# OfficeIMO Document Tools (MCP server)

> 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.

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/EvotecIT/OfficeIMO |
| GitHub stars | 638 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | C# |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | nuget: OfficeIMO.Tool |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | OfficeIMO-v3.5.2 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.EvotecIT/officeimo |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```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)

```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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `OFFICEIMO_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS` (required): Authorized document and output folders. Separate roots with ':' on macOS/Linux or ';' on Windows. Registry launch requires dotnet dnx with --yes support…

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