Docforge

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

# 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)

docforge-mcp

As HTTP server

MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http MCP_PORT=8958 docforge-mcp

MCP client configuration

{
  "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 (MIT license). It diverged in scope and philosophy:

	ForLegalAI (upstream)	docforge-mcp
Goal	One-shot document generation	Full document lifecycle
Read	❌	✅ Read any DOCX/XLSX/PPTX
Edit	❌	✅ Edit paragraphs, cells, slides
Convert	❌	✅ DOCX→PDF
Templates	Simple {{var}}	Conditionals + loops
Transport	Docker + HTTP only	stdio + HTTP
Install	Docker	uvx docforge-mcp

We continue to contribute compatible features upstream (PRs #57, #58, #59) while developing the full toolkit independently.

Development

git clone https://github.com/filhocf/docforge-mcp.git
cd docforge-mcp
uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest tests/ -v
uv run ruff check .

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details. Original work © ForLegalAI, extensions © Claudio Ferreira Filho.