excel-mcp

⚠Review·Scanned 2/18/2026

This skill automates Microsoft Excel via an MCP server, providing extensive Excel operations (Power Query, DAX, PivotTables, charts, VBA). It includes CLI/shell examples (npx, excelcli), triggers network formatting calls to powerqueryformatter.com, and shows editing agent config at %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.

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Excel MCP Server Skill

Agent Skill for AI assistants using the Excel MCP Server via the Model Context Protocol.

Best For

  • Conversational AI (Claude Desktop, VS Code Chat)
  • Exploratory automation with iterative reasoning
  • Self-healing workflows needing rich introspection
  • Long-running autonomous tasks with continuous context

Installation

GitHub Copilot

The Excel MCP Server VS Code extension installs this skill automatically to ~/.copilot/skills/excel-mcp/.

Enable skills in VS Code settings:

{
  "chat.useAgentSkills": true
}

Other Platforms

Extract to your AI assistant's skills directory:

PlatformLocation
Claude Code.claude/skills/excel-mcp/
Cursor.cursor/skills/excel-mcp/
Windsurf.windsurf/skills/excel-mcp/
Gemini CLI.gemini/skills/excel-mcp/
Codex.codex/skills/excel-mcp/
And 36+ moreVia npx skills
Goose.goose/skills/excel-mcp/

Or use npx:

# Interactive - prompts to select excel-cli, excel-mcp, or both
npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-excel

# Or specify directly
npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-excel --skill excel-mcp

Contents

excel-mcp/
├── SKILL.md           # Main skill definition with MCP tool guidance
├── VERSION            # Version tracking
├── README.md          # This file
└── references/        # Detailed domain-specific guidance
    ├── behavioral-rules.md
    ├── anti-patterns.md
    ├── workflows.md
    ├── range.md
    ├── table.md
    ├── worksheet.md
    ├── chart.md
    ├── slicer.md
    ├── powerquery.md
    ├── datamodel.md
    ├── conditionalformat.md
    └── claude-desktop.md

MCP Server Setup

The skill works with the Excel MCP Server. See Installation Guide for setup instructions.

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