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Word documents (DOCX) Claude skill

The Word documents (DOCX) skill helps an AI assistant create, edit, and read .docx files.

  • Proprietary (source available) licence
  • ★ 182,168 on GitHub (whole repository)
  • Verified against its source 19 Oct 2026

What the Word documents (DOCX) skill does

The assistant can create a new Word document, edit an existing one by working with its underlying file contents, and read the text content from a .docx file. It applies to tasks that involve making, changing, or reading Word files.

What it covers

  • Create new Word documents using docx-js scripts
  • Edit existing documents by unzipping and editing document XML
  • Read document content via pandoc

How to install it

In Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

This plugin also installs: xlsx, pptx, pdf.

Steps change between versions. Check the official instructions before you install.