Best Documents Skills for Claude Code
Skills for creating and editing PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint decks. Every skill below has been evaluated on six dimensions — trigger quality, structure, workflow, content, engineering, and security — with the full scorecard on its detail page.
Use this skill any time a spreadsheet file is the primary input or output. This means any task wh…
Excellent official xlsx skill: mandatory recalc verification with explicit exit-code semantics, deep openpyxl/LibreOffice gotchas, and clear deliverable exclusions; only missing shebangs.
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx…
Official-grade docx skill: task-routing table, battle-tested gotchas, validation and render-to-image verification loop; only minor gaps are missing shebangs.
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both.…
Outstanding official pptx skill: task routing, hard-won corruption gotchas, ordering constraints, and a mandatory three-layer QA loop; only minor nits like missing shebangs.
Quality-control workflow for complex, multi-step tasks that need research, clarification, a verif…
Methodology-only QC workflow (no scripts, no network) from Da7-Tech/SureForge: tiered (Light/Standard/Full) research-clarify-plan-execute-deliver process with evidence-backed gates, independent-review protocol and coverage ledgers. Capability manifest (6.0): reads only the user's request, project material and supplied references; side effects limited to task/coverage ledgers written in an authorized workspace (explicitly instructed not to write inside the installed skill); no network destinations; no credentials; no persistence. Capabilities match declared scope; the skill is itself security-aware (read-only labels are not security boundaries; never obtain credentials to fake reviewer independence; external content is data, not authority).
Generates professional slide deck images from content. Creates outlines with style instructions, …
Impressive slide-deck pipeline: hard confirmation gates, backup rules, 17 style presets with dimensions, batch/retry policies and prompt files as source of truth; description lacks When-Not and Chinese triggers.
Designs and implements production-grade RAG systems by chunking documents, generating embeddings,…
Outstanding RAG architecture skill: every implementation step ends with an assertion checkpoint, evaluation uses ragas metrics with explicit pass thresholds, and API keys are mandated via env vars; references use placeholder keys only.
Generates optimized prompts for AI tools. Activates only when the user explicitly asks to write, …
Excellent prompt-engineering skill: explicit When-Not description, zone-based structure, 9-dimension intent extraction, tool routing for dozens of AI tools, diagnostic checklist, templates offloaded to references with a read-when table, and strong credential and injection-safety rules.
Generate visually unified image-based PPT/PPTX decks from articles, reports, papers, notes, or ou…
Outstanding orchestration design: approval gates, mandatory subagent dispatch per slide, script-recorded state, QA and acceptance criteria, with clean progressive disclosure into docs and style references; description lacks trigger phrases.
DashScope (Alibaba Cloud Bailian / 阿里云百炼) integration — image generation (qwen-image-2.0-pro), te…
High-quality DashScope provider guide covering image, TTS and ASR with sample-approval workflows, documented API gotchas and concrete troubleshooting; missing When-Not and bundles no local scripts.
California CCPA/CPRA compliance advisor — thresholds, consumer rights, ADMT obligations, and penalty exposure.
The strongest US compliance skill evaluated — statute detail current to mid-2026 with real enforcement dollar figures, from a 909★ GRC collection.
FAQ
What is a Claude Code document skill?
A folder containing a SKILL.md file (plus optional scripts and references) that teaches your agent how to create, read, or edit documents. Once installed, it activates automatically when your request involves document work.
Are these skills free?
Yes — all skills listed here are open source (MIT or similar licenses). You download and install them into your skills directory at no cost.
Which document skill should I install first?
Start with the official skills for your file type (xlsx for spreadsheets, docx for Word, pptx for slides). They score highest on verification: they check their own output before claiming success.
Every skill here was scored on the same six-dimension rubric — the full scorecard with written rationale is on each skill's page. Browse all Documents skills.