Agent skills
Document Claude skills and agent skills
What document skills do
Create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files the way a person would, with formatting kept. A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md: the agent reads its one-line description up front and loads the instructions only when a task matches, so a document skill costs almost nothing until you need it. The 4 here come from Anthropic.
- Word Documents (DOCX) · Anthropic
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files).
- PDF · Anthropic
Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files.
- PowerPoint (PPTX) · Anthropic
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both.
All documents skills
4 of 4 skills
- Word Documents (DOCX)Official · Anthropic
Creates, reads and edits Word .docx files, including templates, tracked changes and formatting.
★ 184k (repo)
Install (any agent)Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI steps →npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill docx - PDFOfficial · Anthropic
Extracts text and tables, merges, splits, fills forms and creates PDF files.
★ 184k (repo)
Install (any agent)Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI steps →npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill pdf - PowerPoint (PPTX)Official · Anthropic
Builds, reads and edits PowerPoint decks and templates, including layouts and speaker notes.
★ 184k (repo)
Install (any agent)Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI steps →npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill pptx - Excel Spreadsheets (XLSX)Official · Anthropic
Opens, cleans, edits and creates spreadsheets (.xlsx, .csv), including formulas and charts.
★ 184k (repo)
Install (any agent)Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI steps →npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill xlsx
FAQ
What are document agent skills?+
Create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files the way a person would, with formatting kept. Each is a SKILL.md folder that Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and other agents load when a task matches its description. This page lists 4, from Anthropic.
What are the best document agent skills?+
Start with the ones from the publisher of the tool you use: Word Documents (DOCX) (Anthropic), PDF (Anthropic), PowerPoint (PPTX) (Anthropic), Excel Spreadsheets (XLSX) (Anthropic).
How do I install a document skill?+
Run npx skills add owner/repo --skill name and pick your agent, or copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (Claude Code), .agents/skills (Codex) or .github/skills (Copilot). Each skill page has the exact command for Word Documents (DOCX) and the rest.
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