Best Claude skills for PDF, Word and Excel documents
Document skills let your agent read and produce real files: PDFs with forms, Word documents with tracked changes, Excel workbooks with formulas and PowerPoint decks. Anthropic's own docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx skills power file creation in Claude and are open source.
206 documents skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
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Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
Docx
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word…
Pack192k3.8MScore 93 - 2#2
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
PDF
Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs…
Pack192k3.8MScore 91 - 3#3
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
Pptx
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or…
Pack192k3.8MScore 91 - 4#4
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHub
Acquire Codebase Knowledge
Use this skill when the user explicitly asks to map, document, or onboard into an existing codebase. Trigger for prompts like "map this codebase", "document this architecture", "onboard me…
Pack41k2.4MScore 87 - 5#5
Yuan1z0825
Nature Image2ppt
Reconstruct slide images, screenshots, scanned PDFs, or image-only PPTX files as object-level editable PowerPoint. Use for 图片转可编辑PPT、截图还原PPT and diagram reconstruction; not authoring a new…
Pack53k301kScore 84 - 6#6
Yuan1z0825
Nature Paper2word
Compile an academic Markdown manuscript into a journal- or school-compliant Word (.docx): declared typography, native OMML equations, three-line tables, cross-references, per-section page…
Pack53k301kScore 84 - 7#7

JimLiu
Baoyu Format Markdown
Formats plain text or markdown files with frontmatter, titles, summaries, headings, bold, lists, and code blocks. Use when user asks to "format markdown", "beautify article", "add…
Pack27k614kScore 82 - 8#8

JimLiu
Baoyu Post To Wechat
Posts content to WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) via API or Chrome CDP. Supports article posting (文章) with HTML, markdown, or plain text input, and image-text posting (贴图, formerly 图文) with…
Pack27k614kScore 82 - 9#9

JimLiu
Baoyu Url To Markdown
Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twitter, YouTube transcripts, Hacker News threads, and generic…
Pack27k614kScore 82 - 10#10
Garry Tan
Gstack
Garry Tan
Make PDF
Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF. (gstack)
Pack141k47kScore 82
What makes a great documents skill.
Bundled scripts that validate the output file, not only generate it.
Support for editing existing files, not only creating new ones.
Template handling so outputs match your brand.
All 206 documents skills.
Anthropic
Skills
docx
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word…
Anthropic
Skills
Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs…
Anthropic
Skills
pptx
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or…
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
acquire-codebase-knowledge
Use this skill when the user explicitly asks to map, document, or onboard into an existing codebase. Trigger for prompts like "map this codebase", "document this architecture", "onboard me…
nature-image2ppt
Reconstruct slide images, screenshots, scanned PDFs, or image-only PPTX files as object-level editable PowerPoint. Use for 图片转可编辑PPT、截图还原PPT and diagram reconstruction; not authoring a new…
nature-paper2word
Compile an academic Markdown manuscript into a journal- or school-compliant Word (.docx): declared typography, native OMML equations, three-line tables, cross-references, per-section page…

baoyu-format-markdown
Formats plain text or markdown files with frontmatter, titles, summaries, headings, bold, lists, and code blocks. Use when user asks to "format markdown", "beautify article", "add…

baoyu-post-to-wechat
Posts content to WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) via API or Chrome CDP. Supports article posting (文章) with HTML, markdown, or plain text input, and image-text posting (贴图, formerly 图文) with…

baoyu-url-to-markdown
Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twitter, YouTube transcripts, Hacker News threads, and generic…
Garry Tan
Gstack
make-pdf
Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF. (gstack)
nature-paper-trans
将英文论文 PDF 的指定页面或全文逐页翻译为简体中文图片型 PDF,尽量保留原文的版式、分栏、图表和公式;最终仅交付中文 PDF。用于论文阅读翻译,不用于可编辑 Word 重建或逐字审校。
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
plugin-settings
This skill should be used when the user asks about "plugin settings", "store plugin configuration", "user-configurable plugin", ".local.md files", "plugin state files", "read YAML…

