PaperJSX skill references npm packages that are not installable standalone

[MTG-Thomas]

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Hi! While evaluating paperjsx/SKILL.md, I found that the skill currently documents standalone installs for all four packages:

• @paperjsx/json-to-pptx
• @paperjsx/json-to-docx
• @paperjsx/json-to-xlsx
• @paperjsx/json-to-pdf

@paperjsx/json-to-pptx installs and runs successfully, but the DOCX/PDF/XLSX packages appear to be published with unresolved monorepo workspace dependencies.

For example:

npm init -y
npm install @paperjsx/json-to-docx

fails with:

npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*

Package metadata for @paperjsx/json-to-docx@0.1.1 includes dependencies such as:

{
  "@paperjsx/document-diff": "workspace:*",
  "@paperjsx/json-to-pdf": "workspace:*",
  "@paperjsx/license": "workspace:*",
  "@paperjsx/protocol": "workspace:*",
  "@paperjsx/pvce": "workspace:*"
}

I saw similar workspace:* dependency references in the published metadata for the PDF/XLSX packages. This means the skill's documented install flow only works partially for outside users: PPTX works, but DOCX/PDF/XLSX cannot be installed standalone from npm.

Environment where reproduced:

Windows_NT 10.0.26200
node v24.15.0
npm 11.12.1

Suggested fix:

• Republish the affected packages with concrete dependency versions instead of workspace:*, or
• Update paperjsx/SKILL.md to clarify that only PPTX is currently installable standalone, and document the supported source-build workflow for DOCX/PDF/XLSX.

Thanks for publishing the skill bundle. The JSON-first document generation pattern is useful; this just makes the current skill risky for agents because it advertises a multi-format workflow that only partially executes.