Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP

Vespper (YC F24) is launching a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool designed to help AI agents reliably edit Word documents, addressing a critical gap in the market. Current solutions—including low-level SDKs, existing MCPs, and lossy conversion methods like Markdown round-tripping—struggle with complex .docx files because of their underlying XML complexity and verbose structure, forcing legal tech and healthcare companies to spend months building custom in-house solutions. Vespper aims to provide state-of-the-art tooling that enables agents to handle sophisticated document editing tasks that go beyond what existing approaches can accomplish.