agents-llamaindex
Data framework for building LLM applications with RAG. Specializes in document ingestion (300+ connectors), indexing, and querying. Features vector indices, query engines, agents, and…
Garry Tan
Gstack
document-generate
Generate missing documentation from scratch for a feature, module, or entire project. (gstack)
Garry Tan
Gstack
document-release
Release documentation audit. (gstack)
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
deepread
Use when the user asks to deeply read a book, article, PDF, or document set; extract claims and evidence; build a knowledge map; or learn through Feynman explanation and recall. Covers…
seo
Comprehensive SEO analysis for any website or business type. Full site audits, single-page analysis, technical SEO (crawlability, indexability, Core Web Vitals with INP), schema markup…
seo-agentic
Audit and fix agent readiness: the Lighthouse Agentic Browsing fraction, accessibility tree for agents, robots.txt and Content-Signal for AI agents, WAF treatment of agent traffic…
seo-cluster
Cluster keywords by SERP overlap and design hub-and-spoke content architecture with internal links. Use for planning; `/seo cluster execute` then writes the posts with claude-blog's…
Imbad0202
Academic Research Skills
academic-paper
12-agent academic paper writing pipeline. 11 modes (full/plan/outline/revision/revision-coach/abstract/lit-review/format-convert/citation-check/disclosure/rebuttal-audit). 6 paper types, 5…
Steph Ango
Obsidian Skills
obsidian-markdown
Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and other Obsidian-specific syntax. Use when working with .md files in Obsidian, or when the user…

create-prd
Create a lean, decision-ready Product Requirements Document with an 8-section template: summary, contacts, background, objective, market segments, value propositions (6-part JTBD template)…
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
office-hours
Set up and run Claude Code office hours, including the calendar event when the champion's own calendar connector allows it. Use when a champion wants a regular time for teammates to bring…

azure-ai
Build and troubleshoot Azure AI Search, Speech, OpenAI, and Document Intelligence apps. WHEN: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text…
canvas-design
Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece…
KKKKhazix
Khazix Skills
hv-analysis
横纵分析法(Horizontal-Vertical Analysis)深度研究Skill。由数字生命卡兹克提出,融合了索绪尔的历时-共时分析、社会科学的纵向-横截面研究设计、商学院案例研究法与竞争战略分析的核心思想。 当用户想要系统性研究一个产品、公司、概念、技术或人物时使用。核心是双轴分析:纵轴追踪从诞生到当下的完整生命历程(以叙事故事…
read
Fetches URLs and PDFs, then summarizes or returns clean Markdown; can also search the web through DeepSeek when built-in search is thin. Use when asked to read, fetch, quote, cite, convert…
Steph Ango
Obsidian Skills
knap
Render Markdown from templates and structured data using Knap CLI. Use when the user asks to apply a Knap template, turn JSON or CSV data into notes, batch-generate Markdown files, or…
OpenAI
Skills
Use when tasks involve reading, creating, or reviewing PDF files where rendering and layout matter; prefer visual checks by rendering pages (Poppler) and use Python tools such as…
dotnet
Skills
collect-user-input
Build forms, validate data, and react to user input in Blazor. USE FOR adding forms, search boxes, filter panels, inline editing, data-entry UI, file uploads, validation (annotations or…
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
arxiv
Search, download, and summarize academic papers from arXiv. Use when user says "search arxiv", "download paper", "fetch arxiv", "arxiv search", "get paper pdf", or wants to find and save…

book-to-skill
Converts books and documents (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, plain text, RTF, MOBI/AZW with Calibre) into structured agent skills, extracting frameworks, mental models, principles…
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
formula-derivation
Structures and derives research formulas when the user wants to 推导公式, build a theory line, organize assumptions, turn scattered equations into a coherent derivation, or rewrite theory notes…
Steph Ango
Obsidian Skills
defuddle
Extract clean Markdown from HTML pages with Defuddle CLI.

create-rfc
Creates structured Request for Comments (RFC) documents for proposing and deciding on significant changes. Use when the user says "write an RFC", "create a proposal", "I need to propose a…

feishu-doc-scraper
Extracts Feishu/Lark Docs, Wiki, Sheets, and Minutes (妙记) transcripts into faithful local Markdown via the lark-cli API — no LLM paraphrasing, browser-DOM fallback when lark-cli can't reach…
Documents skills, explained.
Also searched as: pdf skill, docx skill, xlsx skill, pptx skill, anthropic document skills.
What are the best Claude skills for PDF, Word and Excel documents?
Right now the top-ranked documents skills on Alyn are Docx (Anthropic), PDF (Anthropic), Pptx (Anthropic). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
Can I use Anthropic's document skills in Claude Code?
Yes. Add the anthropics/skills marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills and install document-skills.
Do these skills work offline?
They run locally inside your agent's environment; most need Python or Node libraries that the skill explains.
How do I install a documents skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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