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title: "excel-cli"
description: "Windows-only Excel automation plugin that runs the latest excelcli package through npx."
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/excel-cli
last-updated: 2026-10-02
---

# excel-cli
Windows-only Excel automation plugin that runs the latest excelcli package through npx.
- Slug: excel-cli
- Publisher: Stefan Brönner
- Repository: https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel
- Manifest: .github/plugins/excel-cli/plugin.json
- Version: 0.0.0
- License: MIT
- Category (editorial): databases
- Skills: 0
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 800
- Repository created: 2025-10-19
- Repository last pushed: 2026-10-02
- Publisher type: User
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/excel-cli
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What excel-cli does, in the publisher's words

Command-line Excel automation for coding agents: 64% more token-efficient than MCP Server

This plugin provides the excel-cli skill plus a lightweight runtime bootstrap for GitHub Copilot CLI agents. The skill guides agents to use excelcli commands for Power Query, DAX, PivotTables, Tables, Charts, VBA, and more, all through Windows Excel COM automation.

Best for: Coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) that need Excel automation without loading large tool schemas into context.

- Windows with Microsoft Excel 2016 or later (COM interop required)

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel/HEAD/.github/plugins/excel-cli/README.md