Custom MCP server incoming: same CSV-to-Excel prompt, no fallback ladder
dfinke · x · 2026-11-12
Following his demo of VS Code Copilot converting sales.csv to Excel via PowerShell + COM, dfinke teases the next step: doing the same task directly and more cleanly with an MCP server he wrote — same prompt, no fallback ladder. Demo coming soon.
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