Is Overleaf MCP safe to use?

Overleaf MCP has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Overleaf MCP?

Overleaf MCP supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Overleaf MCP do?

Overleaf MCP provides 9 tools: write_tex_file, Demo, Install, Tools, Architecture and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Overleaf MCP?

Overleaf MCP is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Overleaf MCP actively maintained?

Overleaf MCP is recently maintained — last commit was 47 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.

Overleaf MCP

Name: Overleaf MCP
Author: ghostiee-11

overleaf-latex-mcp · by ghostiee-11

MCP server giving AI agents (Claude Code, Copilot, Antigravity) bi-directional sync with Overleaf - free tier included. 24 tools: LaTeX check, format, fix, compile, push.

16 9 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 47d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

9 tools · ~440 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

MCPpedia last refreshed this data 6h ago

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Overleaf MCP is an MCP server that MCP server giving AI agents (Claude Code, Copilot, Antigravity) bi-directional sync with Overleaf - free tier included. 24 tools: LaTeX check, format, fix, compile, push. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 83/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

AI / ML Writing

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_NAME": "My Thesis",
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ROOT": "/absolute/path/to/project"
      },
      "command": "overleaf-latex-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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What Overleaf MCP does

An MCP server you plug into Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, or any client that speaks the MCP stdio protocol. Once connected, the agent can:

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

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Score breakdown

83/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−17

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

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Compatibility

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Security

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No known CVEs.

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Tools (9)

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~440 tokens total

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Is Overleaf MCP safe to use?: Overleaf MCP has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Overleaf MCP?: Overleaf MCP supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Overleaf MCP do?: Overleaf MCP provides 9 tools: write_tex_file, Demo, Install, Tools, Architecture and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Overleaf MCP?: Overleaf MCP is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Overleaf MCP actively maintained?: Overleaf MCP is recently maintained — last commit was 47 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.

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AI / ML Writing

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_NAME": "My Thesis",
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ROOT": "/absolute/path/to/project"
      },
      "command": "overleaf-latex-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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What Overleaf MCP does

An MCP server you plug into Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, or any client that speaks the MCP stdio protocol. Once connected, the agent can:

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

uvx 'overleaf-latex-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

Give any MCP-capable AI agent the power to read, understand, draft, lint, format, fix, compile, and sync your LaTeX work on Overleaf. Free tier included.

What it does

An MCP server you plug into Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, or any client that speaks the MCP stdio protocol. Once connected, the agent can:

Read and write your LaTeX project files with path-boundary safety.
Run 7 static checks on every .tex: math brackets, align-column drift, figure completeness, table column match, package conflicts, heading-case consistency, dangling refs / unused labels / uncited bib entries.
Format with latexindent, lint with chktex, compile with latexmk. Everything gracefully degrades if the binary is not installed.
Draft, rewrite, refactor, and apply templates using the same read + write tools a human contributor would.
Sync with Overleaf in three ways: native free-tier pull and push (no Premium), the official git integration (Premium), or a manual ZIP round-trip.
Translate cryptic LaTeX log output into structured errors with one-line suggestions.

It is the first MCP server that lets a free-tier Overleaf user do pull -> edit -> push from an AI agent in a single turn.

Demo

See docs/demo.md for a full 7-step transcript: list projects, plant 7 deliberate bugs, agent finds 10 findings across 5 checker tools, agent autonomously fixes every one, push back to Overleaf, independently verify on the server. Every query is a real claude -p invocation; every output is unedited.

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Quick start

60-second setup for Claude Code, free-tier Overleaf account:

# 1. Install this MCP server (stdio binary)
uv tool install overleaf-latex-mcp         # or:  pipx install overleaf-latex-mcp

# 2. Install overleaf-sync (used ONLY for the browser login, not for sync)
uv tool install overleaf-sync              # or:  pipx install overleaf-sync

# 3. Log into Overleaf once (opens a browser, stores ./.olauth in the project dir)
mkdir -p ~/tex/my-project && cd ~/tex/my-project
ols login

# 4. Register the MCP in Claude Code
claude mcp add overleaf \
  --env OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ROOT="$HOME/tex/my-project" \
  --env OVERLEAF_PROJECT_NAME="My Real Project" \
  -- overleaf-latex-mcp

Now in any Claude Code chat:

"Use the overleaf MCP. Pull my project, run every check, fix what you can, then push back."

The agent calls olsync_pull, then the static chec

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

83/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−17

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked overleaf-latex-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (9)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~440 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Overleaf MCP safe to use?: Overleaf MCP has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Overleaf MCP?: Overleaf MCP supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Overleaf MCP do?: Overleaf MCP provides 9 tools: write_tex_file, Demo, Install, Tools, Architecture and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Overleaf MCP?: Overleaf MCP is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Overleaf MCP actively maintained?: Overleaf MCP is recently maintained — last commit was 47 days ago. It has 16 GitHub stars.

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Overleaf MCP

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What Overleaf MCP does

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What it does

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Table of contents

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83/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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Demo

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