AI Excel CLI — generate real, editable
.xlsxworkbooks and data-grounded reports from natural-language prompts. Part of the OfficeCLI toolkit.
Turn a written prompt into a real Excel workbook from your terminal — no templates, no manual formulas, no Excel app required.
npm install -g officecli
officecli new xlsx "Sales Pipeline" \
--prompt "Stages: Discovery, Demo, Proposal, Negotiation, Closed-Won. Columns: deal, owner, value, probability, next action."Need a report grounded in real data? Point excelcli at an existing workbook:
officecli new report "Q2 Business Review" \
--file ./data/q2_metrics.xlsx \
--prompt "Summarize regional revenue shifts and decision points."Behind the scenes:
- 🧠 Plans sheets, headers, columns, and formulas from your prompt
- 📥 Reads your real
.xlsxto ground report narratives in actual data - 📤 Writes a real
.xlsxyou can open in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, WPS - 🔗 Returns a public preview URL when online publishing is configured
📊 excelcli/excelcli — Excel CLI
The full README, command cheatsheet, and advanced configuration live there.
excelcli is one of three document generators sharing the same install and prompt-driven workflow:
- 🎞️ pptcli —
officecli new pptx - 📝 wordcli —
officecli new docx - 🧰 officecli — the unified toolkit (PPTX + XLSX + DOCX + Report + Image)
- 🌐 Website — officecli.io
- 📦 npm —
officecli - 💬 Discord — join
- 🤖 Claude Code plugin —
/plugin install officecli@officecli