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Overleaf MCP Server

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Overleaf runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 233 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Read and edit Overleaf papers from any AI client. Edits can arrive as tracked-change suggestions.

Installs per day peak 697 · avg 36
a month agotoday
1 233
Installs / week
npm · mcp-server-overleaf
0
Stars
0 open issues
14 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Overleaf every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server-overleaf -- npx -y mcp-server-overleaf
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-overleaf": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-overleaf"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server-overleaf]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-server-overleaf"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-overleaf": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-overleaf"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-overleaf": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-overleaf"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OVERLEAF_GIT_TOKEN (Overleaf Git authentication token, from https://www.overleaf.com/user/settings under Git integration.), OVERLEAF_PROJECT_ID (The project to open: its 24-character id, or the Overleaf address bar URL that contains it.), OVERLEAF_SESSION_COOKIE (Optional. An Overleaf browser session cookie, which turns on the tracked-changes tools: suggest an edit, read the review panel, leave a comment.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Overleaf — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Overleaf?
Overleaf runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package mcp-server-overleaf was installed 1 233 times last week.
How do I connect Overleaf?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcp-server-overleaf straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Overleaf?
The npm package mcp-server-overleaf was installed 1 233 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Overleaf open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.