diff --git a/capabilities.mjs b/capabilities.mjs
index 1f33fc2..1344ce7 100644
--- a/capabilities.mjs
+++ b/capabilities.mjs
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ export function resolveExcelMcpServerPath(overridePath, runtimeRoot) {
   );
 }
 
+/** Prefer explicit env overrides; TKMIND_* matches search MCP naming on 103/.env. */
+export function resolveExcelMcpOverridePath(env = process.env) {
+  return String(
+    env.GOOSED_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH
+    ?? env.TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH
+    ?? '',
+  ).trim();
+}
+
 function isGoosedMcpContainerized(sandboxMcp = null) {
   const containerFlag = String(process.env.GOOSED_MCP_CONTAINERIZED ?? '').trim();
   if (containerFlag) return containerFlag === '1';
@@ -852,7 +861,7 @@ export function buildAgentExtensionPolicy(
         cmd: resolveSandboxMcpNodeExecPath(sandboxMcp?.nodeExecPath),
         args: [
           resolveExcelMcpServerPath(
-            process.env.GOOSED_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH,
+            resolveExcelMcpOverridePath(),
             bundledMcpRuntimeRoot,
           ),
           excelWorkspaceRoot,
diff --git a/capabilities.test.mjs b/capabilities.test.mjs
index a0faab1..d4d06d1 100644
--- a/capabilities.test.mjs
+++ b/capabilities.test.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   normalizeCapabilityPatch,
   resolveMindSearchMcpEndpoint,
   resolveExcelMcpServerPath,
+  resolveExcelMcpOverridePath,
   resolveMindSearchMcpServerPath,
   resolveSandboxMcpNodeExecPath,
   resolveSandboxMcpServerPath,
@@ -710,3 +711,43 @@ test('Excel analyst uses the container-visible bundled MCP directory', () => {
   const extension = policy.extensionOverrides.find((ext) => ext.name === 'tkmind-excel');
   assert.equal(extension.args[0], '/opt/portal/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs');
 });
+
+test('resolveExcelMcpOverridePath prefers GOOSED then TKMIND env', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    resolveExcelMcpOverridePath({
+      GOOSED_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH: '/opt/goosed/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs',
+      TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH: '/opt/tkmind/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs',
+    }),
+    '/opt/goosed/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    resolveExcelMcpOverridePath({
+      TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH: '/Users/john/Project/Memind/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs',
+    }),
+    '/Users/john/Project/Memind/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Excel analyst honors TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH override', () => {
+  const previous = process.env.TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH;
+  process.env.TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH = '/srv/memind/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs';
+  try {
+    const policy = buildAgentExtensionPolicy(
+      {
+        ...DEFAULT_USER_CAPABILITIES,
+        excel_analysis: true,
+      },
+      {
+        sandboxMcp: {
+          serverPath: '/Users/john/Project/Memind/mindspace-sandbox-mcp.mjs',
+          workspaceRoot: '/Users/john/Project/Memind/MindSpace/user-1',
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    const extension = policy.extensionOverrides.find((ext) => ext.name === 'tkmind-excel');
+    assert.equal(extension.args[0], '/srv/memind/tkmind-excel-mcp.mjs');
+  } finally {
+    if (previous === undefined) delete process.env.TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH;
+    else process.env.TKMIND_EXCEL_MCP_SERVER_PATH = previous;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/scripts/agent-run-worker.mjs b/scripts/agent-run-worker.mjs
index fdafcc3..7e240cf 100644
--- a/scripts/agent-run-worker.mjs
+++ b/scripts/agent-run-worker.mjs
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ function printHelp() {
 
 loadEnvFile(process.env.MEMIND_ENV_FILE || path.join(root, '.env'));
 loadEnvFile(path.join(root, '.env.local'));
+// Bundled worker lives under scripts/; MCP path resolution must not use that
+// directory as the portal runtime root (see resolveBundledMcpServerPath).
+if (!String(process.env.MEMIND_PORTAL_H5_ROOT ?? '').trim()) {
+  process.env.MEMIND_PORTAL_H5_ROOT = root;
+}
 
 const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
 if (args.help) {