format_excel_cells

MCP tool from Excel Vision MCP by VOYAGER-Inc

Style a range: font, colors, borders, alignment, number formats. Only the attributes you pass are changed — existing styling is preserved.

How to use it

format_excel_cells is exposed by the Excel Vision MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the format_excel_cells tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Excel Vision MCP

$uvx excel-vision-mcp

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Other tools in Excel Vision MCP (11)

add_excel_sheet

Add a new empty sheet to an existing workbook.

create_excel_file

Create a new empty workbook with the sheets you name.

extract_images

Extract all embedded images from the workbook as base64 ImageContent.

get_workbook_overview

Quick structural summary of a workbook — file size, sheet list, dimensions, image count.

insert_excel_image

Insert a local image file into a workbook, anchored at a cell.

list_sheets

List all sheets with dimensions, merged cell counts, and image totals. Use this first to understand a workbook's structure.

read_excel_data

Read cell data from a specific sheet with pagination support.

search_excel

Case-insensitive text search across all cells in the workbook.

set_excel_column_widths

Set column widths manually and/or auto-fit to content.

update_excel_cells

Set individual cells by coordinate. Values starting with = are written as formulas.

write_excel_rows

Write a rectangular block of tabular data in one call.