How do I install the Document Skills skill?

Run npx skillmds add travisjneuman/document-skills 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.

What does the Document Skills skill do?

Professional document creation, editing, and analysis for Office formats (docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx). Use when working with Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, or Excel spreadsheets. It is listed under Data & Analytics on SkillMD.

Is Document Skills safe to use?

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

Which AI agents work with Document Skills?

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 Document Skills free to use?

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

Who published Document Skills?

travisjneuman (@travisjneuman) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Document Skills by travisjneuman — Agent Skill

Name: Document Skills
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: travisjneuman

File contents

Document Skills Suite

Comprehensive document handling for Microsoft Office formats and PDFs.

Available Sub-Skills

Skill	Format	Capabilities
`docx`	Word (.docx)	Create, edit, analyze, tracked changes, comments
`pdf`	PDF (.pdf)	Extract text, tables, metadata, merge/split
`pptx`	PowerPoint (.pptx)	Create, edit presentations, layouts, charts
`xlsx`	Excel (.xlsx)	Spreadsheet manipulation, formulas, charts

When to Use

Creating professional documents from scratch
Editing existing Office files
Extracting content from PDFs
Working with tracked changes
Generating reports and presentations
Data analysis in spreadsheets

Workflow

Identify document type needed
Load appropriate sub-skill: Skill(document-skills/docx), etc.
Follow sub-skill specific workflow

Sub-Skill Details

docx (Word Documents)

Create: Use docx-js (JavaScript/TypeScript)
Edit: Use Document library (Python)
Analyze: Use pandoc for text extraction
See document-skills/docx/SKILL.md for full details

pdf (PDF Documents)

Extract text, tables, metadata
Merge and split documents
See document-skills/pdf/SKILL.md for full details

pptx (PowerPoint)

Create and edit presentations
Work with layouts and charts
See document-skills/pptx/SKILL.md for full details

xlsx (Excel)

Spreadsheet manipulation
Formulas and analysis
See document-skills/xlsx/SKILL.md for full details

Frequently asked questions