How do I install the Office Document skill?

Run npx skillmds add starchild-ai-agent/office-document in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Office Document safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Office Document?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Office Document free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Office Document?

starchild-ai-agent (@starchild-ai-agent) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Office Document by starchild-ai-agent

Name: Office Document
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: starchild-ai-agent

Office Document

Route editable PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX creation or modification tasks to the appropriate official Hermes document skill. Use when the user asks to create, edit, format, convert, fill, annotate, review, or otherwise produce an editable office document. Do not activate for simple read-only extraction or summarization. For presentation-only output where the user does not need an editable PowerPoint file, use Starchild's official slide-creator skill.

File contents

Office document routing

Use this skill as a routing decision, not as a replacement for the document engines. The official Hermes skills are separate skills:

User task	Hermes skill
Create, read, edit, template, or review Word `.docx`	`docx`
Create, read, or edit Excel `.xlsx` / CSV	`xlsx`
Create, read, or edit editable PowerPoint `.pptx`	`powerpoint`
Create, read, merge, fill, secure, or otherwise manipulate PDF	`pdf`
Read-only extraction or summarization	Do not route here; read the file directly
Visual presentation that does not need an editable `.pptx`	Starchild `slide-creator`

Decision rules

Determine whether the user needs an editable output or only information. Read-only is not a document-production task. Do not install or invoke a document skill merely to extract or summarize file contents.
Select exactly one format-specific Hermes skill from the table above.
For a mixed request, route each artifact to its own format-specific skill; do not use powerpoint for a PDF or docx for a general presentation.
For scanned or image-only PDFs, use Hermes ocr-and-documents before or instead of pdf; a PDF skill cannot invent a missing text layer.
After any edit or creation, follow the selected skill's verification steps. Do not claim format fidelity without read-back and, where applicable, render/visual inspection.

Installing the official Hermes skills

These are the official skills from NousResearch/hermes-agent, not similarly named community skills.

Skills CLI installation

Install only the one skill required by the current task. Do not install all format-specific skills in advance.

Use the matching command:

DOCX task：npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill docx
XLSX／CSV task：npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill xlsx
Editable PPTX task：npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill powerpoint
PDF task：npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill pdf
Scanned or image-only PDF：install ocr-and-documents only when OCR is actually needed： npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill ocr-and-documents

Do not substitute a community package with a similar name unless the user explicitly asks for that package. After installation, confirm the selected skill's SKILL.md is present and use its own scripts and verification commands.

Official source mapping

The upstream source paths are:

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/docx
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/xlsx
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/powerpoint
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/pdf
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/ocr-and-documents

The Hermes docx skill uses python-docx helpers and package health checks; xlsx uses openpyxl; powerpoint uses python-pptx; and pdf uses pypdf, reportlab, and pdfplumber. These implementation details describe the official skills and should not be replaced with guessed local commands.

---name: office-documentdescription: Route editable PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX creation or modification tasks to the appropriate official Hermes document skill. Use when the user asks to create, edit, format, convert, fill, annotate, review, or otherwise produce an editable office document. Do not activate for simple read-only extraction or summarization. For presentation-only output where the user does not need an editable PowerPoint file, use Starchild's official slide-creator skill.--- # Office document routing Use this skill as a routing decision, not as a replacement for the document engines. The official Hermes skills are separate skills: | User task | Hermes skill | |---|---| | Create, read, edit, template, or review Word `.docx` | `docx` | | Create, read, or edit Excel `.xlsx` / CSV | `xlsx` | | Create, read, or edit editable PowerPoint `.pptx` | `powerpoint` | | Create, read, merge, fill, secure, or otherwise manipulate PDF | `pdf` | | Read-only extraction or summarization | Do not route here; read the file directly | | Visual presentation that does not need an editable `.pptx` | Starchild `slide-creator` | ## Decision rules 1. Determine whether the user needs an editable output or only information. Read-only is not a document-production task. Do not install or invoke a document skill merely to extract or summarize file contents. 2. Select exactly one format-specific Hermes skill from the table above. 3. For a mixed request, route each artifact to its own format-specific skill; do not use `powerpoint` for a PDF or `docx` for a general presentation. 4. For scanned or image-only PDFs, use Hermes `ocr-and-documents` before or instead of `pdf`; a PDF skill cannot invent a missing text layer. 5. After any edit or creation, follow the selected skill's verification steps. Do not claim format fidelity without read-back and, where applicable, render/visual inspection. ## Installing the official Hermes skills These are the official skills from `NousResearch/hermes-agent`, not similarly named community skills. ## Skills CLI installation Install **only the one skill required by the current task**. Do not install all format-specific skills in advance. Use the matching command: - DOCX task：`npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill docx` - XLSX／CSV task：`npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill xlsx` - Editable PPTX task：`npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill powerpoint` - PDF task：`npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill pdf` - Scanned or image-only PDF：install `ocr-and-documents` only when OCR is actually needed： `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill ocr-and-documents` Do not substitute a community package with a similar name unless the user explicitly asks for that package. After installation, confirm the selected skill's `SKILL.md` is present and use its own scripts and verification commands. ## Official source mapping The upstream source paths are: - `https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/docx` - `https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/xlsx` - `https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/powerpoint` - `https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/pdf` - `https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/skills/productivity/ocr-and-documents` The Hermes `docx` skill uses `python-docx` helpers and package health checks; `xlsx` uses `openpyxl`; `powerpoint` uses `python-pptx`; and `pdf` uses `pypdf`, `reportlab`, and `pdfplumber`. These implementation details describe the official skills and should not be replaced with guessed local commands.

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