Claude Office Skills

Full Office Suite General Purpose Open Source

Best for: Teams that need one skill to generate all Office formats — when a project requires PPTX + DOCX + XLSX deliverables and you don't want four separate skills

Not ideal for: When you need maximum depth in a single format — format-specific skills like Excel MCP Server or PPT Master go deeper on their respective outputs

Full Office Format Coverage

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PPTX

Slides & presentations

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DOCX

Word documents & reports

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XLSX

Spreadsheets & data

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PDF

Final exports

Plus HTML-to-PPTX conversion — paste a web page or HTML snippet and get a structured slide deck.

Core Features

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One Skill, Four Formats

Install once and generate PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, and PDF from Claude — no format-switching, no separate skills to manage or update.

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HTML-to-PPTX Conversion

Unique feature in this category: converts HTML to structured PPTX slides. Useful for teams whose content lives in web CMS or HTML templates.

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Cross-Format Workflows

Generate a DOCX brief, then export the same content as a PPTX for a meeting, then pull the data into XLSX — all from the same Claude session without switching skills.

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Simple Install

Requires pip (8 packages) + npm (auto-downloads Playwright + Chromium, ~200MB). Playwright powers PDF rendering, thumbnails, and HTML conversion — it's a feature, not just overhead.

Signals

Formats Supported

PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, PDF

HTML Conversion

HTML → PPTX

Install Method

pip + npm + Playwright

License

Open Source

Quality Assessment

Format Breadth

4.8

PPTX Quality

3.9

Ease of Use

2.6

HTML Conversion

4.1

Format breadth is the standout — 4 formats + OOXML direct manipulation + markitdown content extraction. Ease of Use significantly lower than previously stated: installation requires pip (8 packages including markitdown) AND npm (which auto-triggers playwright install chromium — ~150-200MB Chromium download). Playwright supports PDF rendering, thumbnail generation, and HTML conversion. The prior "no pip installs" claim was inaccurate. html2pptx.js (pptxgenjs-based) is a real, functional feature.

Install & Use

# Clone and install (heavier than it looks)
git clone https://github.com/tfriedel/claude-office-skills
cd claude-office-skills
pip install -r requirements.txt    # python-pptx, openpyxl, pypdf, markitdown, etc.
npm install                        # auto-downloads Playwright + Chromium (~200MB)
cp -r public/* ~/.claude/skills/   # copy skill files

# Use in Claude Code:
# PPTX: "Create a presentation on our Q4 results"
# DOCX: "Write a project proposal document"
# XLSX: "Build a budget tracker spreadsheet"
# PDF: "Generate a PDF report from this data"
# HTML→PPTX: "Convert this HTML into slides: [paste html]"

# Cross-format workflow example:
# "Write a strategy brief as DOCX, then create PPTX slides from it"
        

Alternatives & Tradeoffs

Anthropic PPTX Skill

Better PPTX quality with design QA; Claude Office Skills wins when you also need DOCX/XLSX in the same workflow

Excel MCP Server

Far deeper Excel manipulation (formulas, charts, formatting); Claude Office Skills wins when XLSX is one of several format needs

PPT Master

Better for document-to-PPTX conversion with native DrawingML; Claude Office Skills wins for HTML-to-PPTX specifically

Community Outputs

Office documents created with Claude Office Skills. Submit yours after use.

Strategy Brief + Deck

Claude 4 · Multi · 4.4/5

Project Proposal

Claude 4 · DOCX · 4.3/5

HTML → Slides

Claude 4 · PPTX · 4.2/5

Budget Tracker

Claude 4 · XLSX · 4.1/5