ClaudSkills / General / automation

Automating Excel

Quality score: 85/100  ·  Category: General  ·  Sub-category: automation
type:integration
Automates Microsoft Excel on macOS via JXA with AppleScript dictionary discovery. Use when asked to "automate Excel spreadsheets", "JXA Excel scripting", "Excel macOS automation", or "bulk Excel data operations". Focuses on workbooks, worksheets, ranges, 2D arrays, performance toggles, and VBA escape hatches.

What this skill does

Automating Excel is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the automation sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/automating-excel/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to "automate Excel spreadsheets", "JXA Excel scripting", "Excel macOS automation", or "bulk Excel data operations". Focuses on workbooks, worksheets, ranges, 2D arrays, performance toggles, and VBA escape hatches.

Who uses this skill

The Automating Excel skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/automating-excel
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/automating-excel/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/automating-excel/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/automating-excel/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/automating-excel/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\automating-excel\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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