Agent skill
docx
Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for creating new documents, modifying content, working with tracked changes, or adding comments.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/development/docx-skillcreatorai-ai-agent-skills
SKILL.md
DOCX Processing
Workflow Decision Tree
- Reading/Analyzing: Use text extraction or raw XML access
- Creating New Document: Use docx-js (JavaScript)
- Editing Existing: Use OOXML editing or redlining workflow
Reading Content
Text Extraction with Pandoc
# Convert to markdown with tracked changes
pandoc --track-changes=all file.docx -o output.md
Raw XML Access
# Unpack document
unzip document.docx -d unpacked/
# Key files:
# word/document.xml - Main content
# word/comments.xml - Comments
# word/media/ - Images
Creating New Documents (docx-js)
import { Document, Paragraph, TextRun, Packer } from 'docx';
import fs from 'fs';
const doc = new Document({
sections: [{
children: [
new Paragraph({
children: [
new TextRun({ text: "Hello ", bold: true }),
new TextRun({ text: "World", italics: true })
]
})
]
}]
});
const buffer = await Packer.toBuffer(doc);
fs.writeFileSync('document.docx', buffer);
Editing Existing Documents
Simple Edits
- Unpack:
unzip doc.docx -d unpacked/ - Edit
word/document.xml - Repack:
cd unpacked && zip -r ../edited.docx .
Tracked Changes (Redlining)
For professional documents, use tracked changes:
<!-- Deletion -->
<w:del w:author="Author" w:date="2025-01-01T00:00:00Z">
<w:r><w:delText>old text</w:delText></w:r>
</w:del>
<!-- Insertion -->
<w:ins w:author="Author" w:date="2025-01-01T00:00:00Z">
<w:r><w:t>new text</w:t></w:r>
</w:ins>
Converting to Images
# DOCX to PDF
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf document.docx
# PDF to images
pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 document.pdf page
Best Practices
- Use Pandoc for text extraction
- Use docx-js for creating new documents
- For legal/business docs, always use tracked changes
- Preserve original RSIDs when editing
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