officecli

AI-friendly CLI for .docx, .xlsx, .pptx. Single binary, no dependencies, no Office installation needed.

Usage

officecli is a built-in tool. If it's unavailable or not exist, please instruct the user to open the OfficeCLI tool in the chat window. The tool allows you to call officecli directly without having to install or locate the executable. For any of the commands in the following instructions, do not use any other tools; you MUST use the exact tool and pass the commandLine parameter to execute them.

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Strategy

L1 (read) → L2 (DOM edit) → L3 (raw XML). Always prefer higher layers. Add --json for structured output.

Before doc work, check Specialized Skills (bottom of this file). Fundraising decks, academic papers, financial models, dashboards, and Morph animations need their own skill loaded first, load_skill once, then proceed.

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Help System (IMPORTANT)

When unsure about property names, value formats, or command syntax, ALWAYS run help instead of guessing. One help query beats guess-fail-retry loops.

officecli help ≡ officecli --help, and officecli <cmd> --help ≡ officecli help <cmd>, same content.

officecli help                       # All commands + global options + schema entry points
officecli help docx                  # List all docx elements
officecli help docx paragraph        # Full schema: properties, aliases, examples, readbacks
officecli help docx set paragraph    # Verb-filtered: only props usable with `set`
officecli help docx paragraph --json # Structured schema (machine-readable)

Format aliases: word→docx, excel→xlsx, ppt/powerpoint→pptx. Verbs: add, set, get, query, remove. MCP exposes the same schema via the single command string param: {"command":"help docx paragraph"} (not a structured {"format":...,"type":...} object, the MCP tool has exactly one param, command, and passes it through to the CLI verbatim).

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