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ExcelMcp 2.5.2
ExcelMcp 2.5.2
Let your AI assistant create and update real Microsoft Excel workbooks: cells,
formulas, Power Query, PivotTables, charts, and VBA. MCP and CLI offer the same
features. Coding agents can use either; the CLI usually uses fewer AI tokens,
though results vary by task, model, and client.
What's New
Fixes and improvements
- CLI service status and stop now report Excel copies left by an earlier service without closing them, and those copies no longer block startup. Session status avoids waiting for workbook-location bookkeeping and includes the current operation's start time. Error-cell scans use whole-range checks instead of slow cell-by-cell checks when Excel reports no matching cells. (#1232)
Get started
Requires Windows, desktop Excel 2016 or later, and a signed-in interactive
desktop session.
| Where you work | Setup |
|---|---|
| VS Code with GitHub Copilot | Install Excel MCP Server from the VS Code Marketplace. |
| GitHub Copilot plugins | Install excel-mcp, excel-cli, or both from Awesome Copilot. |
| Claude Desktop | Download excel-mcp-2.5.2.mcpb below and double-click to install. |
| Another MCP client | Set up the MCP Server. |
| An agent that runs terminal commands | Set up the CLI. |
Node.js 18 or later with npm and npx is required for the plugins, Claude
Desktop bundle, and npm installations. The VS Code extension and standalone
executables do not need Node.js or .NET. NuGet tools require .NET 10.
The plugins and VS Code extension include optional report-formatting guidance;
no separate skill download is needed. See the
installation guide for setup,
updates, and troubleshooting.
Downloads
| Release asset | What it contains |
|---|---|
excel-mcp-2.5.2.vsix |
VS Code extension for manual installation. |
excel-mcp-2.5.2.mcpb |
Claude Desktop bundle that launches the MCP Server through npm. |
ExcelMcp-MCP-Server-2.5.2-windows.zip |
Standalone MCP Server (mcp-excel.exe). |
ExcelMcp-MCP-Server-2.5.2-windows-arm64.zip |
Native ARM64 standalone MCP Server (mcp-excel.exe). |
ExcelMcp-CLI-2.5.2-windows.zip |
Standalone CLI (excelcli.exe). |
ExcelMcp-CLI-2.5.2-windows-arm64.zip |
Native ARM64 standalone CLI (excelcli.exe). |
Before updating, finish your work and explicitly save and close workbook
sessions. Restart the MCP Server or CLI service to use the updated version;
installing an update does not replace a running process.