/excel
Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows.
$ npx -y skills add refly-ai/refly-skills --skill excel --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/excel
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows.
SKILL.md
excel.SKILL.mdname: excel
description: "Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows."
version: 1.0.0
skillId: skp-qd0qwkkmoeategaqcxa4f82v
workflowId: c-af86a8xmozt53tyhs77stl9y
installationId: skpi-xcyq0shrulrg3h96hd4gquli
category: file-generation
Excel
Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows.
Input
Provide input as JSON:
{
"spreadsheet_file": "Name or path of the Excel spreadsheet file to work with",
"worksheet_name": "Name of the worksheet/sheet to read from or write to",
"data_to_write": "Data content to write to the spreadsheet (e.g., CSV format or structured data)"
}Execution (Pattern A: File Generation)
Step 1: Run the Skill and Get Run ID
RESULT=$(refly skill run --id skpi-xcyq0shrulrg3h96hd4gquli --input '{
"workbook_name": "Sales Report",
"sheet_name": "Q1 Data",
"range": "A1:D10"
}')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id')
# RUN_ID is we-xxx format, use this for workflow commandsStep 2: Open Workflow in Browser and Wait for Completion
open "https://refly.ai/workflow/c-af86a8xmozt53tyhs77stl9y"
refly workflow status "$RUN_ID" --watch --interval 30000
Step 3: Download and Show Result
# Get files from this run
FILES=$(refly workflow toolcalls "$RUN_ID" --files --latest | jq -r '.payload.files[]')
# Download and open each file
echo "$FILES" | jq -c '.' | while read -r file; do
FILE_ID=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.fileId')
FILE_NAME=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.name')
if [ -n "$FILE_ID" ] && [ "$FILE_ID" != "null" ]; then
refly file download "$FILE_ID" -o "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
open "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
fi
doneExpected Output
- **Type**: Spreadsheet
- **Format**: .xlsx Excel file
- **Location**: `~/Desktop/`
- **Action**: Opens automatically to show user
Rules
Follow base skill workflow: `~/.claude/skills/refly/SKILL.md`
Read more
name: excel description: "Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows." version: 1.0.0 skillId: skp-qd0qwkkmoeategaqcxa4f82v workflowId: c-af86a8xmozt53tyhs77stl9y installationId: skpi-xcyq0shrulrg3h96hd4gquli category: file-generation
Excel
Integrate with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets. Use when you need to: (1) read and write Excel data, (2) manage spreadsheet workbooks, or (3) automate data analysis workflows.
Input
Provide input as JSON:
{
"spreadsheet_file": "Name or path of the Excel spreadsheet file to work with",
"worksheet_name": "Name of the worksheet/sheet to read from or write to",
"data_to_write": "Data content to write to the spreadsheet (e.g., CSV format or structured data)"
}Execution (Pattern A: File Generation)
Step 1: Run the Skill and Get Run ID
RESULT=$(refly skill run --id skpi-xcyq0shrulrg3h96hd4gquli --input '{
"workbook_name": "Sales Report",
"sheet_name": "Q1 Data",
"range": "A1:D10"
}')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id')
# RUN_ID is we-xxx format, use this for workflow commandsStep 2: Open Workflow in Browser and Wait for Completion
open "https://refly.ai/workflow/c-af86a8xmozt53tyhs77stl9y" refly workflow status "$RUN_ID" --watch --interval 30000
Step 3: Download and Show Result
# Get files from this run
FILES=$(refly workflow toolcalls "$RUN_ID" --files --latest | jq -r '.payload.files[]')
# Download and open each file
echo "$FILES" | jq -c '.' | while read -r file; do
FILE_ID=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.fileId')
FILE_NAME=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.name')
if [ -n "$FILE_ID" ] && [ "$FILE_ID" != "null" ]; then
refly file download "$FILE_ID" -o "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
open "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
fi
doneExpected Output
- **Type**: Spreadsheet
- **Format**: .xlsx Excel file
- **Location**: `~/Desktop/`
- **Action**: Opens automatically to show user
Rules
Follow base skill workflow: `~/.claude/skills/refly/SKILL.md`
Repo: refly-ai/refly-skills
Other skills on refly-skills.
airtable
Integrate with Airtable for database management. Use when you need to: (1) create and query…
alpha-vantage
Get financial data from Alpha Vantage. Use when you need to: (1) retrieve stock quotes and…
apollo
Search sales leads with Apollo.io. Use when you need to: (1) find company and contact…

