@particle-academy/last-word

Node/TS mirror of particle-academy/last-word — zero-dependency, isomorphic docx writer/reader with the same JSON Doc model + markdown bridges, so react-fancy Editor consumers round-trip Word files without a mammoth/turndown/docx converter sandwich. Headless; no UI.

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$npm install @particle-academy/last-word

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API surface

This package renders no UI surface — it is the hooks / APIs / server-side tooling described above.

Renders no UI. A supporting package with no rendered components, so there are no live demos — reach for the README + Changelog for the full reference, and the Issues link to file feedback.

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@particle-academy/last-word

Zero-dependency, isomorphic (browser + Node) .docx writer + reader for agentic word-processing documents — a JSON document model with markdown bridges. The Node/TypeScript mirror of the PHP particle-academy/last-word. Sister to holy-sheet (xlsx) and dark-slide (pptx).

The point is the Editor round-trip: a WYSIWYG editor (react-fancy Editor) speaks markdown; Word speaks .docx. LastWord bridges the two through one JSON model — fromMarkdown → toBytes to export a real Word file, read → toMarkdown to import one — with no converter sandwich (mammoth/turndown/docx) in between.

import { Agent } from "@particle-academy/last-word";

// Markdown in…
const doc = Agent.fromMarkdown(`# Q3 Report

Revenue was **up 12%** — see the [dashboard](https://example.com).

- Wins
  - Enterprise renewals
- Risks
`);

// …Word file out.
const bytes: Uint8Array = Agent.toBytes(doc); // universal
await Agent.write(doc, "report.docx"); // Node only

// And back: .docx → model → markdown for the editor.
const imported = Agent.read(bytes);
const markdown = Agent.toMarkdown(imported);

The document model

A Doc is { title?, blocks }. Blocks are JSON-friendly discriminated unions — exactly what an agent emits:

Block	Shape
heading	`{ type: "heading", level: 1-6, runs }`
paragraph	`{ type: "paragraph", runs, align? }`
list	`{ type: "list", ordered?, items: [{ runs, children? }] }` (nesting ≥ 3 deep)
table	`{ type: "table", rows: [{ header?, cells: [{ blocks }] }] }`
code	`{ type: "code", language?, text }`
quote	`{ type: "quote", blocks }`
image	`{ type: "image", src: "data:image/png;base64,…", widthPx?, heightPx?, alt? }`
pageBreak	`{ type: "pageBreak" }`
hr	`{ type: "hr" }`

A Run is an inline span: { text, bold?, italic?, underline?, strike?, code?, link?, color?, highlight? } (colors are #RRGGBB).

API

Agent (static) mirrors the PHP surface:

validate(doc) → structured errors {path, message}[] (empty = valid)
validateAndRepair(doc) → {ok, schema, errors} (coerces strings to runs, clamps heading levels, drops unknown block types with the error retained)
toBytes(doc) → Uint8Array (universal, deterministic output)
write(doc, path) → {path, bytes, blocks} (Node only)
read(bytes) / fromBytes(bytes) → Doc (universal; tolerates Word-authored files — outlineLvl headings, named highlights, unknown constructs degrade to paragraphs, never throw)
toMarkdown(doc) / fromMarkdown(md) → the Editor bridge (GFM: headings, **/*/~~, inline code, links, nested lists, tables, fenced code, blockquotes, images, ---)
describe(doc) → plain-text summary (title, block counts, word count)
jsonSchema() → JSON Schema for LLM tool-use
version() → package version

Markdown is lossy only where GFM has no syntax: underline / color / highlight decorations, paragraph alignment, image pixel sizes, and page breaks are dropped on toMarkdown; everything else round-trips.

Images are embedded from data URLs (PNG/JPEG); when widthPx/heightPx are omitted the intrinsic size is sniffed from the bytes (PNG IHDR / JPEG SOF) and capped at 6.5in width keeping aspect.

Cross-language parity

As of 0.2.0 the metadata slots match the PHP mirror exactly: the title is carried in docProps/core.xml (dc:title) and the code block language in a lastword:code:{lang} content-control tag (quotes use lastword:quote), so the same file opens in either engine — title and code language round-trip Node ↔ PHP in both directions. Files written by PHP 0.1.x (Title-styled paragraph, LastWordCode_{lang} bookmark) still read fine; the sibling repo's canonical fixture is frozen into each test suite as a cross-read vector.

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