Adeu v1.4: Open-Source MCP for Track Changes in DOCX
LLMs handle Markdown natively, but legal documents use Track Changes in DOCX. Adeu is an open-source MCP server (MIT license) that treats the DOCX as a Virtual DOM, injecting native w:ins and w:del XML to create proper redlines while preserving formatting, numbering, and layouts.
New in v1.4.0
- Footnotes and endnotes projected inline with stable OOXML IDs — editable with full tracked changes.
- Defined terms extracted into a symbol table; linter flags duplicates, unused terms, and Levenshtein-distance typos.
- Cross-references and bookmark dependency maps extracted automatically.
- Multi-level lists round-trip cleanly through Markdown indentation.
- Diff hunk coalescing prevents fragmented redlines across single clauses.
Quick Start
uvx adeu initInit initializes the MCP server in your project. After that, Claude (or any MCP-compatible agent) can open a DOCX, suggest edits, and have them rendered as proper Track Changes.
Why This Matters
Standard LLM output is Markdown. Legal documents require precise OOXML redlining. Adeu bridges that gap by surgically modifying the XML rather than converting to Markdown, editing, and converting back — which destroys layouts, numbering, and track changes.
Who It's For
Developers building AI-powered legal document review or contract analysis tools.
📖 Read the full source: r/ClaudeAI
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