Claude has 4 built-in skills I use constantly — here’s how to find them
Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot, includes four built-in skills that generate Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, and PowerPoint presentations. Users can enable these capabilities through the Settings and Customize menus without installing additional software. The skills produce fully formatted files that can be downloaded and edited in the respective applications.
- ▪The four built-in skills cover Word, Excel, PDF, and PowerPoint file creation and editing.
- ▪Enabling the skills requires turning on Code execution and file creation in the Capabilities section, then activating the desired skills in the Customize menu.
- ▪All user tiers—Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise—have access to these built-in skills.
- ▪Claude creates complete files with formatting, formulas, and charts, eliminating the need to copy content into separate programs.
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AI Claude has 4 built-in skills I use constantly — here’s how to find them Features By Amanda Caswell Published 6 August 2026 6 min read Discover four built-in Claude skills for creating Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations — and learn how to enable them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Claude can do much more than answer questions or help you edit documents.
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