Office-Word-MCP-Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to create, read, and manipulate Microsoft Word documents through a standardized interface. It serves as a bridge between AI systems and Word documents, providing rich editing capabilities and document management functions.
To install Office Word Document Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server --client claude
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server.git
cd Office-Word-MCP-Server
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Alternatively, use the provided setup script which handles prerequisites, virtual environment, dependencies, and MCP configuration:
python setup_mcp.py
Add the server to your Claude for Desktop configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"word-document-server": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["/path/to/word_mcp_server.py"]
}
}
}
Configure Claude for Desktop to use the server without local installation:
{
"mcpServers": {
"word-document-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["--from", "office-word-mcp-server", "word_mcp_server"]
}
}
}
Configuration file locations:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Remember to restart Claude for Desktop after configuration.
Once configured, you can ask Claude to perform operations like:
create_document(filename, title=None, author=None)
get_document_info(filename)
get_document_text(filename)
get_document_outline(filename)
list_available_documents(directory=".")
copy_document(source_filename, destination_filename=None)
convert_to_pdf(filename, output_filename=None)
add_heading(filename, text, level=1)
add_paragraph(filename, text, style=None)
add_table(filename, rows, cols, data=None)
add_picture(filename, image_path, width=None)
add_page_break(filename)
format_text(filename, paragraph_index, start_pos, end_pos, bold=None,
italic=None, underline=None, color=None, font_size=None, font_name=None)
search_and_replace(filename, find_text, replace_text)
delete_paragraph(filename, paragraph_index)
create_custom_style(filename, style_name, bold=None, italic=None,
font_size=None, font_name=None, color=None, base_style=None)
Missing Styles
Permission Issues
copy_document
function to create editable copies of locked documentsImage Insertion Problems
Enable detailed logging by setting the environment variable:
export MCP_DEBUG=1 # Linux/macOS
set MCP_DEBUG=1 # Windows
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "word-document-server" '{"command":"python","args":["/path/to/word_mcp_server.py"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"word-document-server": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"/path/to/word_mcp_server.py"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"word-document-server": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"/path/to/word_mcp_server.py"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect