| name | docx-processing-openai |
| title | DOCX Skill |
| description | Toolkit for comprehensive document reading, editing, and creation with visual quality control. Use to work with Word documents (.docx files) for: (1) Reading or extracting content from existing DOCX files, (2) Creating new Word documents with professional formatting, (3) Editing documents requiring precise typography and layout, or any other DOCX reading or generation tasks. |
| author | OpenAI |
| author_url | https://lawve.ai/en/skills/docx-processing-openai |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | general |
| language | en |
DOCX Skill
When to use
- Read or review DOCX content where layout matters (tables, diagrams, pagination).
- Create or edit DOCX files with professional formatting.
- Validate visual layout before delivery.
Workflow
- Prefer visual review (layout, tables, diagrams).
- If
soffice and pdftoppm are available, convert DOCX -> PDF -> PNGs.
- Or use
scripts/render_docx.py (requires pdf2image and Poppler).
- If these tools are missing, install them or ask the user to review rendered pages locally.
- Use
python-docx for edits and structured creation (headings, styles, tables, lists).
- After each meaningful change, re-render and inspect the pages.
- If visual review is not possible, extract text with
python-docx as a fallback and call out layout risk.
- Keep intermediate outputs organized and clean up after final approval.
Temp and output conventions
- Use
tmp/docs/ for intermediate files; delete when done.
- Write final artifacts under
output/doc/ when working in this repo.
- Keep filenames stable and descriptive.
Dependencies (install if missing)
Prefer uv for dependency management.
Python packages:
uv pip install python-docx pdf2image
If uv is unavailable:
python3 -m pip install python-docx pdf2image
System tools (for rendering):
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install libreoffice poppler
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install -y libreoffice poppler-utils
If installation isn't possible in this environment, tell the user which dependency is missing and how to install it locally.
Environment
No required environment variables.
Rendering commands
DOCX -> PDF:
soffice -env:UserInstallation=file:///tmp/lo_profile_$$ --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir $OUTDIR $INPUT_DOCX
PDF -> PNGs:
pdftoppm -png $OUTDIR/$BASENAME.pdf $OUTDIR/$BASENAME
Bundled helper:
python3 scripts/render_docx.py /path/to/file.docx --output_dir /tmp/docx_pages
Quality expectations
