Overview
docx is an open-source docs skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by ThinkInAIXYZ. Its author describes it as: “Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for:…”. The project has 6.2k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat ~/.claude/skills/docx`.
What docx does
A user may ask you to create, edit, or analyze the contents of a .docx file. A .docx file is essentially a ZIP archive containing XML files and other resources that you can read or edit. You have different tools and workflows available for different tasks.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for docx is organised into these sections:
- Overview
- Workflow Decision Tree
- Reading/Analyzing Content
- Creating New Document
- Editing Existing Document
- Reading and analyzing content
- Text extraction
- Raw XML access
- Creating a new Word document
- Workflow
- Editing an existing Word document
- Redlining workflow for document review
Installation
Add docx to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat ~/.claude/skills/docxReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
docx is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat, an established project with 6,228 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does docx do?
- Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks
- How do I install docx?
- Run git clone https://github.com/ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat ~/.claude/skills/docx in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat before installing.
- Is docx free to use?
- Yes. docx is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does docx come from?
- docx ships inside ThinkInAIXYZ/deepchat, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,228 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
