Aspose.Cells Cloud MCP Server

Overview

Aspose.Cells Cloud MCP Server is a FastMCP-based MCP server built on top of Aspose.Cells Cloud SDK for Python. It automates Microsoft Excel spreadsheet creation and editing and exposes operations as MCP tools that any MCP-compatible client can call. Supported transports: stdio, streamable-http, sse.

Aspose.Cells Cloud MCP Endpoint

https://api.aspose.cloud/cells/mcp

Features

• Upload the spreadsheet to Aspose Cloud Storage.
• Save the spreadsheet as different format file in Aspose Cloud Storage.
• Download the spreadsheet from Aspose Cloud Storage.
• Trim content in the spreadsheet.
• Delete text content in the spreadsheet.
• Add text content in the spreadsheet.
• Word case text content in the spreadsheet.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Aspose.Cells Cloud SDK for Python. This library is a commercial product.

You'll need to obtain a valid license for Aspose.Cells Cloud. The package will install this dependency, but you're responsible for complying with Aspose's licensing terms.

Installation

pip install aspose-cells-cloud-mcp

From source (download repo and install requirements):

git clone https://github.com/aspose-cells-cloud/Aspose.Cells-Cloud-MCP-Server
cd Aspose.Cells-Cloud-MCP-Server
pip install -r requirements.txt

Command Line Interface

After installation, the CLI command is available:

aspose-cells-cloud-mcp

By default, the server runs with the stdio transport.

Run without installation:

python .\mcp_server.py

Transports and Configuration

Supported MCP transports: stdio, streamable-http, sse.

Environment Variables

• MCP_TRANSPORT — stdio | streamable-http | sse (default stdio)
• MCP_HOST — host address (default 0.0.0.0)
• MCP_PORT — port (default 8080)
• MCP_PATH — HTTP path for streamable-http (default /mcp)
• MCP_SSE_PATH — events path for sse (default /sse)
• LOG_LEVEL — logging level (INFO, DEBUG, ...)

Aspose.Cells Cloud License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

The Aspose.HTML Cloud API itself requires a separate subscription � a free tier is available at aspose.cloud.

Tools

See full list and signatures in mcp_server.py (function register_tools) and tests in tests/features/*.

Main tool categories:

• content/reading: create document, insert/delete/read text, headings, lists, HTML/Markdown
• layout: pages, breaks, columns, headers/footers, page numbering
• tables: create and format tables
• watermarks: watermarks
• links/bookmarks: hyperlinks and bookmarks
• properties: document properties
• protection: protection and restrictions
• comments/notes: comments, footnotes/endnotes
• export/render: export, page rendering

Example Workflow via an MCP Client

Sequence of tool calls (names match the server):

1. create_document → get doc_id
2. add_heading (e.g., levels 1–3)
3. add_paragraph / insert_text_end
4. add_table_end or add_table_at_paragraph
5. add_watermark_text or add_watermark_image_base64
6. export_base64 (e.g., fmt="pdf") — get file as Base64

Integration with MCP Clients

• Claude Desktop MCP: add this server with streamable-http or sse transport and the URL printed by the server at startup.
• Any MCP (JSON) clients — configure the matching transport and path.

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License. However, it depends on Aspose.Words for Python via .Net library, which is proprietary, closed-source library.

⚠️ You must obtain valid license for Aspose.Words for Python via .Net library. This repository does not include or distribute any proprietary components.

Trademarks

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