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 "categories": [
  "productivity",
  "documents",
  "office-suite"
 ],
 "deployment": "hybrid",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Microsoft's current Word product page describes web, mobile, and desktop document creation and editing.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Microsoft lists Word for the web plus Microsoft 365 applications on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Microsoft offers free Word for the web and paid Microsoft 365 plans with desktop and advanced features.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Microsoft documents programmatic document access through the Word JavaScript and shared Office JavaScript APIs.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds",
   "note": "The Word JavaScript API is a strongly typed asynchronous object model for Office add-ins.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds",
   "note": "Microsoft documents the desktop Word interop object model for .NET and COM-compatible automation.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/word-object-model-overview?view=visualstudio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The cross-platform API covers document bodies, content controls, pictures, paragraphs, metadata, settings, and bindings, with requirement-set and host boundaries.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk",
   "note": "Microsoft publishes the Office Add-ins platform, Word-specific JavaScript API, and TypeScript definitions.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages",
   "note": "Microsoft maintains the Word VBA object-model reference.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/Word/object-model",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages",
   "note": "Microsoft documents the .NET primary interop assembly for VSTO and document-level Word projects.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/word-object-model-overview?view=visualstudio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Microsoft's official MCP catalog lists a remote Microsoft Word server for reading, understanding, creating, and commenting on documents.",
   "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party",
   "note": "Active independent server for saved DOCX files and live Word editing through COM on Windows or JXA on macOS.",
   "source": "https://github.com/ykarapazar/word-mcp-live",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party",
   "note": "Archived independent python-docx server retained as a stale implementation, not evidence of vendor support.",
   "source": "https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Microsoft publishes the premium Word Online (Business) connector for Power Automate, Power Apps, Logic Apps, and Copilot Studio.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting",
   "note": "Office.js add-ins extend Word across hosts; Microsoft separately documents VBA and VSTO desktop extension models.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export",
   "note": "Desktop actions read plain text and save Word documents in installed formats; the business connector also converts DOCX to PDF.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import",
   "note": "The connector opens business-library Word files and populates supported content controls in prepared templates.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack",
   "note": "Power Automate for desktop exposes a WordInstance used by its dedicated document actions.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.drivability",
   "note": "First-party actions cover launch, attach, read, replace, write, image insertion, save, and close without coordinate-only control.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.vendor_support",
   "note": "Microsoft maintains the Word action group in Power Automate for desktop for Word 2013 and later.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The object model is broad, documented, maintained, and cross-platform, but runs inside an Office host and varies by requirement set.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The maintained official remote server has useful document coverage, but its Microsoft 365 tenant endpoint and limited public implementation detail keep it below the highest maturity anchor.",
   "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.integrations",
   "note": "The connector is premium, limited to business document libraries and 10 MB inputs, and excludes several content-control types.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.rpa",
   "note": "Dedicated desktop actions are practical for common operations but narrower than the document object models.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/word",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Microsoft's current official MCP server catalog.",
   "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Word add-ins and JavaScript API overview.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Word Online (Business) connector reference.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-08-16",
  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "registry",
    "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/mcp"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word",
 "id": "microsoft-word",
 "license": "freemium",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/word/word-add-ins-programming-overview",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "javascript-object-model",
    "com"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "docx",
    "pdf",
    "plain-text"
   ],
   "import": [
    "docx",
    "template-content-controls"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "office-js-addins",
    "vba",
    "vsto"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": true,
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [
      "github"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/ykarapazar/word-mcp-live"
    },
    {
     "maintained": "stale",
     "registries": [
      "github"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-Word-MCP-Server"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "good",
   "notes": "Power Automate for desktop has first-party Word instance actions for visible or hidden launch, attachment, read, find-and-replace, text and image insertion, save, and close. The action set avoids coordinate-only automation, but exposes less formatting and structure than the object models.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "word-instance"
   ],
   "vendor_support": [
    "power-automate-desktop"
   ]
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "javascript",
    "typescript",
    "vba",
    "dotnet"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Microsoft Word",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "web",
  "ios",
  "android"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "google-docs",
   "libreoffice-writer"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Microsoft",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": 5,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": 6
  },
  "summary": "Word is broadly automatable through maintained in-process object models and an official remote MCP server. The cross-platform Word JavaScript API can read and change document bodies, paragraphs, content controls, inline pictures, metadata, and bindings from an Office add-in; VBA, COM, and VSTO provide the deeper Windows path. Microsoft's remote Word MCP server is the agent-native route for reading, understanding, creating, and commenting on documents, subject to Microsoft 365 tenant access. Power Automate adds a premium template and PDF connector plus desktop actions for common document operations. Computer-use viability remains unassessed.\n"
 }
}