New tools for Word document analysis:
- extract_entities: Pattern-based extraction of people, places, organizations
- get_chapter_summaries: Chapter previews with opening sentences and word counts
- save_reading_progress: Bookmark reading position to JSON file
- get_reading_progress: Resume reading from saved position
New MCP prompts (basic to advanced workflows):
- explore-document: Get started with a new document
- find-character: Track character mentions
- chapter-preview: Quick chapter overviews
- resume-reading: Continue where you left off
- document-analysis: Comprehensive multi-tool analysis
- character-journey: Track character arc through narrative
- document-comparison: Compare entities between chapters
- full-reading-session: Guided reading with bookmarking
- manuscript-review: Complete editorial workflow
Updated test counts for 19 total tools (6 universal + 10 word + 3 excel)
New tools for easier document navigation:
- get_document_outline: Structured view of headings with chapter detection
- check_style_consistency: Find formatting issues and missing chapters
- search_document: Search with context and chapter location
All tools tested with 200+ page manuscript. Detects issues like
Chapter 3 being styled as "normal" instead of "Heading 1".
Bug fixes:
- Remove 100-paragraph cap that prevented extracting content past ~page 4
Now calculates limit based on number of pages requested (300 paras/page)
- Add fallback page estimation when docs lack explicit page breaks
Uses ~25 paragraphs per page for navigation in non-paginated docs
- Fix _get_available_headings to scan full document (was only first 100 elements)
Headings like Chapter 10 at element 1524 were invisible
- Fix MCP connection by disabling FastMCP banner (show_banner=False)
ASCII art banner was corrupting stdout JSON-RPC protocol
Changes:
- Default image_mode changed from 'base64' to 'files' to avoid huge responses
- Add proper .mcp.json config with command/args format
- Add test document to .gitignore for privacy
- Create @resolve_field_defaults decorator to handle Pydantic FieldInfo
objects when tools are called directly (outside MCP framework)
- Create @handle_office_errors decorator for consistent error wrapping
- Apply decorators to Excel and Word mixins, removing ~100 lines of
boilerplate code
- Fix Excel formula extraction performance: load workbooks once before
loop instead of per-cell (100x faster with calculated values)
- Update test suite to use correct mock patch paths (patch where names
are looked up, not where defined)
- Add torture_test.py for real document validation
- Use app.run_stdio_async() instead of deprecated stdio_server import
- Aligns with FastMCP 2.11.3 API
- Server now starts correctly with uv run mcp-office-tools
- Maintains all MCPMixin functionality and tool registration
- Split monolithic 2209-line server.py into organized mixin classes
- UniversalMixin: Format-agnostic tools (extract_text, extract_images, etc.)
- WordMixin: Word-specific tools (convert_to_markdown with chapter_name support)
- ExcelMixin: Placeholder for future Excel-specific tools
- PowerPointMixin: Placeholder for future PowerPoint-specific tools
Benefits:
• Improved maintainability and separation of concerns
• Better testability with isolated mixins
• Easier team collaboration on different file types
• Reduced cognitive load per module
• Preserved all 7 existing tools with full functionality
Architecture now supports clean expansion for format-specific tools
while maintaining backward compatibility through legacy server backup.
