Overleaf

Name: Overleaf
Author: yangzichao

de yangzichaoversión 0.3.9i★ –iSe ejecuta en tu computadora

Nombre en el registroio.github.yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf

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Resumen

Descripción del creador (original en inglés)

Overleaf MCP server for Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, and Cursor with safe LaTeX editing and review.

Los tres pilares de PopNx MCP

Estos tres nunca se combinan en una sola puntuación: las opiniones, las mediciones y la popularidad son cosas distintas.

Opinión de usuariosiAún no hay reseñasLas reseñas se abrirán junto con las cuentas en una etapa posterior
Nuestras revisiones básicasi1 de 1 superadasRevisado con información pública; el código aún no se ha escaneado
UsoiAún sin medir★ –

Qué puedes hacer con él

Todavía no escribimos un resumen sencillo para este. Abajo están los datos que leímos del registro.

Conexión: Se ejecuta en tu computadora
Transporte: stdio
Categoría: Otros
Debes completar: OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN, OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID, OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE

Instalación

Elige la app de IA que usas y copia la configuración.

Antes de instalar

Revisiones básicas: 1 de 1 superadas
Se ejecuta en tu computadora con los permisos de tu usuario (archivos, red, apps).
Debes completar tú: OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN, OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID, OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE

Los valores marcados como secretos son llaves de tu cuenta. Nunca los compartas ni los pegues en un chat.

Necesitas

npmNode.js instalado (para el comando npx)

¿Qué app usas?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Elige tu app arriba. La recordamos, así que la próxima vez el botón dirá “Instalar en …”.

Descargar el archivo .mcpb del creador

El enlace lleva al archivo del propio creador; no lo alojamos ni lo reempaquetamos. Abre el archivo y Claude Desktop lo instalará.

Ejecuta esto en tu terminal

claude mcp add overleaf --env OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN=your-value --env OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID=your-value --env OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE=your-value -- npx -y mcp-server-overleaf --stdio

Completa los valores vacíos antes de ejecutarlo.

Abrir en Cursor

O copia la configuración tú

Pégalo en .cursor/mcp.json de tu proyecto, o en ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-overleaf",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID": "your-value",
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.

Abrir en VS Code

O copia la configuración tú

Pégalo en .vscode/mcp.json de tu proyecto

{
  "servers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-overleaf",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID": "your-value",
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.

Este se ejecuta en tu computadora, y ChatGPT solo puede conectarse a servidores en internet. Elige otra app.

Tu elección se guarda en una cookie en este dispositivo; no necesitas cuenta.

Valores que debes completar

OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN secreto obligatorio env
Overleaf Git authentication token, from https://www.overleaf.com/user/settings under Git integration.
OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID obligatorio env
The project to open: its 24-character id, or the Overleaf address bar URL that contains it.
OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE secreto env
Optional. An Overleaf browser session cookie, which turns on the tracked-changes tools: suggest an edit, read the review panel, leave a comment.

Esta configuración se genera a partir de la ficha del creador en el registro. Si el README dice otra cosa, sigue el README.

Qué puede hacer

Se ejecuta en tu computadora; la lista de herramientas aparece en tu app de IA después de instalarlo.

Revisiones básicasi

Revisamos información que cualquiera puede ver; no hemos leído el código. Las revisiones que no aplican no se cuentan. · Revisado el 7 nov 2026

✓ Superada
El creador coincide con el repo
El nombre en el registro se verificó con la cuenta de GitHub yangzichao, dueña del repo
… Aún sin revisar
Sigue en mantenimiento
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
… Aún sin revisar
Tiene licencia
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
– No aplica
El endpoint responde
Este se ejecuta en tu computadora; no hay endpoint en internet
– No aplica
Inicio de sesión con OAuth
Se ejecuta en tu computadora y usa ajustes locales en su lugar
… Aún sin revisar
Sin instrucciones ocultas en las descripciones de herramientas
Se ejecuta en tu computadora; solo podemos leer listas de herramientas de endpoints en internet

Comparado con otros en Otrosi

Más estrellas que el 0% de los otros 32691 servidores de esta categoría
Publicado en el registro más recientemente que el 63% de los otros 32691 servidores de esta categoría
Revisiones básicas iguales o mejores que el 100% de los otros 32691 servidores de esta categoría

Comparado con todos los servidores activos de esta categoría en el registro. Las estrellas solo cuentan cuando quien lo publica es dueño del repo.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Es seguro Overleaf?

Superó 1 de 1 revisiones básicas aplicables. No hemos leído el código. Antes de agregar una clave o un token, revisa qué acceso pide el servidor y usa una clave que tenga solo los permisos que necesitas.

¿Qué claves o códigos necesita?

Debes completar: OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN, OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID, OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE

¿Se ejecuta en mi computadora o en la nube?

