document-format-skills

Why use it

Key features

GB/T 9704-2012 official document preset
Academic paper preset
Legal document preset
Mixed Chinese/English punctuation auto-fix
Font, indentation, line-spacing consistency check

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use document-format-skills

Format a government report to GB/T 9704-2012 standard

👤 Chinese government / SOE staff, secretaries ⏱ ~15 min beginner

When to use: You received a draft 公文 and need it to pass 公文处理 review.

Flow

Analyze first

分析 report.docx 的格式问题，按 GB/T 9704-2012 标准列出所有偏差。✓ Copied

→ A list of deviations grouped by category
Apply preset

按公文标准自动修复，保留原内容。输出到 report-fixed.docx。✓ Copied

→ New file generated, diff summary printed

Outcome: A report that passes internal formatting review without manual reformatting.

Pitfalls

Complex tables get re-rendered incorrectly — Review tables manually — the skill is conservative there

Combine with: filesystem

Clean punctuation and formatting in a Chinese academic paper

👤 Chinese-language graduate students and researchers ⏱ ~20 min beginner

When to use: Before submitting to a Chinese journal that enforces strict punctuation standards.

Flow

Punctuation pass

修正 paper.docx 中所有中英文标点混用问题，统一为中文全角标点。✓ Copied

→ Every （ and ， normalized
Apply academic preset

按学术论文标准应用格式预设。✓ Copied

→ Consistent heading, indent, spacing

Outcome: A submission-ready paper.

Pitfalls

Code blocks or English quotations get over-converted — Ask the skill to preserve English-only paragraphs — specify section ranges to exclude

Format a legal contract to Chinese legal document standard

👤 Paralegals, in-house counsel ⏱ ~10 min beginner

When to use: Drafting or cleaning up a Chinese contract.

Flow

Apply legal preset

按法律文书标准格式化合同草稿，统一条款编号、字体、行距。✓ Copied

→ Numbered clauses, consistent fonts

Outcome: Contract that matches firm formatting standards.

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

document-format-skill + filesystem

Batch-format every .docx in a folder

遍历 reports/ 下所有 .docx，全部按公文标准格式化，输出到 reports-fixed/。✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call	Cost
analyze_format	path to .docx	Before applying any changes	0 — local
fix_punctuation	path, target (cn\|mixed)	Chinese/English punctuation unification	0
apply_preset	path, preset (gov\|academic\|legal)	After analysis, main transform	0

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: None
Tokens per call: Minimal — the skill mostly drives a Python script
Monetary: Free
Tip: Run analyze_format once, then apply_preset — don't ask Claude to do the formatting by hand in tokens

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: None

Data egress: None — fully local via python-docx

Always keep an untouched backup — transforms overwrite if same path is given.

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: python-docx

pip install python-docx

Verify: python -c 'import docx'

Tables misrender after formatting

Revert and run preset with tables excluded

Fonts missing on the final machine

Preset uses 宋体/仿宋/黑体 — install Chinese fonts on the system that opens the file

Verify: fc-list :lang=zh

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