How to Give Your AI Agent an Office Suite with Mila + OpenClaw

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Most AI agents can browse the web, write code, and send messages. But ask one to create a spreadsheet, write a document, or build a slide deck? That's where things get awkward.

Mila fixes this. It's an office suite built from the ground up for programmatic access — with a REST API and an MCP server that gives AI agents 23 tools for working with documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

What is Mila?

Mila is a collaborative platform with three document types:

Documents — Rich text with HTML content
Spreadsheets — Tabs, formulas, cell formatting, A1 notation
Slides — Free-form HTML on a 960×540 canvas with speaker notes and themes

Everything is accessible through a clean REST API at api.mila.gg/v1. But the real magic for AI agents is the MCP server.

The MCP Server

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools. Mila's MCP server at mcp.mila.gg exposes 23 tools:

create_document, get_document, update_document, delete_document
create_sheet, get_sheet_tab, append_rows
create_slide_presentation, append_slides
And more for listing, updating, and managing all three document types

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mila": {
      "url": "https://mcp.mila.gg",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Now Claude can create and edit office documents during your conversations.

Using with OpenClaw

If you use OpenClaw, you can install the Mila skill directly:

npx clawhub@latest install mila

This gives your OpenClaw agent full access to Mila's capabilities. Your agent can:

Generate reports as spreadsheets
Draft documents from conversation context
Build slide decks for presentations
Track data in structured sheets

Quick Example: Creating a Spreadsheet

Here's what the API looks like in practice:

curl -X POST https://api.mila.gg/v1/sheets \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Q2 Report"}'

Then append rows:

curl -X POST https://api.mila.gg/v1/sheets/{id}/tabs/{tabId}/rows \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"rows": [["Month", "Revenue"], ["April", "12000"], ["May", "15000"]]}'

Real-Time Collaboration

Documents support real-time collaboration — multiple users and agents can work on the same file simultaneously. This means your AI agent can build a document while you review and edit it live.