# Excel Automation

> Use this tool when you need to automate Excel file manipulation tasks, such as creating, editing, and formatting spreadsheets, to solve problems like automated report generation and data processing workflows. It provides a comprehensive interface for cell value operations, worksheet management, and formatting controls, accepting inputs like cell values and formatting options, and producing outputs like formatted Excel files. Ideal for use cases like business automation tasks, data analysis, and professional spreadsheet creation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/excel-automation-cpp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/excel-automation-cpp

## Description

This MCP server provides comprehensive Excel file manipulation capabilities through a C++ implementation using OpenXLSX, enabling AI assistants to create, open, edit, and format Excel spreadsheets programmatically. Built with modern C++ and integrated with the cpp-mcp library, it offers extensive functionality including cell value operations, worksheet management, formatting controls (fonts, colors, alignment), row/column operations, range manipulation, and cell merging/unmerging. The implementation wraps OpenXLSX in a clean ExcelOperator class with template-based type safety for different data types, supports both individual cell operations and bulk data operations, and includes advanced styling capabilities for professional spreadsheet creation, making it valuable for automated report generation, data processing workflows, and Excel-based business automation tasks.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.99
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** productivity
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/excel-automation-cpp)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/smilefaace/mcp-excelautocpp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "excel-automation-cpp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/excel-automation-cpp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/excel-automation-cpp/pull`

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