Se ejecuta en tu computadora. Tu app de IA lo inicia cuando hace falta, y los datos no pasan por los servidores del creador (a menos que el propio servidor llame a un servicio en línea).

¿Sigue en mantenimiento?

El repo de GitHub cambió por última vez –, y la última versión (0.3.9) llegó al registro hace 22 días.

¿Qué apps pueden usarlo?

Las apps compatibles con MCP, como Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor y VS Code. También necesitas Node.js, MCPB en tu computadora.

¿Qué puedo usar en su lugar?

En la misma categoría: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Dialyne

Alternativas

Servidores de la misma categoría hechos por otros creadores, ordenados por estrellas.

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README del creador

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Copiado tal cual del repo del creador. PopNx MCP no lo ha revisado ni lo respalda. Se quitaron HTML, imágenes y scripts. Los enlaces llevan fuera de este sitio.

Overleaf MCP Server — Safe AI Editing for LaTeX Papers

Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, or any MCP client to Overleaf. Read, search, edit, compile, and review real LaTeX projects without copy-pasting your paper into a chat window.

npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf@0.3.9 setup

Edits stay in a local clone until you explicitly publish them. Before every read and every push, this Overleaf MCP server checks what your collaborators changed. If both of you touch the same lines, it stops the push and shows both versions instead of choosing a winner.

With an optional Overleaf session cookie, edits can also arrive as tracked-change suggestions for co-authors to accept or reject, and the existing review panel becomes readable. A plain Git push cannot express either.

[Download the one-click Claude Desktop bundle](https://github.com/yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf/releases/latest/download/mcp-server-overleaf.mcpb) or use the setup command above for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other local AI clients.

Independent community project; not affiliated with or endorsed by Overleaf.

Why choose this Overleaf MCP server?

Several Overleaf MCP servers exist. Of the ones built on Overleaf's official Git bridge, this is the most complete, and it is the only one that stops instead of overwriting when a co-author has already changed the lines you are editing.

A conflict ends the push, not your co-author's paragraph. Every read and every push first checks what changed on Overleaf. When two edits touch the same lines, push_changes refuses and shows you both versions.
18 tools, and nothing reaches Overleaf until you say so. Read, search, and edit by section or by exact text, add, rename and remove files, compile locally, inspect the diff, then publish deliberately.
An edit can arrive as a suggestion, not as finished text. Three optional tools talk to Overleaf's editor rather than the Git bridge, so a change lands in the review panel for a co-author to accept or reject. A Git push cannot express that. Tracked changes
No terminal, if you do not want one. Claude Desktop installs it from a downloaded bundle; Claude Code and Codex install it as a plugin.
The token is written once, to one file, at mode 600. No client configuration holds it, and the published plugin declares no environment variables at all.

Related projects compares the alternatives tool by tool, and is equally direct about the things this server cannot do.

Common workflows include revising an academic paper by section, searching a large LaTeX project, checking a bibliography, compiling before publication, reviewing the exact diff, and sending an edit to Overleaf as a tracked suggestion.

Where it installs

Every route below reaches the same server and the same 18 tools, and every one of them keeps edits local until an explicit push. Pick the row for your client. The three tracked-changes tools are extra, and appear only once a session cookie is configured.

Client	How to install it
Claude Desktop	Download the bundle and double-click it. One click
Claude Code	Add this repository as a plugin marketplace. Two commands
Codex CLI, desktop, and IDE extension	The same, with the Codex commands. Two commands
Cursor	`npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf setup`. One command
Visual Studio Code	A `.vscode/mcp.json` entry. Guide
ChatGPT on the web and desktop	An outbound-only Secure MCP Tunnel, no public endpoint and no open port. Guide
A catalogue that reads the MCP registry	Already listed as `io.github.yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf`. Details
Any other MCP client	`npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf --stdio`, or Streamable HTTP. By hand
A machine you are developing on	A source checkout. From source

Claude Desktop takes a packaged bundle; Claude Code and Codex each take a plugin. Everywhere else setup does the equivalent. All four routes end the same way: the token is verified against Overleaf, written to one file at mode 600, and no client configuration holds the secret.

Guides

Project configuration and efficient reads covers independent credentials, sparse checkout, revision reads, and guarded edits.
Related projects describes existing alternatives and this project's focus on collaborator safety and recovery.
Release process and verification describes the tested artifact, provenance, first publication, and subsequent trusted publishing.
Install the Claude Desktop bundle covers the one-click .mcpb extension: what is inside it, how to build it, and how to remove it.
Install the Claude Code and Codex plugins covers the two marketplace entries: what the plugin contains, how it gets a token without holding one, and how to update, remove, or build it.
Connect local MCP clients to Overleaf covers Codex desktop and CLI, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Visual Studio Code, local stdio, verification, and troubleshooting.
Connect ChatGPT to Overleaf with Secure MCP Tunnel covers the complete private connection from a local stdio server to ChatGPT desktop and web, including workspace association, least-privilege credentials, validation, and troubleshooting.

