--- title: "Anthropic Word Documents: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/skills/anthropics-docx/ description: "Separates new Word-document generation from editing existing OOXML, with explicit checks for tables, comments and tracked changes." --- # Anthropic Word Documents: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai > Separates new Word-document generation from editing existing OOXML, with explicit checks for tables, comments and tracked changes. [← Explore all skills](/skills/) DOCUMENTS / Anthropic # Anthropic Word Documents Separates new Word-document generation from editing existing OOXML, with explicit checks for tables, comments and tracked changes. See setup guidance ↓Original source ↗ SOURCE REVIEW Reviewed 2026-09-21 Evidence 6 linked sources Publisher Anthropic Licence Anthropic custom terms ↗ Revision 34040c9c5685 Read what was—and wasn’t—checked ↓ “Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any” Anthropic · upstream description ↗ Our analysis follows below. 01 / THE REASONING ## Why this made the selection. - Documents the different create, edit and read paths instead of treating Word files as plain text. - Combines schema checks with rendered-page inspection and explains Word-specific table and redline failures. ### A good fit for - Creating a structured Word report - Editing comments or tracked changes in an existing document ### Weigh up before choosing - Restricted Anthropic terms apply; this is a source-available reference, not an open-source document package. - Rendering depends on LibreOffice and fonts; a schema-valid file can still have layout problems. - Tracked-change validation requires the original document and the explicit author option. 02 / THE REVIEW RECORD ## What we actually inspected. Source review has boundaries. A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge. ### Material inspected - skills/docx/SKILL.md - skills/docx/scripts/office/validate.py - skills/docx/scripts/office/soffice.py - skills/docx/LICENSE.txt ### Our findings - The validator enables the redlining check only when --author and --original are supplied. - The --auto-repair path can rewrite the input; preserve a source copy before repairs. - The inspected LibreOffice wrapper creates a temporary profile and can compile a sandbox compatibility shim when Unix sockets are unavailable. ### Not established by this review - Source inspection only; no skill installation or workflow execution was performed. The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior. 03 / PUT IT TO WORK ## Add a skill to your workflow. Upstream setup instructions ↗ DOCUMENTED COMMAND /plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills Copy command ↗ Copying does not execute this command. It may retrieve a newer version than the reviewed source. - In Claude Code, first register the official marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills. - Install the document-skills plugin under the applicable Anthropic agreement, or use the document capabilities supplied in Claude. - This catalogue does not redistribute these restricted definitions or offer a cross-agent copying command. ### Before you start - Claude Code or an eligible Claude service - Applicable Anthropic service access and terms - Dependencies listed upstream include pandoc, LibreOffice and Poppler; preinstalled-package assumptions are host-specific. ### Compatibility Claude document-skills plugin · Node docx, Python and local Office-conversion tools ### Read and write local documents - Read and write local documents - Execute Node/Python and document converters - Optional in-place repairs and temporary profile creation ### Cost model Access follows the applicable Anthropic service arrangement; local converters and agent execution are separate resources. 04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE ## The source trail. Our notes are separate from the original resource. Check upstream before adopting a new version. - Skill definition at reviewed revision ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/docx/SKILL.md Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, compatibility, access - Reviewed reference or helper: scripts/office/validate.py ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/docx/scripts/office/validate.py Supports: review, limitations, access - Reviewed reference or helper: scripts/office/soffice.py ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/docx/scripts/office/soffice.py Supports: review, limitations, access - Upstream license or licensing declaration ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/skills/docx/LICENSE.txt Supports: license - Publisher installation and project documentation ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/34040c9c568585f6929bedeaad110ad08f079624/README.md Supports: install, compatibility, access - Skills installer source formats and selective installation ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/blob/7407f3893ad4dceab546ac002c3ef806e4000c73/README.md Supports: install KEEP COMPARING ## Other approaches to consider. 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