DocuLane

Office document CLI for agents — read, write, and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint without Office installed.

Open-source MCP server, CLI, and SDK that give coding agents direct access to Office documents — Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), and PowerPoint (.pptx). No Microsoft Office installation required.

Why it exists

Agents need to process business documents — reports, spreadsheets, presentations. DocuLane makes this possible without Office licenses or installations:

• MCP-native — plug into OpenCode and other agent hosts
• Local-first — run the open tool with your own files
• Hosted path — sell/meter usage under /v1/doculane/*
• No dependencies — works without Microsoft Office

Part of Talocode: open tools people trust, hosted power behind them.

Install

npm install -g @talocode/doculane

Or without install:

npx @talocode/doculane@latest health

Python:

pip install talocode-doculane

Quickstart

CLI

# Read a Word document
doculane read report.docx

# Read an Excel spreadsheet
doculane read data.xlsx

# Read a PowerPoint presentation
doculane read slides.pptx

# Get document info
doculane info report.docx

# Write a new Excel file
doculane write output.xlsx '{"sheets":[{"name":"Sheet1","data":[["Name","Age"],["Alice",30],["Bob",25]]}]}'

MCP (OpenCode)

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "doculane": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@talocode/doculane", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

SDK

import { DocuLaneClient } from '@talocode/doculane'

const client = new DocuLaneClient()

// Read an Excel file
const excelData = await client.read('report.xlsx')
console.log(excelData.sheets[0].data)

// Write a Word document
await client.write('output.docx', {
  content: 'Hello World',
  paragraphs: ['First paragraph', 'Second paragraph']
})

// Get document info
const info = await client.getInfo('presentation.pptx')

Supported formats

Format	Extension	Read	Write	Notes
Word	.docx, .doc	✅	✅	Text extraction and creation
Excel	.xlsx, .xls	✅	✅	Multi-sheet support
PowerPoint	.pptx, .ppt	✅	✅	Slide management

API surface

Local engine

Function	Description
readExcel(path)	Read Excel workbook
writeExcel(path, data)	Write Excel workbook
readWord(path)	Read Word document
writeWord(path, data)	Write Word document
readPowerPoint(path)	Read PowerPoint
writePowerPoint(path, data)	Write PowerPoint
getInfo(path)	Get document metadata

Hosted routes (Talocode Cloud)

Method	Path	Credits
GET	/v1/doculane/health	0
GET	/v1/doculane/pricing	0
GET	/v1/doculane/capabilities	0
POST	/v1/doculane/read	5
POST	/v1/doculane/write	5
POST	/v1/doculane/info	2

Auth:

Authorization: Bearer $TALOCODE_API_KEY

MCP tools

Tool	Description
doculane_read	Read Office document
doculane_write	Write Office document
doculane_info	Get document metadata
doculane_health	Health check
doculane_capabilities	Supported features

CLI

doculane read <file>
doculane write <file> <json-data>
doculane info <file>
doculane health
doculane capabilities
doculane pricing

Architecture

Agent (OpenCode / CLI / SDK)
        │
        ▼
   DocuLane
   ┌──────────────────────────┐
   │ MCP · CLI · SDK · HTTP   │
   └────────────┬─────────────┘
                │
     ┌──────────┼──────────┐
     ▼          ▼          ▼
   local      talocode     mock
  (engine)   (hosted)    (offline)

Develop

git clone https://github.com/talocode/doculane
cd doculane
npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run mcp

Related packages

Package	Install
DocuLane (this package)	npm i @talocode/doculane · pip install talocode-doculane
ContextLane	pip install contextlane
DevTool	pip install talocode-devtool

Talocode ecosystem

Product	Repo	Notes
DocuLane	talocode/doculane	(this package) Office document CLI
XSearchLane	talocode/xsearchlane	Realtime X search MCP/API
XProLane	talocode/xprolane	X Pro setup & signal dashboard
SearchLane	talocode/searchlane	Agent web search & research
Tera	talocode/tera	Hosted writing/coding capability API
Codra	talocode/codra	Coding agent runtime
StackLane	talocode/stacklane	Cloud control plane, keys, wallet
GateLane	talocode/gatelane	Policy / gate tooling
ContextLane	talocode/contextlane	Context infrastructure
ScreenLane	talocode/screenlane	Screen/agent UI tooling
MemoryLane	talocode/memorylane	Memory for agents
Tradia	talocode/tradia	Trading tooling
DevTool	talocode/devtool	Developer utilities
Agent Browser	talocode/agent-browser	Browser automation API
InvoiceLane	talocode/invoicelane	Invoicing
GeoLane	talocode/geolane	Geo visibility
ClipLoop	talocode/cliploop	Short-form video loop

More: github.com/talocode · talocode.site · docs.talocode.site

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/talocode/doculane
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@talocode/doculane
• Docs: https://docs.talocode.site
• API base: https://api.talocode.site

License

MIT © Talocode