What you are installing

An MCP server exposing 18 tools over stdio or Streamable HTTP, plus 3 more when a session cookie turns on tracked changes. One core, two transports; the tool implementations are identical and only the framing differs. setup connects it to the AI clients on this computer and is the only command most people need.

Requires Node 22.14+ and git on PATH; Node 24 LTS is recommended. compile_project additionally needs latexmk and a TeX distribution; every other tool works without them.

The release test matrix covers macOS and Linux. Windows Git and TeX workflows are not yet validated. This server is a command-line application, not an importable JavaScript library.

Git integration has to be available for the project. Overleaf documents it as a premium feature gated on the project owner's subscription, so a free account invited to a project owned by someone with a subscription can still use it, and that subscription can be individual, group, or institutional. Do not tell a user their own plan disqualifies them. Verify it directly in step 3 instead.

Install into Claude Desktop with one click

Download [mcp-server-overleaf.mcpb](https://github.com/yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf/releases/latest/download/mcp-server-overleaf.mcpb) and double-click it. Claude Desktop opens an install panel, asks for the two values below, and starts the server itself. No terminal, no Node installation, no build.

Overleaf project address — open the project in Overleaf and copy the whole URL from the address bar.
Overleaf Git token — generate one at https://www.overleaf.com/user/settings under Git integration. Claude Desktop stores it in the operating system keychain.

The bundle carries the same server npm publishes, with its locked runtime dependencies and nothing else. It is macOS and Windows only, because that is where Claude Desktop runs. For any other client, use the command below. Details in Install the Claude Desktop bundle.

Install as a Claude Code or Codex plugin

Store the token once:

npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf@0.3.9 setup --clients none

Then, in Claude Code:

claude plugin marketplace add yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf

claude plugin install overleaf@mcp-server-overleaf

Or in Codex:

codex plugin marketplace add yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf

codex plugin add overleaf@mcp-server-overleaf

Restart the client, then ask it to list the files in your project.

Until this local MCP server is accepted into a public directory, both clients install it from this repository's marketplace: Claude Code reads .claude-plugin/marketplace.json and Codex reads .agents/plugins/marketplace.json, and both point at the same plugins/overleaf directory. That plugin holds no token and sets no environment variable, because the first command writes the token to ~/.config/overleaf-mcp/projects.json and the server finds it there. Public directory review is separate from this repository-based installation. Details in Install the Claude Code and Codex plugins.

Install with one command

npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf@0.3.9 setup

It checks Node and git, asks for the project and a token, proves the token reaches Overleaf before writing anything, and registers the server with the clients it finds on this computer: Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop and Cursor. A failed run leaves no half-configuration behind, because nothing is written until Overleaf accepts the token.

Two things are needed, both from the browser:

The project address. Open the project in Overleaf and copy the whole URL from the address bar. A read-only share link is a different thing, and setup says so rather than failing later.
A git authentication token, generated at https://www.overleaf.com/user/settings under Git integration. It is not echoed as you type.

The token is written to ~/.config/overleaf-mcp/projects.json at mode 600 and nowhere else. The server finds that file on its own, so no client configuration holds the secret, a path to it, or any environment variable. Clients are registered with an absolute Node path and an absolute entry point rather than npx, because a desktop application starts with a much smaller PATH than a terminal.

Restart Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Codex afterwards; Claude Code picks it up on the next run. Then ask the assistant to list the files in the project.

Setup can also run unattended:

printf '%s' "$OVERLEAF_TOKEN" | npx --yes mcp-server-overleaf@0.3.9 setup \

--project paper=https://www.overleaf.com/project/64a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1 \ --token-stdin --yes

--clients claude-code,codex limits which clients are touched, and --clients none writes the configuration without registering anything. Run it again to add another project or to replace an expired token; the previous file is kept alongside it.

Find it in the MCP registry

The server is listed in the official Model Context Protocol registry as io.github.yangzichao/mcp-server-overleaf. The listing names the npm package and the Claude Desktop bundle, and clients and catalogues that read the registry pick it up from there. The release workflow publishes the listing

Solo se muestra el principio; lee el resto en el repo

Overleaf

Resumen

Los tres pilares de PopNx MCP

Qué puedes hacer con él

Instalación

Antes de instalar

Valores que debes completar

Qué puede hacer

Revisiones básicasi

El creador coincide con el repo

Sigue en mantenimiento

Tiene licencia

El endpoint responde

Inicio de sesión con OAuth

Sin instrucciones ocultas en las descripciones de herramientas

Comparado con otros en Otrosi

Preguntas frecuentes

Alternativas

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Dialyne

README del creador

Overleaf MCP Server — Safe AI Editing for LaTeX Papers

Why choose this Overleaf MCP server?

Where it installs

Guides

What you are installing

Install into Claude Desktop with one click

Install as a Claude Code or Codex plugin

Install with one command

Find it in the MCP registry