KitchenSink4Word MCP server

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🚰 KitchenSink4Word Community Edition

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Edit Word documents with your AI assistant: tracked changes, citations, templates and live edits in Word.

Edit real Word documents from Claude Code, Codex CLI, Copilot CLI or any other MCP client that runs local tools. KitchenSink4Word connects your assistant to .docx files on Windows, and can edit a document while it is open in Microsoft Word so you see the changes land. Files are processed on your computer; the only thing that leaves it is what your AI app sends to its own provider. The Community edition is free under the AGPL. The Business edition adds a Windows installer, a signed update channel, a license your company can approve and support.

Works on: Windows. File editing works without Microsoft Word; live editing and the Word-powered features need Word installed.

Install

Pick the route for your AI app. The commands go in PowerShell on Windows or a terminal on macOS and Linux, not into an AI chat. The package routes need Python 3.12 or newer.

Claude Desktop

Install uv, then quit and reopen Claude Desktop. Download the .mcpb file from KitchenSink4Word releases. In Claude Desktop open Settings, then Extensions, then Advanced settings, then Install extension, and choose the file. The bundle fetches the Python package the first time it starts, so the first launch needs a network connection. Restart your session and check that the tools show as connected.

Claude Code or Codex CLI

Install uv, then run the line for your app and restart your session:

claude mcp add word -s user -- uvx kitchensink4word

codex mcp add word -- uvx kitchensink4word

Any other local MCP client

Use uvx as the command and kitchensink4word as its argument, or install the package and use kitchensink4word as the server command:

pip install kitchensink4word

Then follow your client's guide for adding a local MCP server. Installing the package on its own does not connect it to an AI app.

Business edition

Compare the editions on the pricing page. Already purchased? Your Windows installer and download link are in your license portal.

What it can do

110 document tools, plus the pack on/off controls.

• Revise a report while it stays open in Word, with edits you can watch.
• Read, accept and reject tracked changes, and work through reviewer comments.
• Fill a template or assemble chapters into one manuscript.
• Build and format tables, lists, headings and page layouts.
• Insert citations, bibliographies, footnotes and cross-references.
• Find formatting, accessibility and structure problems before handoff.
• Compare documents, prepare mail merges and redact selected text.
• Import or export PDF through Word when it is installed.

What is available depends on the packs you enable and the applications installed. The full tool reference is below.

Business edition

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.