Overleaf MCP Server

What it does

Overleaf MCP Server bridges any MCP-compatible AI client with your Overleaf LaTeX projects using Overleaf's Git integration. Once configured, your AI assistant can read and edit LaTeX files, search across documents, manage Git history, and push changes back to Overleaf — all without leaving the chat interface. It supports multiple projects simultaneously via a projects.json config file.

Tools

Reading:

• list_projects — List all configured Overleaf projects
• list_files — Browse files in a project, filter by extension
• read_file — Read a file's full contents
• get_sections — Parse LaTeX section/subsection structure
• get_section_content — Fetch a specific section by title or numeric ID
• search_project — Full-text or regex search across all project files
• status_summary — Combined project status view

Writing:

• write_file — Write or overwrite an entire file
• edit_section — Replace a full LaTeX section
• search_and_replace_file — Targeted find-and-replace within a file
• search_and_replace_section — Find-and-replace scoped to a single section
• create_file, delete_file, copy_file, move_file — File management
• batch_write — Multiple writes, deletes, and replacements in one commit

Git history:

• git_log, git_diff, git_show, git_blame, git_revert, cleanup_repos

Installation

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/overleaf-mcp/overleaf-mcp-server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overleaf": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/overleaf-mcp/overleaf-mcp-server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

Claude Desktop and Claude Code are confirmed in the README.