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Word MCP Live

local MCP server

Word MCP Live is a local MCP server: Live Microsoft Word editing via MCP — tracked changes, undo, comments, 40+ tools. Install it from pypi as word-mcp-live.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add word-mcp-live -e MCP_AUTHOR=... -e MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS=... -- uvx word-mcp-live

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "word-mcp-live": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "word-mcp-live"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_AUTHOR": "...",
        "MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: MCP_AUTHOR, MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS

Summary

Live Microsoft Word editing via MCP — tracked changes, undo, comments, 40+ tools

Word MCP Live vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Word MCP Live226LocalYespypi
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Microsoft 365 MCP Server998LocalNonpm
SAP HANA CLI113LocalNonpm
spreadsheet-kit MCP57LocalNooci

Questions

It reads 2 environment variables: MCP_AUTHOR, MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Word MCP Live is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package word-mcp-live.

Run: claude mcp add word-mcp-live -e MCP_AUTHOR=... -e MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS=... -- uvx word-mcp-live

Run: codex mcp add word-mcp-live --env MCP_AUTHOR=... --env MCP_AUTHOR_INITIALS=... -- uvx word-mcp-live

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