xlsx

Working with Excel files programmatically.

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill xlsx
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SKILL.md

$27

Writing Excel

from openpyxl import Workbook

wb = Workbook()

ws = wb.active

ws.title = "Data"

# Write data

ws['A1'] = 'Name'

ws['B1'] = 'Age'

ws.append(['John', 30])

ws.append(['Jane', 25])

wb.save('output.xlsx')

Formatting

from openpyxl.styles import Font, PatternFill

# Bold header

ws['A1'].font = Font(bold=True)

# Background color

ws['A1'].fill = PatternFill(start_color="FFFF00", fill_type="solid")

# Number format

ws['B2'].number_format = '0.00'  # Two decimals

Formulas

# Add formula

ws['C2'] = '=A2+B2'

# Sum column

ws['D10'] = '=SUM(D2:D9)'

Python (pandas)

Reading Excel

import pandas as pd

# Read sheet

df = pd.read_excel('data.xlsx', sheet_name='Sheet1')

# Read multiple sheets

dfs = pd.read_excel('data.xlsx', sheet_name=None)

Writing Excel

# Write DataFrame

df.to_excel('output.xlsx', index=False)

# Multiple sheets

with pd.ExcelWriter('output.xlsx') as writer:

    df1.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet1')

    df2.to_excel(writer, sheet_name='Sheet2')

Data Transformation

# Filter

filtered = df[df['Age'] > 25]

# Group by

grouped = df.groupby('Department')['Salary'].mean()

# Pivot

pivot = df.pivot_table(values='Sales', index='Region', columns='Product')

JavaScript (xlsx)

import XLSX from 'xlsx';

// Read file

const workbook = XLSX.readFile('data.xlsx');

const sheetName = workbook.SheetNames[0];

const worksheet = workbook.Sheets[sheetName];

// Convert to JSON

const data = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(worksheet);

// Write file

const newWorksheet = XLSX.utils.json_to_sheet(data);

const newWorkbook = XLSX.utils.book_new();

XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(newWorkbook, newWorksheet, 'Data');

XLSX.writeFile(newWorkbook, 'output.xlsx');

Common Operations

CSV to Excel

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')

df.to_excel('data.xlsx', index=False)

Excel to CSV

df = pd.read_excel('data.xlsx')

df.to_csv('data.csv', index=False)

Merging Excel Files

dfs = []

for file in ['file1.xlsx', 'file2.xlsx', 'file3.xlsx']:

    df = pd.read_excel(file)

    dfs.append(df)

combined = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)

combined.to_excel('merged.xlsx', index=False)

Remember

  • Close workbooks after use
  • Handle large files in chunks
  • Validate data before writing
  • Use pandas for data analysis, openpyxl for formatting
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