---
title: "Create and repair Word documents with layout-safe DOCX workflows"
description: "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."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx"
author: "Anthropic"
publisher_type: "official_repository"
category:
  - "Templates & Workflows"
framework:
  - "Claude Agents"
---

# 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

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Use the upstream Anthropic docx skill from the anthropics/skills repository in an agent environment that can generate or edit .docx files and run validation/conversion helpers.
```

## 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/)