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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.

  1. Anthropic

    Skills

    #1
    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
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  2. Anthropic

    Skills

    #2
    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
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  3. Anthropic

    Skills

    #3
    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
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  4. GitHub

    Awesome Copilot

    #4
    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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  10. Garry Tan

    Gstack

    #10
    Garry Tan

    Make PDF

    Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF. (gstack)

    Pack141k47kScore 82
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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.

55
staskh

report-stock

Generate comprehensive stock analysis report (PDF or markdown) with trend, PMCC, and fundamental analysis

Pack4073.1kFinance
54
duyunzhoudyz

gongwen-data

为公文整理数据、出图表,包括报表体检(空值、合并单元格、合计校验、单位和时段口径冲突),汇总下级报表,计算同比、环比、增速、百分点、占比、拉动、完成率、平均值并附算式,把数据写成能直接进公文的句子,在本机生成黑白灰 Excel 图表,数据不出本机,缺的数标【待补】。用户说合并科室月报、汇总下面报的表、查查合计对不对、算同比环比、百分点怎么…

Pack661169Data analysis
53
datadrivenconstruction

ai-act-compliance

Check construction AI systems against the EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689): classify risk of estimation, scheduling, CV and agent tools, document transparency, keep human oversight. Use…

Pack40226kLegal
53
Ootto-AI

ai-brain

Give Claude a permanent, searchable long-term memory using an Obsidian vault as the store. At the end of a session, summarize what mattered and save it as a Markdown note in your "AI Brain"…

Pack4315.6kProductivity

staruhub

ClaudeSkills

53
staruhub

deck-studio

PPT 生产 Agent:理解场景 → 推荐风格 → 先出大纲 → 定义页面 → 双通路交付(PPT 内容稿 / 逐页视觉图 / 信息图组图)。当用户要做汇报、路演、培训课件、提案、咨询报告的演示文稿,或要把大纲/文章做成 slides、deck、PPT、信息图、小红书图文、可视化传播图时使用。支持指定风格或从风格库推荐,支持 image 模型逐页出视觉稿。前身为…

Pack7361.4kPresentations
53
Prat011

docx

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional…

Pack1.9k987Documents

yushui2022

MathModel Skill

53
yushui2022

paper-formal-writer

正式论文的唯一撰写路径,制定写作计划、按章节写作与审计、全文统一改写,并生成原生公式 Word 与 PDF 渲染检查。当运行证据已通过校验、需要撰写或续写完整竞赛论文、或需要产出 final_paper.docx 与渲染 PDF 时使用。

Pack458350Writing

benchflow-ai

Skillsbench

53
benchflow-ai

xlsx-parsing

Read Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) files robustly with `openpyxl` (or `pandas`). Covers multi-sheet workbooks, header rows, empty cells, merged cells, comma-separated list cells, and converting a…

Pack1.9k159Documents

rjs

Shaping Skills

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rjs

kickoff-doc

Turn a shaped project kickoff transcript into a reference document for the builder. Use when the user has a transcript (VTT, etc.) from a kickoff call and wants to produce a document that…

Pack1.4k983Documents
52
staskh

markdown-to-pdf

Convert a markdown file to PDF using mistune + reportlab. Use when the user wants to convert a .md file to PDF, or when another skill needs to produce a PDF from markdown output.

Pack4073.1kDocuments
52
likaku

mck-ppt-design

Create professional, consultant-grade PowerPoint presentations from scratch using MckEngine (python-pptx wrapper) with McKinsey-style design. Use when user asks to create slides, pitch…

337504Design
52
scaccogatto

visualize

Render an Open Knowledge Format (OKF) bundle as a single self-contained, interactive HTML graph (viz.html) — concepts as nodes coloured by type and sized by body length, markdown links and…

Pack4483.4kFrontend
51
Microck

ai-multimodal

Process and generate multimedia content using Google Gemini API. Capabilities include analyze audio files (transcription with timestamps, summarization, speech understanding, music/sound…

Pack4134.8kDocuments
51
Microck

archon

Interactive Archon integration for knowledge base and project management via REST API. On first use, asks for Archon host URL. Use when searching documentation, managing projects/tasks, or…

Pack4134.8kDocuments
51
Ootto-AI

content-repurposer

Turn one long-form source (blog post, podcast, YouTube video, webinar, transcript) into a batch of short-form reel ideas and scripts. Use when the user says "repurpose", "turn this into…

Pack4315.6kWriting
51
staskh

insider-trading

Get insider trading activity (SEC Form 4 filings) for one or more stocks. Use when user asks about insider buying/selling, executive transactions, insider sentiment, or Form 4 activity.

