Work with PDFs
Merging, splitting, pulling out tables, adding watermarks: just ask in one sentence.
Good for: People who deal with PDF files a lot
Make Word documents with a table of contents and page numbers, or edit an existing .docx.
Good for: People who often need to put together Word documents
Before you start: You'll need Node.js and Python on your computer. Reading files uses pandoc, and checking the layout needs LibreOffice.
Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.
You say to AI
Turn these notes into a Word document with a table of contents and page numbers, on A4 paper.
What AI does
What you get
A Word document with a table of contents and page numbers.
You say to AI
Change every "subscriber" in rules.docx to "member". Use tracked changes so I can see what changed.
What AI does
What you get
A Word document with tracked changes you can accept or reject one by one.
Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on anthropics/skills
Which AI tool do you use?
1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @docx -gWith no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.
Don't feel like opening a terminal?
Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @docx -g2. Reopen your AI tool
New Skills only get picked up after a restart.
3. Just say what you want
Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use docx to help me…”.
Merging, splitting, pulling out tables, adding watermarks: just ask in one sentence.
Good for: People who deal with PDF files a lot
Cleans up messy spreadsheets, adds formulas and builds new sheets, with formulas that don't throw errors.
Good for: People who work with spreadsheets and budgets a lot
Writes notes the Obsidian way, with wikilinks, embeds, callouts and properties all done right.
Good for: People who take notes in Obsidian