A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for creating, reading, and manipulating Microsoft Word documents. This server enables AI assistants to work
Office Word MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Office Word directly instead of describing what you should do. 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.
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.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Once Office Word is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Example — The Example tool exposed by this serverPormpt — The Pormpt tool exposed by this serverOutput — The Output tool exposed by this serverPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverConfiguration — The Configuration tool exposed by this serverDebugging — Enable detailed logging by setting the environment variable:You will need one environment variable: MCP_DEBUG. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Office Word's toolset — Example, Pormpt, Output and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GongRzhe; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Example | The Example tool exposed by this server. |
| Pormpt | The Pormpt tool exposed by this server. |
| Output | The Output tool exposed by this server. |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Configuration | The Configuration tool exposed by this server. |
| Debugging | Enable detailed logging by setting the environment variable: |
{
"mcpServers": {
"office-word": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"MCP_DEBUG": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_DEBUG | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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