Pack4073.1kFinance

staruhub

ClaudeSkills

51
staruhub

llm-wiki

Build and maintain a structured LLM-generated wiki for any codebase. Use when the user asks to analyze/understand/document a codebase, build a code wiki, create project documentation from…

Pack7361.4kAI engineering
51
Prat011

pdf

Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or…

Pack1.9k987Documents
51
Prat011

pptx

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working…

Pack1.9k987Documents

tfriedel

Claude Office Skills

50
tfriedel

docx

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional…

Pack8497kDocuments
50
JuneYaooo

gpt-image2-ppt

Generate visually striking PPT slides via OpenAI's gpt-image-2 -- use any style in styles//STYLE_ID.md or mimic a user-supplied .pptx template; outputs high-res slide PNGs and a 16:9 .pptx…

1.4k165Images & art
50
zouchenzhen

thesis-defense-pptx

Create, polish, and quality-check editable undergraduate or graduate thesis defense PowerPoint decks from a local thesis PDF/LaTeX project and an existing PPTX template. Use when the user…

28087Documents

Gabberflast

Academic Pptx Skill

49
Gabberflast

academic-pptx

Use this skill whenever the user wants to create or improve a presentation for an academic context — conference papers, seminar talks, thesis defenses, grant briefings, lab meetings…

1.5k1.3kPresentations

aj-geddes

Claude Code Bmad Skills

49
aj-geddes

bmad-document-project

BROWNFIELD planning input. Scans an existing codebase READ-ONLY and writes project-documentation.md — ground truth for stack, structure, key flows, conventions, and integration points — so…

Pack4949.3kDocuments

staruhub

ClaudeSkills

49
staruhub

mineru-pdf-parser

用 MinerU 将复杂PDF文档转换为LLM友好的Markdown/JSON格式。适用于:(1) PDF转Markdown/JSON,(2) 提取PDF中的文本、表格、公式、图像,(3) 解析学术论文、技术文档、商业报告,(4) 为RAG应用准备文档数据,(5) 批量处理PDF。触发关键词:"PDF解析"、"PDF转Markdown"、…

Pack7361.4kDocuments

sunchaokun

PPT Design Skill

49
sunchaokun

ppt-design-skill

Design, generate, review, and revise editable PowerPoint presentations through a rigorous brief-to-PNG workflow using the public pptx-designer Python library.

497112Design

lingzhi227

Agent Research Skills

49
lingzhi227

self-review

Automatically review an academic paper using the NeurIPS review form with three reviewer personas, ensemble scoring, and reflection refinement. Extracts text from PDF, runs structured…

Pack46260kResearch

tfriedel

Claude Office Skills

48
tfriedel

pdf

Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or…

Pack8497kDocuments

tfriedel

Claude Office Skills

48
tfriedel

pptx

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working…

Pack8497kDocuments

yanliudesign

Offer Toolkit Skill

48
yanliudesign

resume-skill

简历生成与美化。两种入口:把已有简历(PDF/Word/文本)解析、诊断、套用模板美化;或者还没有简历时,通过 LinkedIn 导入或一问一答的对话帮你从零建出一份。输出单页打印优化的 HTML(浏览器里 Cmd+P 直接存成 PDF),提供 12 套模板,覆盖 ATS 友好、侧栏、衬线、编辑、时间轴与头像版式。关键词:resume, CV, 简历, 美化简历, 做简历…

Pack57095Career

lingxling

Awesome Skills Cn

47
lingxling

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…

Pack331388Design

irenerachel

Visual Style Ppt Skill

47
irenerachel

visual-style-ppt

Create style-driven slide images strictly with the Image 2.5 model, assemble those images into image-only PPTX decks, and manage reusable visual style libraries from documents or visual…

398157Design

JuneYaooo

Teacher To Skills

46
JuneYaooo

teacher-to-skills

Distill a teacher into a coaching Skill. Turn their courses, books, video, audio, PDFs, slides, transcripts, OCR, notes, and long-form materials into source-grounded learning Skills that…

4739Education
44
zubair-trabzada

legal-report-pdf

You are the PDF report generator for /legal report-pdf. You collect data from the most recent contract review analysis and generate a professional, branded PDF document using Python and…

Pack1.8k502Legal
43
wshuyi

x-article-publisher

Publish Markdown articles to X (Twitter) Articles editor with proper formatting. Use when user wants to publish a Markdown file/URL to X Articles, or mentions "publish to X", "post article…

874324Writing

PleasePrompto

Google AI Mode Skill

42
PleasePrompto

google-ai-mode-skill

Use this skill when the user requests current information, documentation, coding examples, or web research beyond the knowledge cutoff. Queries Google's AI Search mode to retrieve…

29458Research

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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