docx-md

Low-level docx format tool for AI document review. Three operations: (1) read docx → output compact Markdown or JSON; (2) apply edits JSON back to docx (tracked revisions and comments); (3) finalize (accept revisions, remove comments). Markdown output saves tokens vs full JSON. Use when raw .docx read/write is needed. For full contract review workflow, use contract-review-workflow which invokes this tool.

Word DOCX (OOXML) – docx-md

Overview

Three entry points: Read – output compact Markdown (default, token-efficient) or full JSON; Modify – apply AI-returned edits to the docx; Finalize – accept all revisions and remove all comments. Implemented via OOXML (ZIP + XML). No commercial Word libraries required.

Workflow

Goal	Action
Get document for AI	Read: run read script → Markdown (default) or JSON. Markdown includes <!-- b:N --> blockIndex markers for edit targeting.
Apply AI edits to docx	Modify: run apply script with docx + edits JSON → new docx with track changes and comments.
Deliver final version	Finalize: run finalize script → new docx with no revisions/comments.

LLM-oriented pipeline

1. Read – Parse docx; output Markdown (default) or JSON. Markdown uses <!-- b:N --> prefix per block; revisions: {+inserted+} {-deleted-}; comments: [comment: text].
2. Send the output + task prompt to the model; require the model to output only the edit JSON: blockIndex, originalContent, content, basis .
3. Modify – Script infers op from blockIndex, originalContent, content, basis; converts to OOXML (w:ins / w:del / comment anchors), then write back to Word.
4. Finalize – When the user confirms, run finalize to accept all revisions and remove all comments.

See references/llm-pipeline.md for the Markdown format, JSON schema, and edit format.

1. Read

• Parse word/document.xml (w:body only) and word/comments.xml.
• Output Markdown (default) or JSON. Markdown is compact and token-efficient.

Script: scripts/read_docx.py

bash

# Default: Markdown output (token-efficient)
python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/read_docx.py document.docx
python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/read_docx.py document.docx -o result.md

# JSON output (full structure)
python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/read_docx.py document.docx -f json -o result.json

Options:

• -o, --output – Output path (default: stdout)
• -f, --format – md (default) or json

2. Modify

• Input: docx path + edit JSON { modifications: [{ blockIndex, originalContent, content, basis }] } (same blockIndex as read output).
• Flow: Convert JSON to OOXML (w:ins / w:del / comments), then write back to Word.

Script: scripts/apply_edits_docx.py. Use - as edits file to read JSON from stdin.

bash

python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/apply_edits_docx.py document.docx edits.json -o output.docx
python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/apply_edits_docx.py document.docx - -o output.docx  # stdin

Options: --author (default: "Review")

3. Finalize

• Accept all revisions (flatten to final text), remove all comments. Save as new docx.
• Uses docx-revisions to accept revisions (preserves encoding), then removes comment markup via regex on raw bytes.

Script: scripts/finalize_docx.py

Requires: pip install docx-revisions (see requirements.txt)

bash

python3 skills/docx-md/scripts/finalize_docx.py input.docx -o output.docx

Resources

scripts/

• read_docx.py – Read: python3 scripts/read_docx.py document.docx [-o out.md] [-f md|json]
• apply_edits_docx.py – Modify: python3 scripts/apply_edits_docx.py document.docx edits.json -o output.docx
• finalize_docx.py – Finalize: python3 scripts/finalize_docx.py input.docx -o output.docx

references/

• ooxml.md – OOXML layout (document.xml, comments.xml, revisions, comments)
• llm-pipeline.md – Pipeline: read → Markdown/JSON → model edits → modify; defines Markdown format, JSON shape (blockIndex, originalContent, content, basis)