# Create and repair Word documents with layout-safe DOCX workflows

> Use the Anthropic docx skill when an agent needs to produce or repair a real .docx deliverable with headings, tables, numbering, tracked changes, or layout constraints. It frames the work as a document-building workflow with validation and packaging rules, not as a generic document library listing.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/create-and-repair-word-documents-with-layout-safe-docx-workf` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/create-and-repair-word-documents-with-layout-safe-docx-workf`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/create-and-repair-word-documents-with-layout-safe-docx-workf/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/create-and-repair-word-documents-with-layout-safe-docx-workf

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# Create and repair Word documents with layout-safe DOCX workflows

Use the Anthropic docx skill when an agent needs to produce or repair a real .docx deliverable with headings, tables, numbering, tracked changes, or layout constraints. It frames the work as a document-building workflow with validation and packaging rules, not as a generic document library listing.

## Prerequisites

docx generation library, pandoc, LibreOffice

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- The frontmatter requires only two fields:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Select document-skills or example-skills
- /plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
- These example skills are all already available to paid plans in Claude.ai.

- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/create-and-repair-word-documents-with-layout-safe-docx-workflows/)