excel-cli

Excel CLI automation skill for Windows workbooks. Use when a coding agent needs token-efficient, scriptable, or unattended Excel automation via excelcli commands. Best for CI/CD, scheduled jobs, batch processing, PowerShell workflows, and bulk workbook edits. Supports Power Query, DAX, PivotTables, Tables, Ranges, Charts, VBA, Data Models, screenshots, and formatting. Triggers: excelcli, Excel CLI, command line, batch, script, automation, CI/CD, scheduled, PowerShell, unattended, coding agent, workbook processing.

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

Quality

Content

100%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a well-structured, executable guide: concise PowerShell examples, a checklist-plus-rules workflow with validation checkpoints, and clean progressive disclosure into a verified reference file.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean, executable PowerShell with no padding about what Excel or COM is; each token earns its place. Minor repeated session-capture boilerplate across Rules 5 and 7 keeps it just at the top anchor rather than exceeding it.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready PowerShell commands with exact flags ('--values', '--range-address', '--session <id>') and concrete JSON examples, fully executable.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	A workflow checklist table plus sequenced numbered steps with explicit validation checkpoints (Power Query 'evaluate before create', manual-calc mode with restore, 'STOP and report' on file errors) and feedback loops.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is a concise overview that offloads the full command reference to a real one-level-deep file (./references/cli-commands.md, verified present), with inline command-group index and clearly signaled links.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific description that states concrete capabilities, gives explicit 'Use when' guidance, and lists natural trigger terms. Its Windows-only excelcli niche keeps conflict risk low.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names many concrete capabilities — 'Power Query, DAX, PivotTables, Tables, Ranges, Charts, VBA, Data Models, screenshots, and formatting' — matching the multi-action anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what it does ('Excel CLI automation skill for Windows workbooks') and when to use it ('Use when a coding agent needs token-efficient, scriptable, or unattended Excel automation').	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	An explicit 'Triggers:' list surfaces natural terms a user would say ('excelcli, Excel CLI, command line, batch, script, automation, CI/CD, scheduled, PowerShell'), giving strong coverage.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Tightly scoped to Windows + excelcli + COM interop with tool-specific triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated Excel skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: sbroenne/mcp-server-excel
Commit: b268be5

Reviewed: 7 days ago

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