Edit DOCX Files

Inspect and edit .docx files while preserving formatting, styles, and layout using the local CLI at this skill's scripts/docx_tool.py. It's pure Python (python-docx) — no models, no GPU, no network at edit time — and works on any OS with Python 3.9+.

.docx files are ZIP archives of XML: never open them with a text/Read tool. inspect is your window into the document, and every edit command targets an element by the index that inspect prints.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+ (any OS). uv is used if present for a faster install, otherwise the stdlib venv + pip are used.
• One dependency, installed by setup into a local venv: python-docx.

Setup