Microsoft Office for VS Code

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-office

Microsoft Office MCP server: read and edit Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint files

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Microsoft Office in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-office-sidecar-state",
      "description": "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-office-sidecar-disable",
      "description": "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_DISABLE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rebel-disable-office-sidecar",
      "description": "REBEL_DISABLE_OFFICE_SIDECAR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-office-sidecar-state-dir",
      "description": "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-office-addin-dir",
      "description": "MCP_OFFICE_ADDIN_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-office": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-office"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE": "${input:mcp-office-sidecar-state}",
        "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_DISABLE": "${input:mcp-office-sidecar-disable}",
        "REBEL_DISABLE_OFFICE_SIDECAR": "${input:rebel-disable-office-sidecar}",
        "MCP_OFFICE_SIDECAR_STATE_DIR": "${input:mcp-office-sidecar-state-dir}",
        "MCP_OFFICE_ADDIN_DIR": "${input:mcp-office-addin-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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