mcp-server-spreadsheet

mcp-name: io.github.marekrost/mcp-server-spreadsheet

Data-first MCP server for reading and writing spreadsheet files (.xlsx, .csv, .ods).

Key features

• Multi-format — works with Excel (.xlsx), CSV (.csv), and OpenDocument (.ods) files through a unified tool interface.
• Dual mode — cell-level workbook operations and a DuckDB-powered SQL query engine, interleaved freely on the same file.
• Workbook essentials — worksheets, rows, columns, cells, search.
• Data-only — preserves existing formatting but only reads and writes values.
• Stateless — every call specifies file and sheet explicitly; no handles or sessions.
• Atomic saves — writes go to a temp file, then os.replace() into the target path.
• Type coercion on write — numeric strings become numbers, everything else is text.
• SQL across sheets — JOINs, GROUP BY, aggregates, subqueries via in-memory DuckDB; mutations write back to the file.
• CSV as single-sheet workbook — CSV files are treated as a workbook with one sheet named default.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

No local checkout needed — just configure your MCP client (see below).

From source (for development)

git clone https://github.com/marekrost/mcp-server-spreadsheet.git
cd mcp-server-spreadsheet
uv sync

Usage

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Using PyPI (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-spreadsheet": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-spreadsheet"]
    }
  }
}

Using local source:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-spreadsheet": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/mcp-server-spreadsheet", "main.py"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to your .mcp.json:

Using PyPI (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-spreadsheet": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-spreadsheet"]
    }
  }
}

Using local source:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-spreadsheet": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/mcp-server-spreadsheet", "main.py"]
    }
  }
}

Standalone (stdio transport)

# PyPI
uvx mcp-server-spreadsheet

# Local source
uv run main.py

Restricting file access to a directory (optional)

Set MCP_SPREADSHEET_ROOT to confine all path arguments to a single directory tree. Paths outside it are rejected with a clear error returned to the agent.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-spreadsheet": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-spreadsheet"],
      "env": { "MCP_SPREADSHEET_ROOT": "/home/me/spreadsheets" }
    }
  }
}

Unset (the default), any path the server process can access is allowed.

Format notes

Sheet management tools (add_sheet, delete_sheet, copy_sheet) raise an error for CSV files.

Tools

Workbook Operations

Sheet Operations

Reading Data

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