Groupdocs Editor MCP

Name: Groupdocs Editor MCP
Author: groupdocs-editor

by groupdocs-editorversion 26.10.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.groupdocs-editor/groupdocs-editor-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

MCP server for GroupDocs.Editor — edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF via HTML with AI agents.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH, GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY, GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groupdocs-editor": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add groupdocs-editor --env GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH=your-value --env GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH=your-value --env GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH=your-value --env GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY=your-value --env GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY=your-value -- dnx GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp --yes

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groupdocs-editor": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "groupdocs-editor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY": "your-value",
        "GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH env
GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH env
GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH env
GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY env
GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY env

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account groupdocs-editor, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

More stars than 0% of the other 2170 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 83% of the other 2170 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2170 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Groupdocs Editor MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (26.10.0) reached the registry 5 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need .NET on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

GroupDocs.Editor MCP Server

Let Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP agent edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and text documents without wrecking their formatting — replace text in place, round-trip a document (or one worksheet, slide or PDF page range) through editable HTML, and fill Word form fields. Locally: your files never leave your machine.

Install in 60 seconds

One-click installs pre-fill every supported setting: edit the placeholder documents

folder after install (output defaults to the same folder); an empty

GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH runs in evaluation mode - point it at your license to lift limits.

More clients - ready-made configs for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Visual Studio 2022,

Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and JetBrains Rider live in install/generated/.

Requires the .NET 10 SDK for native runs — or skip straight to Docker.

Run directly with `dnx` (recommended — no install step):

dnx GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp --yes

Pulls the latest stable release on every invocation. To pin a version (recommended for shared configs and CI), append @ :

dnx GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp@26.10.0 --yes

The server reads and writes documents in GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH (default: the current directory). Edited copies are saved next to the originals and never overwrite an existing file.

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "groupdocs-editor": { "type": "stdio", "command": "dnx", "args": ["GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp", "--yes"], "env": { "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "/path/to/documents" } } } }

To use a license, add "GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH": "/path/to/GroupDocs.Editor.lic" to env —

omit it to run in evaluation mode.

Claude Code

claude mcp add groupdocs-editor -- dnx GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp --yes

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Use the Install in VS Code button above, or copy the ready-made snippet from the NuGet package page into .vscode/mcp.json, or take install/generated/vscode-mcp.json from this repo.

Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+)

Create .mcp.json in your solution root with the contents of install/generated/vs2022-mcp.json.

Cursor · Windsurf · Cline · Rider · Codex

Cursor — use the Add to Cursor button above, or paste install/generated/claude-desktop.json into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
Windsurf — follow install/generated/windsurf.md.
Cline — paste install/generated/cline.json into Cline's MCP settings.
JetBrains Rider — follow install/generated/rider.md.
Codex CLI — codex mcp add groupdocs-editor -- dnx GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp --yes, details in install/generated/codex.md.

Docker

docker run --rm -i \

-v "$(pwd)/documents:/data" \ ghcr.io/groupdocs-editor/editor-net-mcp:latest

Images are published to GHCR (ghcr.io/groupdocs-editor/editor-net-mcp) and Docker Hub (groupdocs/editor-net-mcp) for linux/amd64 + linux/arm64, tagged latest plus an immutable version tag matching each NuGet release (e.g. :26.10.0). The image needs no native setup.

Docker on Linux: run the container as your user

The image runs as a non-root user (uid 1654), and a bind mount keeps its host owner — so on a Linux host every edited file the server writes into /data fails with Permission denied unless the container runs as you:

docker run --rm -i --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \

-v "$(pwd)/documents:/data" \ ghcr.io/groupdocs-editor/editor-net-mcp:latest

JSON client configs run no shell, so put the numbers in: "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "--user", "1000:1000", …]. Docker Desktop on Windows and macOS does not need this.

