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Claude DOCX skill (Anthropic)
Creates, edits and analyzes Word documents and templates.
Claude DOCX skill is the production skill Anthropic uses for Word files.
The Claude DOCX skill creates, edits and analyzes Word documents and templates. It covers building formatted documents with headings, tables of contents and page numbers, editing existing files and working with tracked changes. It installs with Anthropic’s document-skills plugin in Claude Code, comes pre-installed in the Claude apps on paid plans and works through the Skills API. Its license is proprietary and source-available, not open source.
Install
From the skill’s source repository:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
- Skill
- DOCX (Word)
Questions
What can the Claude DOCX skill do with Word files?
It creates, edits and analyzes Word documents and templates, including headings, tables of contents, page numbers and tracked changes.
Which plugin contains the DOCX skill?
The document-skills plugin from the anthropic-agent-skills marketplace.
Is the Claude DOCX skill open source?
No. Its license is proprietary and source-available, not open source; see LICENSE.txt in the skill folder.
Where does the DOCX skill work?
In Claude Code through the plugin marketplace, pre-installed in the Claude apps on paid plans, and in the Claude API through the Skills API.
Sources
- DOCX (Word) source
- License: Proprietary, source-available (not open source); see LICENSE.txt in the skill folder
Checked October 2, 2026.
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