README.md

Excel MCP Server - Agent Skills

Two skill packages for AI coding assistants:

Skill	Target	Best For
excel-cli	CLI Tool	Coding agents - token-efficient, --help discoverable
excel-mcp	MCP Server	Conversational AI - rich tool schemas

Installation

# Via VS Code extension (auto-installs excel-mcp)
# Or via npx:
npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-excel --skill excel-cli   # Coding agents
npx skills add sbroenne/mcp-server-excel --skill excel-mcp   # Conversational AI

Building

dotnet build -c Release

Generates SKILL.md and copies shared/ references into each skill's references/ folder.

Structure

skills/
├── shared/          # Shared behavioral guidance (source of truth)
├── excel-mcp/       # MCP Server skill (SKILL.md + references/)
├── excel-cli/       # CLI skill (SKILL.md + references/)
├── templates/       # Scriban templates for SKILL.md generation
├── CLAUDE.md        # Claude Code project instructions
└── .cursorrules     # Cursor-specific rules