This gives Claude the ability to work with Word documents at the OOXML level, which matters when you need to preserve formatting or track changes properly. It uses pandoc for reading, docx-js for creating new documents from scratch, and a Python OOXML library for editing existing files. The redlining workflow is the standout feature: it converts docs to markdown for planning changes, then implements them as proper tracked changes in the XML with batching strategies to keep things manageable. If you've ever tried to programmatically edit a Word doc and had formatting fall apart or tracked changes break, this handles those cases. Best for legal, academic, or business documents where you can't just export to markdown and back.
npx skills add https://github.com/qodex-ai/ai-agent-skills --skill word-document-processor