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che-word-mcp MCP Server

Swift-native MCP server for Word (.docx) manipulation with 148 tools

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Published as https://github.com/PsychQuant/che-word-mcp/releases/download/v1.17.0/CheWordMCP on mcpb. Runs locally.

Known issues

161 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

P0 CRITICAL: save_document lossy re-serialization of document.xml — strips 32/34 namespace decls, wipes all bookmarks, drops text content

Problem

save_document re-serializes word/document.xml in a lossy way — produces malformed XML and drops substantial content. All other parts are preserved (42/42), but document.xml itself becomes invalid and loses bookmarks + text content whenever a mutation forces re-serialization.

This is worse than #42 — #42 only hit headers/footers via update_all_fields. This one hits the document body itself via any mutating operation that dirties document.xml (e.g., `insert_paragraph

Read the thread · 2026-04-24 · closed · 13 comments

P2 bug: MCP insert_equation tool bypasses lib InsertLocation overload + silently clamps bad index (post-#91 verify follow-up F4)

Problem

From verification of #91 (Regression Reviewer R1 + Devil's Advocate rebuttal): 「The MCP insertEquation tool (Server.swift:8843-8971) does not call WordDocument.insertEquation(at: InsertLocation, latex:, displayMode:) at all. Instead it builds an eqPara: Paragraph containing a raw-XML OMML run, then routes through doc.insertParagraph(eqPara, at: ...) directly. Worse: MCP's catch-all branch (Server.swift:8964) calls non-throwing `insertParagraph(eqPara, at: inse

Read the thread · 2026-04-29 · closed · 8 comments

export_script: self-produced docx yields 0% DSL ratio (all parts raw carryPart)

Problem

export_script 對 che-word-mcp 自己建立的 docx 匯出 .mdocx.swift 時，沒有任何 part 升級成 typed DSL——全部 11 個 XML part 都走 raw carryPart channel。名義上的「typed DSL 升級」對自產文件完全沒有發生，產出的 .mdocx.swift 只是 raw XML 封存（byte-equal floor 正常，但不可讀不可編輯）。

Original evidence（2026-07-18 session，逐字工具回傳）:

  • export_script → {"dsl_parts":[],"form_gaps_empty":false,"slot_count":0}
  • get_script_coverage → aggregate_ratio: 0；11 個 part 全部 channel:"raw"、dsl_ratio:0（含 word/document.xml 239,958 byte

Read the thread · 2026-07-18 · closed · 7 comments

P2: insert_paragraph / insert_equation lack after_text/before_text anchors — paragraph_index alone unreliable in real-world docx

Problem

insert_image_from_path already supports rich anchor parameters (after_text, before_text, text_instance, after_image_id, into_table_cell, paragraph_index) and works smoothly even on complex docx with tables, sections, SDTs, and headers. But insert_paragraph and insert_equation only accept paragraph_index — and that index is opaque body-level numbering that can't be reliably computed by an AI agent from the raw docx XML.

Repro

Tested on a real-world Chinese

Read the thread · 2026-04-26 · closed · 7 comments

insert_equation: display_mode string fail-open coercion

Problem

From verification of #98: 「display_mode string mistype silently fails-open to true, bypassing the new inline pre-check.」 — Source: team:logic (P2)

args["display_mode"]?.boolValue returns nil if the caller passes "true" (string) instead of true (bool). The default ?? true then routes the call as a display-mode insert, silently bypassing the inline-mode pre-check.

For an AI agent that misinterprets the schema and passes "display_mode": "false" (string), the ca

Read the thread · 2026-05-01 · closed · 6 comments

Most recent

bug: format_text false values are reported as success but ignored

Problem

format_text(paragraph_index: ..., bold: false) reports success but leaves existing <w:b/> formatting unchanged. The handler builds a fresh RunProperties, assigns bold = false, and calls Document.formatParagraph; the current upstream merge applies only true values, so false is indistinguishable from an omitted argument.

The same ambiguity affects italic: false and underline: false at the public tool boundary.

Type

bug

Expected

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 1 comment

bug: refuse release when source tree changes during build

Problem

Tracking umbrella: PsychQuant/macdoc#163

che-word-mcp/scripts/release.sh checks repository cleanliness only before a long release build. If HEAD or a source file changes while swift build -c release is running, the script can sign and notarize bytes that do not correspond to the release tag's commit.

Type

bug

Expected

Capture the source revision at preflight and, immediately after build but before codesign, refuse the

Read the thread · 2026-08-23 · open · 5 comments

feat: address and update individual paragraphs inside table cells

Problem

Tracking parent: PsychQuant/macdoc#156

che-word-mcp cannot address an individual paragraph inside a table cell. The only cell write path replaces the whole cell and collapses multiple paragraphs; body paragraph tools deliberately exclude table-cell paragraphs; global text replacement affects every matching row when text is duplicated.

