What's new

Current version: 1.3.8 · Download for Claude Desktop · Claude Code users get updates through npm (npx -y @sheetsmcp/server always runs the latest).

To update Claude Desktop: download the new file and open it. Claude shows the installed version and an Update button; the update can take a minute. After an update that changes the live preview, quit and reopen Claude Desktop so the new preview loads.

1.3.8 · October 9, 2026

• When previews of different spreadsheets are watched at the same time (several Claude Desktop sessions sharing one Sheets MCP process), no preview follows steps in other spreadsheets, and work in a spreadsheet without a preview is no longer taken as watched by another session's preview. Hosts send no session id with a tool call, so this is the guard for the case the 1.3.6 fix left open.

1.3.7 · October 9, 2026

• Fixed: in Safari, the download was saved as sheets-mcp.mcpb.html and wouldn't open. The site now serves the file with its proper type, and the file name carries the version (sheets-mcp-1.3.7.mcpb).
• The site shows which version you're downloading, and this page.
• Same server as 1.3.6. If you installed 1.3.6 before October 9, update to get the preview fixes below: an earlier build shipped under that version number.

1.3.6 · October 8, 2026

• Fixed: the live preview could jump to a spreadsheet from another Claude session. In Claude Desktop one Sheets MCP process serves every open session, and a preview followed any session's reads. It now stays with its own task.
• The preview stays open through Claude's pauses between steps: it folds after a minute of quiet, not 12 seconds.
• A read of several ranges outlines the whole block while it runs.
• The preview tells Claude when it has scrolled out of your sight, so Claude opens a fresh one where you're looking. Long tabs load more rows as you scroll down.
• When your computer is idle (you're on your phone or claude.ai), Claude skips the live view and summarizes its work as text with a link to the sheet.
• Smaller preview results: each cell format is sent once instead of per cell.

1.3.5 · October 7, 2026

• Recently worked on: a searchable list of the sheets you've used with Sheets MCP, right in the chat. Search, pin, open a sheet in Google Sheets, or tick several and send them to Claude with a request.

1.3.4 · October 7, 2026

• Every tool has a readable title in Claude's tool list, and the server reports its real version.

1.3.3 · October 6, 2026

• The live preview follows Claude into other spreadsheets it reads for a task (the source of a copy, say).
• No outline snap-back between steps; a hidden outline appears in place.

1.3.2 · October 6, 2026

• Live preview polish: zoomed-out grid, Claude's tab marked, dropdowns, checkboxes, filters and error cells drawn as Sheets draws them, frozen panes, a tab strip, and the list of steps under the sheet.
• New charts scroll into view; fewer Sheets reads per refresh; writes past the view grow the grid.

1.3.0 · October 5, 2026

• Live sheet preview in Claude: watch each read and edit happen in the chat as Claude works.
• Chart tools (add, update, delete) and pivot tables.
• Find a spreadsheet by name, from the ones you've used before.
• read_range can return cell formatting ("formats" mode).

1.2.1 · September 24, 2026

• Sign-in pages: the Sheets MCP logo in the card, larger.

1.2.0 · September 24, 2026

• Get-started prompt and usage instructions for Claude.
• When several Google accounts are signed in, Claude asks which one to use instead of guessing.

1.1.x · September 24, 2026

• First public release: read, write and append cells; formulas, formatting, number formats, borders; sort, filter, dropdowns and checkboxes; merge, freeze, resize; find and replace; undo; several Google accounts.

The full history is on GitHub.