Global dotnet tool

dotnet tool install -g GroupDocs.Editor.Mcp

groupdocs-editor-mcp

Available MCP Tools

Tool	What it does
`get_document_info`	Format family, format, number of pages / worksheets / slides, size, encryption, and the formats it can be saved to (JSON)
`extract_html`	Turns a document — or one worksheet, one slide, or a PDF page range — into editable HTML saved to storage, plus a plain-text preview. Self-contained by default; `embedResources=false` writes a `_resources` folder
`save_from_html`	Saves edited HTML back as DOCX, DOC, RTF, ODT, XLSX, XLS, ODS, CSV, PPTX, PPT, ODP, PDF, XPS, TXT, Markdown, MHTML, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, EML or MSG. With `sourceFile` + `worksheet`/`slide` it splices one edited part back into the original and keeps every other part
`replace_text`	Find and replace that keeps formatting — literal, case-insensitive, whole-word or regex; one worksheet or slide at a time; optional output format. Reports how many occurrences changed; writes nothing when nothing matched
`get_supported_formats`	The formats GroupDocs.Editor can open and save, per family, or the save targets of one file (JSON)
`get_form_fields`	Lists a Word document's form fields — text boxes, check boxes, drop-downs, number and date fields — with type and value (JSON)
`fill_form_fields`	Fills Word form fields and saves a filled copy; unknown names and values that do not fit are reported, never ignored
`get_license_status`	Licensing mode, metered consumption and engine version (shipped by GroupDocs.Mcp.Core)

Worksheet, slide and page numbers are 1-based. Every failure sets isError and starts with the tool's prefix, e.g. HTML extraction failed for 'report.docx': …, so a client needs one check.

Example prompts for AI agents

Replace "ACME Corp" with "Globex" in contract.docx and keep the formatting.

Give me the second worksheet of budget.xlsx as HTML so I can edit it. Save edited.html back as a Word document, and also as a PDF. Fill the form fields in application.docx: name = Jane Doe, agree = yes. Which formats can GroupDocs.Editor open and save?

Evaluation mode

The MCP server itself is MIT; the GroupDocs.Editor engine requires a license for production use. Without one every tool still works, with these limits (measured on GroupDocs.Editor 26.6.1):

Edited output starts with an evaluation banner ("Created with evaluation version of GroupDocs.Editor …").
A saved workbook gains an extra worksheet.
Only the first 2 pages of a PDF, the first 2 (visible) worksheets of a workbook and the first 2 slides of a presentation can be edited. The engine would silently return part 2 for a higher number; the server refuses the request instead and says why. Saving an edited part back into worksheet or slide 3+ is not limited.

Responses of the editing tools then start with one Evaluation mode: line. Call `get_license_status` to see which mode is active.

Licensing

There are two ways to license the server.

License file — point GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH at your GroupDocs.Editor (or GroupDocs.Total) license file. Works offline.

Metered (pay-per-use) — set both GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY and GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY. You pay for what you process, which suits agent workloads. If both a metered key pair and a license file are configured, metered wins and the file is ignored.

Metered mode needs outbound connectivity. Usage is reported to GroupDocs servers, so air-gapped

or firewalled deployments must allow that egress — or use a license file instead.

Keeping the private key out of your config

The metered private key is a secret. MCP client configs are plain files, and a project-scoped .mcp.json is committed by convention, so prefer, in order:

Set the variables in your OS environment and leave them out of the config entirely — an stdio MCP server inherits its client's environment. On macOS an app launched from Finder does not inherit shell exports; use launchctl setenv or launch the client from a terminal.
Reference them indirectly if your client supports it (Claude Code expands ${VAR}; VS Code uses ${env:VAR} and ${input:...}).
A literal value in a user-scoped config (for example ~/.claude.json) is acceptable for a single developer.
Never commit a literal key in a project-scoped .mcp.json.

For Docker, forward the values without writing them into any file:

docker run --rm -i \

-e GROUPDOCS_METERED_PUBLIC_KEY -e GROUPDOCS_METERED_PRIVATE_KEY \ -v /path/to/documents:/data \ ghcr.io/groupdocs-editor/editor-net-mcp:latest

Configuration

Variable	Description	Default
`GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH`	Base folder for input and output files	current directory
`GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH`	(Optional) separate folder for output files	`GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH`

| GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH | Path to a GroupDocs licens

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Groupdocs Editor MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

GroupDocs.Editor MCP Server

Install in 60 seconds

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+)

Cursor · Windsurf · Cline · Rider · Codex

Docker

Docker on Linux: run the container as your user

Global dotnet tool

Available MCP Tools

Example prompts for AI agents

Evaluation mode

Licensing

Keeping the private key out of your config

Configuration