docx
Official sourceCreates, reads, and edits Word .docx files via docx-js for new docs and unpack/edit-XML/repack for existing ones, covering tables, TOCs, tracked changes, comments, and images.
Source: Anthropic
At a glance
Verified source- Best for
- Generating polished Word reports, memos, letters, or templates with proper formatting
- Works with
- Claude.ai · Claude Code
- Outcome
- Editing existing .docx files including tracked changes and comments as a named author
- Source
- anthropics/skills
01 / Understand the skill
About docx
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', or requests to produce professional documents with formatting like tables of contents, headings, page numbers, or letterheads. Also use when extracting or reorganizing content from .docx files, inserting or replacing images in documents, performing find-and-replace in Word files, working with tracked changes or comments, or converting content into a polished Word document. If the user asks for a 'report', 'memo', 'letter', 'template', or similar deliverable as a Word or .docx file, use this skill. Do NOT use for PDFs, spreadsheets, Google Docs, or general coding tasks unrelated to document generation.
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', or requests to produce professional documents with formatting like tables of contents, headings, page numbers, or letterheads.
Not a fit when
Do NOT use for PDFs, spreadsheets, Google Docs, or general coding tasks unrelated to document generation.
Read full description
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', or requests to produce professional documents with formatting like tables of contents, headings, page numbers, or letterheads. Also use when extracting or reorganizing content from .docx files, inserting or replacing images in documents, performing find-and-replace in Word files, working with tracked changes or comments, or converting content into a polished Word document. If the user asks for a 'report', 'memo', 'letter', 'template', or similar deliverable as a Word or .docx file, use this skill. Do NOT use for PDFs, spreadsheets, Google Docs, or general coding tasks unrelated to document generation.
02 / Confirm the fit
Use docx when you need to
- Generating polished Word reports, memos, letters, or templates with proper formatting
- Editing existing .docx files including tracked changes and comments as a named author
- Extracting or reorganizing content from Word documents
03 / See the workflow
How docx works
- 01Install: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill docx
- 02Try: Create a Word report with a cover page, TOC, and a formatted summary table.
- 03Get: A validated .docx file with correct page size, styles, and tables.
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Compatible platforms
Claude.ai · Claude Code
Best fit
Generating polished Word reports, memos, letters, or templates with proper formatting
Review the source instructions if the required output differs from the formats described above.
Install and use
Compatible with Claude.ai and Claude Code · Published by Anthropic
Ready to add docx?
Use the published instructions below, then provide the required input and describe the result you need.
General instructions · Claude.ai · Claude Code
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill docx
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