An answer in chat can give you the right content and still leave you without a file a teammate can open, check, and reuse. Start with the format you need to hand over. Word, spreadsheets, and slides call for different inputs and different checks.
Word documents with docx
Anthropic’s docx skill covers reading, creating, and editing Word files. Provide the audience, source notes, heading structure, and a reference format. For a project report, ask for a short summary, a decision table, and a section for missing information. Open the finished document to check heading levels, page breaks, and tables. Verify that each factual claim came from the supplied material.
Recalculable spreadsheets with xlsx
Use the xlsx skill when a spreadsheet is the primary deliverable. Provide the workbook, field definitions, and rules for grouping or excluding rows. For a monthly sales summary, preserve the source data and put the calculations in a separate sheet. Recalculate the workbook, inspect the formula ranges, and check a few totals against the original rows.
Slides that fit the template with pptx
The pptx skill is for work involving PowerPoint decks. Start with the audience, the decision you need from them, and the template. Review a slide outline first. Once the deck is generated, open it and inspect each slide for text overflow, crowded charts, and missing or unreadable labels.
These are example briefs and acceptance checks. The three upstream skills have their own license terms. Check the terms and required tools for your host before trying one, then use a small sample you can inspect yourself.
Adapted from the Skillπ team’s Chinese article on Juejin. This English adaptation was generated with AI.
