Setup guide

Set up openpyxl-mcp-server in Cursor

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A thin wrapper around the OpenPyXl Python library that exposes some of its features as Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This allows Claude and other MCP clients to fetch data from Excel files.

01Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openpyxl-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jonemo/openpyxl-mcp-server",
        "openpyxl-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json. Generated from the captured install method (uvx); the mcpServers shape is shared across Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code.

02Steps

Make sure Cursor is installed and up to date.
Open .cursor/mcp.json and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
Restart Cursor and confirm openpyxl-mcp-server’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

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04Provenance

config_sourcegenerated from captured install method

last_checked2026-11-15 17:10Z

sourcesGitHub repo search [p4]

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