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mcp-server-excel-sql@0.7.6

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "Let Claude query Excel files using SQL - no SQL knowledge required" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher ivan-loh · publishing for 392 daysInstalls 45Last detonated 5d ago
$claude mcp add mcp-server-excel-sql -- uvx mcp-server-excel-sql
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Coverage

Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed.
Tested
the dependency install step · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

What this means for the label: Verified here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.

Before you give it your token

It will ask for
MCP_EXCEL_API_KEY or --require-auth
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the code
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

Connect it with a scoped credential, under the guard. It asks for MCP_EXCEL_API_KEY and talks to its vendor. Give the credential to the guard, not the server: the value never enters the server's environment and only travels to the host you bind. What the tools do with a real credential was not observed.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx mcp-server-excel-sql

Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed) on 2026-11-09 and scored it 86/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.1sprocessdependency install exit 1 ·
0.1sclaimednot started: dependency install failed (exit 1); the server itself was not observed
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedmcp_excel/loading/formats/detector.py:32 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsb'\x09\x08\x04\x00\x00\x06\x02\x00': 'xls_biff2',Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
LOW
Financial transfer languageexamples/finance/README.md:242 · Financial transfer language — potential advance-fee scam · informational: not an instruction file**Key Insight:** 318 paid invoices totaling MYR 13.1M. Wire Transfer is the most common payment method.Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedmcp_excel/loading/formats/detector.py:30 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsb'\x09\x08\x10\x00\x00\x06\x05\x00': 'xls_biff5',Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedmcp_excel/loading/formats/detector.py:29 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsb'\xd0\xcf\x11\xe0\xa1\xb1\x1a\xe1': 'ole2',Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedmcp_excel/loading/formats/detector.py:31 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsb'\x09\x08\x05\x00\x00\x06\x03\x00': 'xls_biff3',Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈57 tok
1 file · 41 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈0 tok
0 tools · 0 per tool
Handshake
no reply
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 0

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for mcp-server-excel-sql@0.7.6 as of 5d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.