Type

enhancement

Expected

Provide a discoverable, zero-based table-cell paragraph addres

Read the thread · 2026-08-23 · open · 1 comment

tool 回傳沒有 advisory 通道 —— 非致命警告只寫 stderr，呼叫端永遠看不到 (sister concern from #189)

Problem

MCP tool 目前沒有任何管道把「非致命的建議 / 警告」交還給呼叫端。Server.swift 裡既有的 Warning: ... 全部寫進 FileHandle.standardError（Sources/CheWordMCP/Server.swift ~L452 / L476 / L485 / L538），而在 MCP stdio transport 下 stderr 進的是 client 的 log 檔 （例如 ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-<display name>.log），不會出現在 tool result 裡。

也就是說：呼叫端（模型或使用者）永遠看不到這些警告。

Type

bug

具體的既有失效

storeDocument 的 autosave checkpoint 失敗時：

} catch {
    FileHandle.standardError.write(
        Data("Warning: auto

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PsychQuant/che-word-mcp/issues/192) · 2026-08-21 · open · 0 comments

### bug: update_cell 寫入的 run 無 rPr —— 內容字型落到 docDefaults，與表單主字型（標楷體）不一致

## Problem

**`update_cell` 寫入的 run 不帶任何 rPr**——新內容的字型落到 docDefaults，忽略該 cell／表格原本的主字型。

## Type
bug

## 重現（公開官方範本 REC-P-011）

範本全文主字型為標楷體（`w:rFonts eastAsia=標楷體` ×890）、docDefaults 為新細明體。以 `update_cell(table_index=1, row=16, col=1, text='本研究旨在…')` 填入計畫目的後，讀回該 run：

run0: '本研究旨在探討消費者購買綠色…' （無 rPr）


→ 渲染落到 docDefaults 的**新細明體**，與表單其餘標楷體文字明顯不一致。使用者開 Word 目視才發現。

## Expected

擇一：(a) 新 run 繼承目標 cell 既有文字（或同表格 dominant run）的 rPr；(b) `update_cell` 加選填 `font`／`inherit_format` 參數；(c) 至少在文件寫明「寫入內

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PsychQuant/che-word-mcp/issues/191) · 2026-08-21 · open · 0 comments

### bug: replace_text 跨 run 替換把文字併進 run0 —— 後續 run 的字型宣告靜默丟失，標楷體標籤變新細明體

## Problem

**`replace_text` 跨 run 替換時把文字合併進第一個 run，後續 run 的字型宣告被丟棄**——標籤文字吃到第一個 run 的字型，視覺走樣。

## Type
bug

## 重現（公開官方範本 REC-P-011，同 #185/#187/#188/#189 系列）

範本 Table 1 r1c4 原始 run 結構：

run0: '□' rFonts ascii=新細明體,PMingLiU（框框字型） run1: '免除審查' rFonts eastAsia=標楷體（標籤字型）


執行 `replace_text find='□免除審查' replace='■免除審查'`（跨 run 匹配，v2.1+ 功能）後：

run0: '■免除審查' rFonts ascii=新細明體,PMingLiU eastAsia=None


「免除審查」四字從**標楷體變成新細明體**（eastAsia 落空 → docDefaults 新細明體）。使用者開 Word 目視才發現——文字層驗證（ge

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PsychQuant/che-word-mcp/issues/190) · 2026-08-21 · open · 0 comments

### feat: checkbox 勾選的字形覆蓋指引／偵測 —— ☑ 在 CJK 字型表單經 emoji fallback 走樣，官方慣例是 □→■

## Problem

> **Original text**（使用者，2026-08-21，附截圖）：
> 「他打勾勾不是用原本的格式，你需要辨認原本的格式然後取代成黑色框框，字體也要完全一樣。這代表改動必須要是『維持格式的』（或者這是che-word-mcp的工作）」

以 `replace_text` 把表單的 `□`（U+25A1）換成 `☑`（U+2611）勾選時，**視覺結果與表單原字體完全不一致**：`☑` 渲染成灰底圓角的彩色 emoji 樣式，而非表單細線框的文字字形。

## Type
feature

## 根因（已查明，非 run 格式遺失）

Run 層格式**有**保留（同一 run 內替換字元，字型宣告未變）。問題在**字形覆蓋**：
表單常用的 CJK 字型（新細明體、標楷體等）有 U+25A1（□）與 U+25A0（■）的字形，
但**沒有 U+2611（☑）**——渲染器（Word／macOS 預覽／LibreOffice 轉 PDF）對缺字形的
字元做 font fallback，落到 Apple Color Emoji 之類的 emoji 字型，

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PsychQuant/che-word-mcp/issues/189) · 2026-08-21 · open · 4 comments

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