This is the simplest possible Office.js add-in for Microsoft Excel (task pane only). It only consists of two files (and an icon in a few sizes):
manifest-officejs-hello.xml
taskpane.html
The HTML file is being served by GitHub pages.
You can play around with the add-in by sideloading manifest-officejs-hello.xml
according to the office.js docs.
Note that this sample uses the raw Excel JavaScript API (no Python/xlwings).