# docforge-mcp

> MCP server for complete Office document manipulation — create, read, edit, convert DOCX/XLSX/PPTX/PDF/EML

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/docforge-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/filhocf/docforge-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/filhocf/docforge-mcp
- version: 0.2.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: docforge, documents, docx, mcp, office, pdf, pptx, xlsx
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:docforge-mcp

### Description (declared)

# docforge-mcp

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.

## Install

```bash
# Via uvx (no install needed)
uvx docforge-mcp

# Or install globally
uv tool install docforge-mcp

# Or pip
pip install docforge-mcp
```

## Tools (38)

| 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 |
| **PDF** | 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 (`{{#if}}`), loops (`{{#each}}`) |
| **Metadata** | 1 | Get document info/stats |
| **Merge** | 2 | Merge multiple DOCX or PPTX files |

## Usage

### As MCP server (stdio — default)

```bash
docforge-mcp
```

### As HTTP server

```bash
MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http MCP_PORT=8958 docforge-mcp
```

### MCP client configuration

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "office-documents": {
      "command": "docforge-mcp",
      "autoApprove": ["read_document", "get_document_info", "get_docx_paragraphs", "get_pptx_slides", "get_xlsx_sheets"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Origins

This project was born from [ForLegalAI/mcp-ms-office-documents](https://github.com/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 |
|…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.conversion (1, declared)
- documents.spreadsheets (1, declared)
- documents.presentations (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/docforge-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T14:31:56.394Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/docforge-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/docforge-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:docforge-mcp