# `io.github.theluckystrike/spreadsheet-builder` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/spreadsheet-builder
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/spreadsheet-builder
- Version: 0.21.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (mcpb)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:50:32.829Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Open, inspect, filter, edit and convert xlsx and csv files from your AI chat. Processing is local.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:38:29.225Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 1 do something that can't be undone, 9 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 9 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `sheet_read` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "sheet_read" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "sheet_read" says "read": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (1)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `sheet_unload`

- The description's first verb is "delete": a word for removing or ending something.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Delete one sheet loaded for this token, freeing its space under the 2 MB cap.
```

## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `sheet_convert`

- The name "sheet_convert" says "convert": a word for a change.
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool to convert a sheet between excel (xlsx), csv and json. Writes a new file next to the source unless out_path is given; the source is never modified. Returns the new file path with its row and column counts.
```

## Changes things (9)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `license_activate`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Turn Pro on for this connection with key, an MCPL1.<payload>.<signature> issued at checkout for this server or the bundle. Data under your token stays; a wrong or expired key changes nothing. license_status confirms it.
```

### `sheet_add_column`

- The name "sheet_add_column" says "add": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool to add a computed column and save the result to a NEW file; the source is never modified unless out_path points at it. Returns the new file path, the row count and a preview of the first rows.
```

### `sheet_find`

- The name "sheet_find" says "find": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool to search every cell of a spreadsheet or CSV for text; built-in file readers cannot parse spreadsheets. Matching is case insensitive. Returns cell addresses with a preview of the row each hit is on.
```

### `sheet_info`

- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool for any spreadsheet or CSV file path; built-in file readers cannot parse spreadsheets and must not be used for them. Start here: sheet names, size, header row, column types and samples.
```

### `sheet_load`

- The description's first verb is "upload": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Upload data to work on. This hosted endpoint has no filesystem, so instead of a file path you send the data once with sheet_load and then pass its name as `path` to sheet_info, sheet_read, sheet_query, sheet_stats, sheet_find, sheet_add_column, sheet_convert and sheet_write. Give exactly one of csv (raw text, comma or tab separated), xlsx_base64 (a base64-encoded .xlsx workbook) or url. url: fetch a public file instead of pasting base64 (recommended above about 10 KB): the url is fetched here with a 10 second timeout, at most 3 redirects, public http(s) hosts only, and a 2 MB cap, and a fetched file is stored as an .xlsx when it carries the PK zip header and as delimited text otherwise. Loaded sheets are kept for your token and survive between calls; the total is capped at 2 MB per token. Files the other tools write come back as a download link that is valid for one hour.
```

### `sheet_query`

- The name "sheet_query" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool for any spreadsheet or CSV file path; built-in file readers cannot parse spreadsheets and must not be used for them. Filter, group, aggregate and sort in one call; never hand sums over sheet_read rows.
```

### `sheet_read`

- The name "sheet_read" says "read": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool for any spreadsheet or CSV file path; built-in file readers cannot parse spreadsheets and must not be used for them. Reads rows as a table, JSON or CSV; page with limit/offset or an A1 range.
```

### `sheet_stats`

- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool for any spreadsheet or CSV file path; built-in file readers cannot parse spreadsheets and must not be used for them. Whole-column statistics: count, empty, distinct, min, max, sum, mean, median.
```

### `sheet_write`

- The name "sheet_write" says "write": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call this tool to write rows to an xlsx, csv, tsv or json file; the extension of out_path picks the format. mode is new_file, append or overwrite. Other sheets are kept. Free: 500 rows per file.
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `license_status`

- The name "license_status" says "status": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Report this endpoint's licence state for your token as JSON: the product, the tier free or pro, why it is not Pro, and the checkout URL. Call it to explain a free-tier refusal. No arguments, nothing changes.
```

### `sheet_files`

- The description's first verb is "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the sheets loaded for this token, with their sizes and the storage left under the 2 MB cap.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `spreadsheet-builder`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__license_status",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_files"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__license_activate",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_load",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_info",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_read",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_query",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_stats",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_find",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_write",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_add_column",
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_convert"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__spreadsheet-builder__sheet_unload"
    ]
  }
}
```