docx
Originally fromanthropics/skills
Installation
SKILL.md
DOCX creation, editing, and analysis
A .docx is a ZIP archive of XML files. Choose your approach by task:
| Task | Approach |
|---|---|
| Create a new document | Write a docx (npm) script — see gotchas below |
| Edit an existing document | unzip → edit word/document.xml → zip (docx-js cannot open existing files) |
| Read content | pandoc -t markdown file.docx |
Script paths below are relative to this skill's directory.
Creating with docx-js — gotchas
docx is preinstalled — do not run npm install first; write the script and require('docx') directly. Only if that require fails: npm install docx. The model knows the API; these are the footguns: