Skill profile
document-skills
Anthropic's official bundle for generating and editing Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and Excel files, with descriptions tuned to trigger on phrases like "the deck" or "Word doc."
What it actually does
- Bundles four Anthropic-authored skills — `docx`, `pdf`, `pptx`, `xlsx` — each with a long, specific description tuned to trigger on exact phrasing like "the deck" or "Word doc."
When to use it — and when not to
Use it when
- You want Claude Code to generate or edit an actual Office/PDF file, not just describe one in chat.
Not for
- You want a single document format — installing this pulls in all four, not one at a time, through the plugin route.
The caveat that matters
Proprietary-licensed, not MIT — read the LICENSE.txt before redistributing, even though using it inside Claude Code is unrestricted.
Agent compatibility
- Claude Code
Confirmed means the skill’s own source or vendor states it works with that agent. Portable means it only reaches that agent through the shared SKILL.md format and a directory convention — real, but a weaker claim. An agent with no entry here isn’t known to be unsupported; it simply isn’t documented either way, so nothing is claimed. Full model on Agent Skills Compatibility.
Requirements and operational surface
Depends on
- Claude Code plugin marketplace
Evidence and provenance
Maintained by Anthropic (official). Primary source: anthropics/skills, last checked against this page’s claims on . This page summarizes and analyzes that source — it isn’t a copy of its SKILL.md or README, and installation happens at the source, not here.
Also covered in The Best Claude Code Skills, part of the Claude Code guide.