvx package manager:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "word-document-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "office-word-mcp-server",
        "word_mcp_server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

2. Configuration file locations:

   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

3. Restart Claude for Desktop to load the configuration.

Example Operations

Once configured, you can ask Claude to perform operations like:

• “Create a new document called ‘report.docx’ with a title page”
• “Add a heading and three paragraphs to my document”
• “Insert a 4x4 table with sales data”
• “Format the word ‘important’ in paragraph 2 to be bold and red”
• “Search and replace all instances of ‘old term’ with ‘new term’”
• “Create a custom style for section headings”
• “Apply formatting to the table in my document”

API Reference

Document Creation and Properties

create_document(filename, title=None, author=None)
get_document_info(filename)
get_document_text(filename)
get_document_outline(filename)
list_available_documents(directory=".")
copy_document(source_filename, destination_filename=None)
convert_to_pdf(filename, output_filename=None)

Content Addition

add_heading(filename, text, level=1)
add_paragraph(filename, text, style=None)
add_table(filename, rows, cols, data=None)
add_picture(filename, image_path, width=None)
add_page_break(filename)

Content Extraction

get_document_text(filename)
get_paragraph_text_from_document(filename, paragraph_index)
find_text_in_document(filename, text_to_find, match_case=True, whole_word=False)

Text Formatting

format_text(filename, paragraph_index, start_pos, end_pos, bold=None,
            italic=None, underline=None, color=None, font_size=None, font_name=None)
search_and_replace(filename, find_text, replace_text)
delete_paragraph(filename, paragraph_index)
create_custom_style(filename, style_name, bold=None, italic=None,
                    font_size=None, font_name=None, color=None, base_style=None)

Table Formatting

format_table(filename, table_index, has_header_row=None,
             border_style=None, shading=None)

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Missing Styles

   • Some documents may lack required styles for heading and table operations
   • The server will attempt to create missing styles or use direct formatting
   • For best results, use templates with standard Word styles

2. Permission Issues

   • Ensure the server has permission to read/write to the document paths
   • Use the copy_document function to create editable copies of locked documents
   • Check file ownership and permissions if operations fail

3. Image Insertion Problems

   • Use absolute paths for image files
   • Verify image format compatibility (JPEG, PNG recommended)
   • Check image file size and permissions

Debugging

Enable detailed logging by setting the environment variable:

export MCP_DEBUG=1  # Linux/macOS
set MCP_DEBUG=1     # Windows

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Model Context Protocol for the protocol specification
• python-docx for Word document manipulation
• FastMCP for the Python MCP implementation

Note: This server interacts with document files on your system. Always verify that requested operations are appropriate before confirming them in Claude for Desktop or other MCP clients.