Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@docforge-mcp Create a Word doc from markdown and convert to PDF."
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
MCP server for complete Office document manipulation — create, read, edit, convert, and template DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF, and EML files.
Built for AI agents that need full document lifecycle control, not just one-shot generation.
# Via uvx (no install needed)
uvx docforge-mcp
# Or install globally
uv tool install docforge-mcp
# Or pip
pip install docforge-mcpRelated MCP server: LibreOffice MCP Tools
Category | Tools | Capabilities |
Word (DOCX) | 12 | Create from markdown, read, edit paragraphs, insert, delete, search/replace, headers/footers, images, merge, templates |
Excel (XLSX) | 7 | Create from markdown, read sheets, edit cells, insert/delete rows, charts, conditional formatting |
PowerPoint (PPTX) | 9 | Create presentations, read slides, edit text, add shapes/images, reorder, duplicate, delete, merge, templates |
3 | Create from markdown, convert DOCX→PDF, read | |
Email (EML) | 1 | Create HTML email drafts |
XML | 1 | Create well-formed XML |
Templates | 2 | Render DOCX/PPTX with variables, conditionals ( |
Metadata | 1 | Get document info/stats |
Merge | 2 | Merge multiple DOCX or PPTX files |
docforge-mcpMCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http MCP_PORT=8958 docforge-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"office-documents": {
"command": "docforge-mcp",
"autoApprove": ["read_document", "get_document_info", "get_docx_paragraphs", "get_pptx_slides", "get_xlsx_sheets"]
}
}
}This project was born from ForLegalAI/mcp-ms-office-documents (MIT license). It diverged in scope and philosophy:
ForLegalAI (upstream) | docforge-mcp | |
Goal | One-shot document generation | Full document lifecycle |
Read | ❌ | ✅ Read any DOCX/XLSX/PPTX |
Edit | ❌ | ✅ Edit paragraphs, cells, slides |
Convert | ❌ | ✅ DOCX→PDF |
Templates | Simple | Conditionals + loops |
Transport | Docker + HTTP only | stdio + HTTP |
Install | Docker |
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We continue to contribute compatible features upstream (PRs #57, #58, #59) while developing the full toolkit independently.
git clone https://github.com/filhocf/docforge-mcp.git
cd docforge-mcp
uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest tests/ -v
uv run ruff check .MIT — see LICENSE for details. Original work © ForLegalAI, extensions © Claudio Ferreira Filho.
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