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Excel Processor

  • 1 installs
  • 595 repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • aidotnet/opencowork

excel-processor is a Claude Code skill that reads, writes, formats and analyzes Excel .xlsx spreadsheets using openpyxl.

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excel-processor is a Claude Code skill for reading, writing, analyzing and formatting Excel .xlsx spreadsheets. A developer uses it to create Excel files, extract data, apply formulas, format cells, or turn CSV/JSON into formatted reports with multiple sheets. It runs a single excel_tool.py built on openpyxl.

  • Reads, writes, formats and analyzes .xlsx spreadsheets via openpyxl
  • Creates workbooks from CSV or JSON with headers, formatting and multiple sheets
  • Adds cell and column formulas and produces basic column statistics

Excel Processor by the numbers

  • 1 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #565 of 688 Office & Documents skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

excel-processor capabilities & compatibility

Free; needs Python 3 plus the openpyxl library.

Capabilities
excel generation · spreadsheet editing · report generation · data analysis
Use cases
data analysis
Pricing
Free
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What excel-processor says it does

Read, write, analyze, and format Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx).
SKILL.md
Requires Python 3 and openpyxl (pip install openpyxl).
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repo stars595
Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositoryaidotnet/opencowork

What it does

Read, create, format and analyze Excel .xlsx files, including building formatted reports from CSV or JSON data.

Who is it for?

Creating and formatting .xlsx reports from CSV or JSON and applying formulas.

Skip if: Password-protected files or macro-enabled .xlsm workbooks, which are not supported.

When should I use this skill?

A user asks to create, read, format or analyze an .xlsx spreadsheet.

What you get

Formatted .xlsx workbooks with headers, formulas, multiple sheets and basic statistics.

  • Formatted .xlsx workbooks
  • Excel reports from CSV/JSON

By the numbers

  • 7 subcommands (read, create, add-sheet, format, analyze, formula)
  • supports multi-sheet workbooks

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SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Excel Processor

Read, write, analyze, and format Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx) using Python.

When to use this skill

  • User asks to create an Excel spreadsheet
  • User wants to read or extract data from an .xlsx file
  • User needs to add formulas, formatting, or charts to a spreadsheet
  • User wants to convert CSV/JSON data into a formatted Excel file
  • User needs Excel report generation with multiple sheets

Scripts overview

ScriptPurposeDependencies
excel_tool.pyRead, write, format, and analyze Excel filesopenpyxl

Steps

1. Install dependencies (first time only)

pip install openpyxl
CRITICAL — Dependency Error Recovery: If the script fails with an ImportError, install the missing dependency using the command above, then re-run the EXACT SAME script command that failed.

2. Read an Excel file

python scripts/excel_tool.py read "INPUT.xlsx"

Options:

  • --sheet SHEET_NAME — Read a specific sheet (default: active sheet)
  • --format json — Output as JSON instead of table
  • --format csv — Output as CSV
  • --save OUTPUT_PATH — Save output to file

3. Create a new Excel file from CSV

python scripts/excel_tool.py create "OUTPUT.xlsx" --from-csv "DATA.csv"

Options:

  • --from-csv PATH — Import data from CSV file
  • --from-json PATH — Import data from JSON file
  • --sheet SHEET_NAME — Set the sheet name (default: Sheet1)
  • --title TITLE — Add a title row with merged cells
  • --auto-width — Auto-adjust column widths to fit content
  • --header-style — Apply bold + colored header row

4. Add a sheet to existing workbook

python scripts/excel_tool.py add-sheet "EXISTING.xlsx" --sheet "NewSheet" --from-csv "DATA.csv"

5. Apply formatting

python scripts/excel_tool.py format "FILE.xlsx" --auto-width --header-style --freeze-header

Options:

  • --auto-width — Auto-fit column widths
  • --header-style — Bold white text on blue background for header
  • --freeze-header — Freeze the first row
  • --number-format COLS FORMAT — Apply number format (e.g., --number-format "C,D" "#,##0.00")

6. Analyze / summarize

python scripts/excel_tool.py analyze "FILE.xlsx"

Shows: sheet names, row/column counts, column types, basic stats for numeric columns.

7. Add formulas

python scripts/excel_tool.py formula "FILE.xlsx" --cell "E2" --formula "=SUM(B2:D2)"
python scripts/excel_tool.py formula "FILE.xlsx" --column "E" --formula "=SUM(B{row}:D{row})" --start-row 2 --end-row 100

Common workflows

CSV to formatted Excel report

1. excel_tool.py create "report.xlsx" --from-csv "data.csv" --title "Monthly Report" --auto-width --header-style --freeze-header

Multi-sheet workbook

1. excel_tool.py create "workbook.xlsx" --from-csv "sales.csv" --sheet "Sales" 2. excel_tool.py add-sheet "workbook.xlsx" --sheet "Expenses" --from-csv "expenses.csv"

Quick data inspection

1. excel_tool.py analyze "data.xlsx" — overview 2. excel_tool.py read "data.xlsx" --sheet "Sheet1" — view contents

Edge cases

  • Large files (100MB+): openpyxl loads into memory. Use --read-only mode for very large files.
  • Formulas: When reading, formulas show the formula text, not computed values (unless cached).
  • Macros (.xlsm): Not supported. Use .xlsx format only.
  • Password-protected files: Not supported by openpyxl.
  • Date formats: Dates are auto-detected. Use explicit format if ambiguous.

Scripts

  • excel_tool.py — Read, write, format, and analyze Excel files

Related skills

FAQ

What dependency does excel-processor need?

It requires Python 3 and the openpyxl library (pip install openpyxl).

Does it support macro-enabled files?

No. .xlsm macro files and password-protected files are not supported; use .xlsx only.

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