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MCP Docx in Claude Desktop

Real Word documents from chat: proposals, contracts, quotes. It writes .docx files from sections or from markdown, generates priced proposals and freelance service agreements with reference numbers that never repeat, reads an existing Word file back as text and outline, and fills {{placeholders}} in a template while keeping its styles.

Claude Desktop has no working directory, so pass an absolute out_path or let the server write to its own documents folder and open the path it hands back. The proposal layout with your letterhead is the reason to use this client for it: you are already reading the result in a window, not a terminal.

What you get in Claude Desktop

You say	Tool
Write a proposal for Beta Corp: checkout rebuild, 4,500 EUR, three phases.	`proposal_create`
Fill my NDA template with this client's details.	`doc_fill_template`
What does this proposal.docx actually say?	`doc_read`

The worked proposal issued PROP-2026-0001 at EUR 4,500.00 with a timeline table and a signature block. Template filling substitutes on the joined paragraph text, so a placeholder Word split into three runs is still replaced.

Install it in Claude Desktop

The file is claude_desktop_config.json, and the key inside it is mcpServers.

Scope	Path
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

One click, with no JSON. Download docx.mcpb from the bundle catalog and open it. Claude Desktop installs it as an extension and runs it on the Node runtime it ships with, so neither your PATH nor your node version comes into it, and there is no file to edit. Everything below is the manual route, for when you want the entry in the config file itself.

The config block, which needs both strings absolute:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docx": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-servers/servers/docx/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

If node came from nvm, asdf or homebrew, use the absolute path that which node prints rather than the bare word, because a stdio server started by this app inherits a limited PATH:

"command": "/Users/you/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin/node"

The node command above wants a built file. From a clone, once:

git clone https://github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers.git
cd mcp-servers && npm install
npm run build -w packages/mcp-license -w servers/docx

That writes servers/docx/dist/index.js, and its absolute path is the one argument the config needs.

The npm packages are not published yet, so the form below returns a 404 today. It is here because it is what the entry becomes the day the publish lands, with nothing else changed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docx": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theluckystrike/mcp-docx"]
    }
  }
}

Save, then completely quit Claude Desktop and start it again. A window reload is not enough.

Nothing is published to npm yet, so the working install paths are the ones above: the .mcpb bundle from the bundle catalog, a clone and build, or the hosted URL.

No install: the hosted endpoint

The same server runs at https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/docx over MCP streamable HTTP, no install. Mint a free token with curl https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token, or use a Pro key. It has no filesystem, so a file comes back as a one-hour download link.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docx": {
      "url": "https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/docx",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop notes worth knowing first

Two documented facts decide whether the entry works: every path in claude_desktop_config.json must be absolute, and a stdio server started here inherits only a limited, platform-dependent subset of environment variables. If node came from nvm or homebrew, paste what `which node` prints instead of the bare word. The .mcpb route avoids both: Claude Desktop ships a built-in Node.js environment.

Free: unlimited create, convert and read; 3 proposals or contracts per calendar month; templates up to 10 placeholders. Pro is $19 once, verified offline.

Questions

Where is claude_desktop_config.json?

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json. There is no published Linux path. Settings, Developer, Edit Config opens the right copy and creates it if it does not exist.

I added it and MCP Docx does not appear.

In order: did you fully quit and restart, not just close the window? Is every path absolute? And is the command resolvable, given the limited environment a stdio server inherits here? If node came from nvm, paste what which node prints.

Can I install it without editing JSON?

Yes. An .mcpb bundle, the format renamed from .dxt, opens with Claude and shows an installation dialog. One you built yourself goes in through Settings, Extensions, Advanced settings, Install Extension.

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