Word Document Processor

This gives Claude the ability to work with Word documents at the OOXML level, which matters when you need to preserve formatting or track changes properly. It uses pandoc for reading, docx-js for creating new documents from scratch, and a Python OOXML library for editing existing files. The redlining workflow is the standout feature: it converts docs to markdown for planning changes, then implements them as proper tracked changes in the XML with batching strategies to keep things manageable. If you've ever tried to programmatically edit a Word doc and had formatting fall apart or tracked changes break, this handles those cases. Best for legal, academic, or business documents where you can't just export to markdown and back.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add qodex-ai/ai-agent-skills --skill word-document-processor --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

DOCX creation, editing, and analysis

Overview

A user may ask you to create, edit, or analyze the contents of a .docx file. A .docx file is essentially a ZIP archive containing XML files and other resources that you can read or edit. You have different tools and workflows available for different tasks.

Workflow Decision Tree

Reading/Analyzing Content

Use "Text extraction" or "Raw XML access" sections below

Creating New Document

Use "Creating a new Word document" workflow

Editing Existing Document

Your own document + simple changes Use "Basic OOXML editing" workflow
Someone else's document Use "Redlining workflow" (recommended default)
Legal, academic, business, or government docs Use "Redlining workflow" (required)

Reading and analyzing content

Text extraction

If you just need to read the text contents of a document, you should convert the document to markdown using pandoc. Pandoc provides excellent support for preserving document structure and can show tracked changes:

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