sbroenne/mcp-server-excel

v1.9.1 Feature

This release adds 5 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 18d MCP Developer Tools

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ai-automation claude-ai com-automation conditional-formatting data-connections dax

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.net excel excel-automation excel-charts excel-pivottables excel-tables github-copilot mcp-server model-context-protocol named-ranges power-pivot power-query vba windows

Summary

AI summary

Broad release touches Patch Changes, Requirements, ExcelMcp 1.9.1, and What's New.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Medium	VS Code Extension includes both MCP Server and CLI (excelcli). VS Code Extension includes both MCP Server and CLI (excelcli). Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Agent skills excel-mcp and excel-cli are registered automatically via chatSkills in VS Code Extension. Agent skills excel-mcp and excel-cli are registered automatically via chatSkills in VS Code Extension. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Low	Standalone executables require no .NET runtime. Standalone executables require no .NET runtime. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Low	Claude Desktop (MCPB) installer available as excel-mcp-1.9.1.mcpb. Claude Desktop (MCPB) installer available as excel-mcp-1.9.1.mcpb. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—
Dependency	Low	NuGet installation requires .NET 10 runtime. NuGet installation requires .NET 10 runtime. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—
Refactor	Low	Changelog generation now uses changesets, replacing manual process. Changelog generation now uses changesets, replacing manual process. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-16 Confidence: high	—
Refactor	Low	Changelog has been cleaned up with clearer, less technical summaries. Changelog has been cleaned up with clearer, less technical summaries. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit Confidence: low	—

Full changelog

ExcelMcp 1.9.1

What's New

Patch Changes

#699 0e1c4eb Thanks @sbroenne! - Changelog generation now uses changesets (#698): Each PR adds a small, human-written note describing what changed for users, and these notes are compiled automatically into CHANGELOG.md and the GitHub Release notes when a new version ships. This replaces the old manual process, which had let several releases' worth of changes sit mislabeled as "Unreleased" for months. The changelog itself has also been cleaned up — the mislabeled entries were consolidated and condensed into clearer, less technical summaries.

Installation Options

VS Code Extension (Recommended)

Search "ExcelMcp" in VS Code Marketplace and click Install
Or download excelmcp-1.9.1.vsix below
Self-contained: no .NET runtime or SDK required
Includes both MCP Server and CLI (excelcli)
Agent skills (excel-mcp + excel-cli) registered automatically via chatSkills

Claude Desktop (MCPB)

Download excel-mcp-1.9.1.mcpb and double-click to install

Standalone Executables (Primary — no .NET runtime required)

MCP Server: Download ExcelMcp-MCP-Server-1.9.1-windows.zip, extract mcp-excel.exe
CLI: Download ExcelMcp-CLI-1.9.1-windows.zip, extract excelcli.exe
Add the exe(s) to your PATH, then configure your MCP client with command mcp-excel

NuGet (.NET Tool) (Secondary — requires .NET 10 runtime)

dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.ExcelMcp.McpServer
dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.ExcelMcp.CLI

Agent Skills (for AI coding assistants)

VS Code Extension includes both skills automatically (excel-mcp + excel-cli)
Install via Skills CLI: npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-excel --skill excel-cli or --skill excel-mcp
Or download excel-skills-v1.9.1.zip

Requirements

Windows OS
Microsoft Excel 2016+
No .NET runtime required for VS Code Extension, MCPB, or standalone executables
.NET 10 Runtime required for NuGet (.NET tool) installation only

Documentation

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Full-featured Excel MCP server. 173 operations: Power Query, DAX, VBA, PivotTables, Tables, Charts, ranges, formatting. 100% Excel compatibility - uses Excel app instead of creating .xlsx files. Windows only.

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