docxnote

name

docxnote

description

Lightweight Python library and `docxnote` CLI for DOCX Word comments: parse ZIP/XML, traverse paragraphs and tables through plain-text views, add and read comments by character range, handle merged and nested tables, and resolve stable address paths. Use when the user mentions docxnote, DOCX review automation, or Word comments. Full Python API: docs/API.md. Full CLI reference: docs/CLI.md. Agent-oriented usage: library-usage.md and cli-usage.md.

docxnote

docxnote is designed for paragraph-text-driven manipulation of Word .docx files. It reads document text, adds or reads comments, and writes the required comments.xml and relationship updates during render. It keeps the public API at the paragraph / table / cell / comment level rather than exposing raw runs or OOXML details.

Core capabilities

• Parse and render DOCX bytes with DocxDocument.parse(...) and doc.render().
• Traverse top-level blocks with doc.blocks() and recursively traverse table content with cell.blocks().
• Work with paragraph.text as a plain-text view, including \n and \t.
• Add comments with paragraph.comment(...) and read them with paragraph.comments or doc.comments().
• Preserve existing comments with keep_comments=True, or strip them on parse with the default keep_comments=False.
• Use stable paths such as paragraph.path and comment.path, then resolve them later with doc.resolve(path).
• Use the docxnote CLI (list, show, comments, annotate) on the same path system as the library.
• Share one DocxDocument safely across threads through an internal re-entrant lock.

Documentation map

File	Purpose
docs/API.md	Full Python API reference.
docs/CLI.md	Full CLI reference.
library-usage.md	Agent-facing Python workflows, patterns, and examples.
cli-usage.md	Agent-facing CLI workflows, pitfalls, and examples.
SKILL.md	Short capability summary for fast agent loading.

When to use docxnote

Use it for automated review flows, rule-based comment insertion, comments inside tables, and workflows that append machine comments on top of existing human comments.

Avoid dropping to low-level OOXML editing unless absolutely necessary; prefer the high-level DocxDocument / Paragraph / Table / Cell / Comment API.