One config entry that exposes every tool of the five servers. It starts the time tracker, price tracker, spreadsheet, invoice and expense tracker as child processes and exposes every tool, resource and prompt under one server, with one license pair.
One entry with one autoApprove array covering 49 tools. Set that array deliberately rather than emptying it: it now spans tools that write invoices, spreadsheets and PDFs.
| You say | Tool |
|---|---|
| Start a timer for Acme. | timer_start |
| Now invoice Acme for this week's hours and the rebillable expenses, 23% VAT, due in 14 days, PDF. | six calls, entry_list through invoice_pdf |
| What did I spend this month and what is still unbilled? | expense_list and entry_list |
Its startup line reads: proxying [time-tracker, price-tracker, spreadsheet, invoice, expense-tracker], 49 tools. Those three sentences are consecutive turns of one audited conversation that scored 12 out of 12.
The file is mcp.json, and the key inside it is mcpServers.
| Scope | Path |
|---|---|
| Cline CLI | ~/.cline/mcp.json |
| The editor extension | opened from the Cline panel, not by path; the documentation deliberately calls it the MCP settings JSON used by the extension |
{
"mcpServers": {
"office-suite": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@theluckystrike/mcp-office-suite"],
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}No full-app restart. The MCP settings actions include restarting an unresponsive server if its tools do not appear.
The npm publish of @theluckystrike/mcp-office-suite is pending; until then use the .mcpb bundle or a clone and build from the latest release.
The suite starts five child processes, so it has no hosted form. Each of the five is served at https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/<name> over MCP streamable HTTP instead: mint a free token with curl https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token, or use a Pro key as the bearer.
Cline is the one client here with an unsafe transport default. `type` selects it, and omitting `type` falls back to the legacy sse transport, so a streamable HTTP endpoint needs it written in or you will debug a server that is fine. Local entries carry "disabled" and an "autoApprove" array.
Free: each child keeps its own free tier. Pro is $39 once, verified offline.
The CLI reads ~/.cline/mcp.json. For the extension, do not hunt for a path: MCP Servers icon, Configure tab, Configure MCP Servers. cline mcp opens a wizard, and cline config mcp --json is the non-interactive form.
Set the transport explicitly. Omitting type falls back to the legacy sse transport, so streamable HTTP needs "type": "streamableHttp" written in. It is the one default here that sends you debugging a server that works.
Approve the read-only ones and leave the writing ones behind a click: each entry carries an autoApprove array and a disabled flag.
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