OfficeAgent.NET 0.2 Lets AI Agents Edit SharePoint Word Docs via MCP

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Developer has released OfficeAgent.NET 0.2, an open-source .NET library that enables AI agents to read and edit real Word documents stored in SharePoint via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The update adds a SharePoint document provider alongside the existing filesystem provider, allowing agents to work directly on cloud-stored enterprise documents using a document's URL or Graph ID. Any MCP-compatible agent — including Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, and OpenAI Codex — can now use the library's inspect, preview, and apply workflow. To protect original files, edits are saved as new versioned copies rather than overwriting the source, and changes arrive as tracked revisions within the user's existing SharePoint permissions. The MCP server can be installed as a .NET global tool and supports both local stdio and hosted ASP.NET Core HTTP deployment modes.

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