Office Oxide

What it does

Office Oxide is a high-performance, local-first MCP server designed for seamless interaction with Microsoft Office documents and PDFs. It allows AI agents to read, analyze, and generate professional documents with sub-millisecond latency, effectively acting as an open-source alternative to complex document processing libraries.

Tools

• office_read: Reads content from Office documents into JSON, Markdown, or text.
• office_fill_pdf_form: Fills AcroForm or XFA fields in PDF documents.
• office_create_xlsx: Generates new Excel spreadsheets with structured data.
• office_write_docx_from_md: Converts Markdown content directly into professional Word documents.
• office_create_pptx: Builds PowerPoint slide decks from AI-generated content.
• office_analyze_pdf_layout: Extracts coordinate data from flat PDFs for precise text overlay.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "office": { "command": "office-oxide-mcp", "args": ["--transport", "stdio"] }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• Claude Desktop
• Cursor
• VS Code Copilot