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OfficeIMO Document Tools

OfficeIMO Document Tools is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Inspect, search, fetch, and convert local documents and mail stores with bounded access. It has 638 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with dnx OfficeIMO.Tool --yes.

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Install OfficeIMO Document Tools

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "officeimo-document-tools": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "OfficeIMO.Tool",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS=your-value --transport stdio officeimo-document-tools -- dnx OfficeIMO.Tool --yes

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "officeimo-document-tools": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "OfficeIMO.Tool",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "officeimo-document-tools": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "OfficeIMO.Tool",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTSYesAuthorized document and output folders. Separate roots with ':' on macOS/Linux or ';' on Windows. Registry launch requires dotnet dnx with --yes support…

About OfficeIMO Document Tools

OfficeIMO.Tool is the installable command-line interface for OfficeIMO document conversion, extraction, inspection, markup, output, intake, and MCP workflows.

  • docx
  • openxml
  • openxml-sdk
  • office
  • word
  • c-sharp
  • hacktoberfest
  • aspose-alternative
  • document-automation
  • document-conversion

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How do I install the OfficeIMO Document Tools MCP server?

Add the command dnx OfficeIMO.Tool --yes to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is OfficeIMO Document Tools free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is OfficeIMO Document Tools actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is OfficeIMO-v3.5.2, published Oct 24, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.