carbone-skill Claude Code Plugin
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Carbone-skill is a skill package that teaches AI assistants the Carbone document templating language, covering tags, loops, conditional blocks, formatters, and aggregators. According to the README, it lets an assistant either design a new template from scratch or embed Carbone syntax into DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files it generates, with support extending to HTML, Markdown, ODT, and PDF output as well. The skill is described as compatible with the open Agent Skills standard, so it can be installed in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenAI Codex. It is meant to be paired with a separate Carbone MCP server: the skill ensures the template syntax is written correctly, while the MCP server performs the actual API calls that render finished documents. On its own, the skill only supplies syntax knowledge and does not generate or convert files.
About the service
Carbone, per its homepage, is a document generation and conversion service that merges JSON data with user-supplied templates to produce files such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and other formats, and it can be run via cloud, on-premise, or Docker deployment.
What you can do with carbone-skill
- Get guidance on Carbone's tag syntax, including data/complement tags, aliases, and internationalization options
- Learn how to apply and chain formatters for dates, numbers, strings, and currency values
- Build conditional sections in templates using show/hide blocks and ternary expressions
- Construct loops for arrays, nested loops, aggregation, and row-dropping patterns
- Use the :set pattern to define computed or conditional values
- Design HTML templates with custom CSS, charts, headers/footers, and PDF export options
- Create Markdown templates with table loops that convert to DOCX or PDF
- Follow a validation checklist and templating best practices described in the skill
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History of carbone-skill
- Claude Code Plugin Added carbone-skill