python-docx elements don't support xpath() with namespaces kwarg.
The calls silently failed in try/except blocks, causing chapter search
and heading detection to never find matches.
Fixed by replacing xpath(..., namespaces={...}) with:
- findall('.//' + qn('w:t')) for text elements
- find(qn('w:pPr')) + find(qn('w:pStyle')) for style detection
- get(qn('w:val')) for attribute values
Also fixed logic bug where elif prevented short-text fallback from
running when a non-heading style existed on the paragraph.
- 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
- Comprehensive Microsoft Office document processing server
- Support for Word (.docx, .doc), Excel (.xlsx, .xls), PowerPoint (.pptx, .ppt), CSV
- 6 universal tools: extract_text, extract_images, extract_metadata, detect_office_format, analyze_document_health, get_supported_formats
- Multi-library fallback system for robust processing
- URL support with intelligent caching
- Legacy Office format support (97-2003)
- FastMCP integration with async architecture
- Production ready with comprehensive documentation
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
