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xlsx-tools-mcp for VS Code

io.github.ruriazz/xlsx-tools-mcp

MCP server for accurate, structure-preserving read/write access to Excel (.xlsx) files

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install xlsx-tools-mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xlsx-mcp-files",
      "description": "XLSX_MCP_FILES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xlsx-mcp-recalc-timeout",
      "description": "XLSX_MCP_RECALC_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xlsx-mcp-lock-timeout",
      "description": "XLSX_MCP_LOCK_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "xlsx-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xlsx-tools-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XLSX_MCP_FILES": "${input:xlsx-mcp-files}",
        "XLSX_MCP_RECALC_TIMEOUT": "${input:xlsx-mcp-recalc-timeout}",
        "XLSX_MCP_LOCK_TIMEOUT": "${input:xlsx-mcp-lock-timeout}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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