Word Document (DOCX) Creation & Editing Skill

Create polished Word documents, edit existing ones at the XML level, and handle tracked changes and comments reliably.

Docs & OfficeIntermediate★ 1,114⑂ 107AI score 10/10Last updated: Aug 28, 2026

What it does

Routes each request to the right approach: create with a docx (npm) script, edit via unzip → modify word/document.xml → zip, read with pandoc -t markdown.
Encodes hard-won docx-js gotchas: A4 default vs. US Letter DXA sizing, landscape orientation quirks, tables needing both columnWidths and per-cell width, ShadingType.CLEAR instead of SOLID, proper bullet numbering, PageBreak inside a Paragraph, TOC requiring built-in HeadingLevel, and PositionalTab for dot leaders.
Provides a visual verification loop: convert to PDF with LibreOffice, rasterize with pdftoppm, then actually look at the pages.
Covers redlining in depth: <w:ins>/<w:del> wrapping, <w:delText>, deleted paragraph marks, accept_changes.py for a clean copy, and validate.py --author to catch untracked edits.
Handles comments through comment.py, which writes all six cross-linked parts and prints the anchor markers to insert.

Who it's for

Professionals producing reports, memos, letters, and contracts in Word.
Legal/contract reviewers who depend on accurate tracked changes and comments.
Developers automating document generation pipelines.

Examples

"Turn this Markdown draft into a Word report with a table of contents and page numbers" → generates a docx-js script, then renders to images to verify layout.
"Revise clause 3 of this contract as tracked changes" → unzip, run merge_runs.py, insert <w:ins>/<w:del>, validate with --author.
"Leave a review comment on the fee cap sentence" → comment.py creates the comment parts and outputs the anchor snippet.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
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Copy the plugins/anthropic-office-skills/skills/docx folder from the GitHub repo fcakyon/claude-codex-settings into my ~/.claude/skills/fcakyon-docx/.
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git clone https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings.git /tmp/ccs && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/ccs/plugins/anthropic-office-skills/skills/docx ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

Open a terminal.
Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings.git
Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
Copy the skill: cp -r claude-codex-settings/plugins/anthropic-office-skills/skills/docx ~/.claude/skills/
Confirm the bundled scripts came along: scripts/merge_runs.py, scripts/comment.py, scripts/accept_changes.py, scripts/office/.
Install external dependencies: pandoc, LibreOffice (soffice), Poppler (pdftoppm). On macOS: brew install pandoc poppler and brew install --cask libreoffice.
Restart Claude Code and test with a prompt like "make this a Word document with a TOC".
Note: the skill is licensed as Proprietary (see LICENSE.txt) — review terms before commercial use.

View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0