Writer Documents

Documents

writer-documents

Writer Documents is an Agent Skill for documents published in the agent0ai/agent-zero repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Use when creating, opening, or editing LibreOffice Writer ODT documents, or DOCX documents only when Microsoft Word compatibility is explicitly required.

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Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/HEAD/plugins/_office/skills/writer-documents/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/writer-documents, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.

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Writer Documents

Use ODT for LibreOffice Writer documents. Use DOCX only when the user explicitly asks for Word/DOCX/OOXML compatibility, provides an existing .docx, or needs that compatibility format. For ordinary writing with no binary requirement, use Markdown instead.

The document UI and Desktop are user-owned. Creating or editing an ODT or DOCX must save the file, but must not open a document modal or Desktop surface automatically. Use Desktop/Writer only for explicit GUI requests, visual layout polish, or final visual confirmation. Do not write faux UI action labels such as "Open document" or "Download file", and do not add a note saying the canvas was not opened automatically unless the user explicitly asks about UI behavior.

Workflow

Create:

{
  "tool_name": "office_artifact",
  "tool_args": {
    "action": "create",
    "kind": "document",
    "title": "Board Memo",
    "format": "odt",
    "content": "Memo body text."
  }
}

Edit:

Use the read action with file_id or path before content-sensitive edits.
Use the edit action for deterministic saved changes: set_text, append_text, prepend_text, replace_text, or delete_text.
Use the Desktop only when the user asks to see Writer or when layout cannot be handled reliably through structured edits.

Practical rules:

Keep Writer content clean and structured. Use headings and paragraphs; avoid over-formatting unless requested.
Treat DOCX as a compatibility export/request, not the default Writer format.
Do not say the document is open. Say it was created or updated, and rely on the Open in Desktop action for user-controlled viewing.