DOCX Skill
by Anthropic
Read, write, and edit Microsoft Word documents from Claude. Open-source reference skill in the Anthropic skills repo.
Skills
DOCX Skill
Added 17 May 2026
Overview
The DOCX skill ships in Anthropic's reference skills repo and gives Claude the patterns it needs to handle Word documents end to end: extract text, parse structure, write formatted docs, and edit existing files without breaking formatting. Drop into any Claude Code session that touches Word output.
Best for
Best for
Any agent workflow that has to land in or come out of Microsoft Word
Use cases
- Generate a polished Word report from a markdown draft
- Extract structured data from a stack of supplied .docx files
- Apply tracked edits to a contract or proposal
- Batch-rewrite a folder of templated Word docs
Notes
Why it matters
Microsoft Word is still the lingua franca of business documents. A skill that makes Claude reliable at producing on-format .docx files unlocks a lot of practical workflows that otherwise live in a manual export step.
How teams use it in production
Drop the skill into the repo where your document pipelines live. Reference it from your slash commands. The same agent run that drafts the content also ships the finished Word file.
What to watch
The Office suite of skills (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF) is becoming the bridge between Claude and the document layer enterprises actually use.
Pros
- Maintained by Anthropic in the reference repo
- Handles formatting that ad-hoc python-docx prompts get wrong
- Pairs cleanly with the xlsx and PDF skills for full Office coverage
- Tiny install footprint, big quality lift on document tasks
Cons
- Word-only, not a fix for general document handling
- Complex nested formatting still needs manual review
- Requires the agent to have file-system access in the session
Pairs with
Other entries in the index that connect to this one. Click through to see the chain.
XLSX Skill
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Anthropic's reference skill for reading, writing, and reshaping Excel workbooks from a Claude agent.
PDF Form Filler (Anthropic Skill)
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Brand Guidelines Skill
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Teach Claude your brand voice, colours, typography, and forbidden phrases. Ships in the Anthropic skills repo.
PDF Skill
Anthropic
Read, extract, and generate PDFs from Claude. The Anthropic reference skill for the format every business actually uses.
PPTX Skill
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Build and edit PowerPoint decks from Claude. Layouts, themes, charts, all from a prompt.