Claude docx skill: create and edit Word documents
Anthropic’s skill for creating, reading and editing Word documents (.docx) and Word templates.
- Type
- Skill
- Publisher
- Anthropic
- Category
- Documents
- Works in
- Claude apps, Claude API, Claude Code (via plugin)
Its description tells Claude to use it for anything involving a Word document: reports, memos, letters and templates with tables of contents, headings, page numbers or letterheads, plus tracked changes, comments, find-and-replace and swapping images. It is not meant for PDFs, spreadsheets, Google Docs or general coding, which other skills and tools cover.
In the Claude apps it is one of the built-in document skills: with Code execution and file creation on, Claude uses it automatically when you ask for a Word file, with no setup (Use skills in Claude). It is also a pre-built skill in the Claude API (Agent Skills overview). Anthropic publishes its source as a reference: source-available, not open source.
- What it does
- Creates, reads and edits Word .docx files and templates, including tracked changes, comments and tables of contents.
- How to install
- Claude apps: built in. Turn on Code execution and file creation, then ask for a Word document.
Claude API: pre-built skill_id docx, used with the code execution tool.
Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills - Source
- github.com
- Last checked
Questions
Can Claude create Word documents?
Can Claude edit an existing Word file with tracked changes?
Do I need to install the docx skill?
See also
Sources
Sources: names, descriptions and install commands come from Anthropic’s skills repository (github.com/anthropics/skills), its official plugin marketplace (github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official) and the Claude docs linked on each listing. Promptline is not affiliated with Anthropic.