[External Plugin]: excel-cli

[sbroenne]

Plugin name

excel-cli

Short description

Token-efficient native Excel automation for coding agents, with 300+ operations performed by Excel itself to preserve native workbook fidelity—including Python in Excel, VBA, Power Query, DAX/Data Model, PivotTables, charts, tables, formatting, external connections, and what-if analysis. Windows and Excel required.

GitHub repository

sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins

Plugin path inside the repository

plugins/excel-cli

Ref to review

v2.0.1

Commit SHA to review

6c33486d2c74db050259411c73b5d87dfae9499e

Version

2.0.1

License identifier

MIT

Author name

Stefan Brönner

Author URL

https://github.com/sbroenne

Homepage URL

https://excelmcpserver.dev/

Keywords

excel
windows
cli
automation
scripting
batch
power-query
dax
pivottable
ci-cd

Additional notes for reviewers

This plugin requires Windows and Microsoft Excel 2016 or later because it automates the native Excel application through COM. The plugin package contains bootstrap scripts and skills, not executable runtime binaries. On first use it downloads the matching Windows runtime from the public sbroenne/mcp-server-excel GitHub Release. Release v2.0.1 publishes SHA256SUMS, and the bootstrap fails closed unless fresh and cached runtime ZIPs match their exact SHA-256 entry before extraction.

Repository signal clarification: the submitted source repository is generated, output-only plugin distribution. The maintained project, source code, issue tracker, and community history are at https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel. At submission time, the main project has 565 stars and 75 forks; the low activity figures shown for mcp-server-excel-plugins do not represent the ExcelMcp project.

Release: https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel/releases/tag/v2.0.1
Published plugin source: https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins/tree/v2.0.1/plugins/excel-cli

Submission checklist

• The plugin lives in a public GitHub repository.
• The ref and/or sha I provided is immutable (release tag and/or full 40-character commit SHA), not a branch.
• This submission follows this repository's contribution, security, and responsible AI policies.
• This plugin is not already listed in the Awesome Copilot marketplace.

[github-actions]

✅ External plugin intake passed

This submission passed automated intake validation and quality checks and is ready for maintainer review.

• Plugin: excel-cli
• Repository: https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins
• Ref: v2.0.1
• SHA: 6c33486d2c74db050259411c73b5d87dfae9499e

Reviewer signals

These are non-blocking heuristics for maintainer review; they are not evidence of misconduct or low quality.

Signal	Result
Repository age	122 day(s)
Repository activity	0 watchers; 0 forks
Repository counts	1 stars · 0 watchers · 0 forks · 0 open issues/PRs
Homepage heuristics	no configured signal

Quality gate summary

Legend: ✅ pass · ⚠️ warning · 🛑 fail

Gate	Status
spec compliance (non-blocking)	✅ pass
vally lint	✅ pass
install smoke test	✅ pass
version match	✅ pass
ref/sha consistency	✅ pass
canvas structure	⚪ not_run

• spec compliance: pass
• vally lint: pass
• install smoke test: pass
• version match: pass
• ref/sha consistency: pass
• canvas structure: not_run
• overall: pass

spec compliance output (✅ pass)

Agent Plugins v1.0.0 manifest checks passed for plugin.json.

vally lint output (✅ pass)

✅ excel-cli (2/2 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.

1 skill(s) linted, 1 passed

install smoke test output (✅ pass)

Install smoke test succeeded. Verified /tmp/external-plugin-quality-b7IDNS/copilot-home/.copilot/installed-plugins/external-plugin-intake/excel-cli/plugin.json.

Version match output

- v2.0.1: matched version "2.0.1" at "plugins/excel-cli/plugin.json".
- 6c33486d2c74db050259411c73b5d87dfae9499e: matched version "2.0.1" at "plugins/excel-cli/plugin.json".

Ref/SHA consistency output

source.ref "v2.0.1" resolves to the same commit as source.sha "6c33486d2c74db050259411c73b5d87dfae9499e".

Canvas structure output

Canvas structure gate skipped because plugin is not tagged with "canvas".

Canonical external.json payload

{
  "name": "excel-cli",
  "description": "Token-efficient native Excel automation for coding agents, with 300+ operations performed by Excel itself to preserve native workbook fidelity—including Python in Excel, VBA, Power Query, DAX/Data Model, PivotTables, charts, tables, formatting, external connections, and what-if analysis. Windows and Excel required.",
  "version": "2.0.1",
  "author": {
    "name": "Stefan Brönner",
    "url": "https://github.com/sbroenne"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins",
  "homepage": "https://excelmcpserver.dev/",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "excel",
    "windows",
    "cli",
    "automation",
    "scripting",
    "batch",
    "power-query",
    "dax",
    "pivottable",
    "ci-cd"
  ],
  "source": {
    "source": "github",
    "repo": "sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins",
    "path": "plugins/excel-cli",
    "ref": "v2.0.1",
    "sha": "6c33486d2c74db050259411c73b5d87dfae9499e"
  }
}

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