Overleaf Web MCP

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What does this entry provide?

Overleaf Web MCP is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 78/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding Overleaf Web MCP to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 78/100
Install method: npm
Repo: mhmdaskari/overleaf-web-mcp
Repo updated: Oct 25, 2026

Install command

npx -y overleaf-web-mcp@0.7.1

Install method: npm

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GitHub project Homepage

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 25, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T22:03:26.104794Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-25T22:03:26.104794Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-25T22:03:26.104794Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.mhmdaskari/overleaf-web-mcp",
    "title": "Overleaf Web MCP",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.7.1",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.7.1",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "overleaf-web-mcp",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "packageArguments": [
          {
            "type": "positional",
            "value": "serve",
            "description": "Run the MCP server over stdio. Sign in once first with `npx overleaf-web-mcp login`."
          }
        ],
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL",
            "format": "string",
            "default": "https://www.overleaf.com",
            "description": "Overleaf origin to use, for a self-hosted instance. Use the same value for login and serve."
          },
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_JAR_FILE",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Where the saved session is read from, if not the platform configuration directory."
          },
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_ALLOWED_PROJECTS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated project ids the server may touch. Unset allows every project."
          },
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_LOCAL_READ_ROOTS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Absolute folders local reads must stay inside, separated by : (; on Windows). Unset allows any."
          },
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_LOCAL_WRITE_ROOTS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Absolute folders local writes must stay inside, separated by : (; on Windows). Unset allows any."
          },
          {
            "name": "OVERLEAF_ALLOWED_EFFECTS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated kinds of change operations may make, such as overleaf-read. Unset allows all."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "id": "1301032065",
      "url": "https://github.com/mhmdaskari/overleaf-web-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://mhmdaskari.github.io/overleaf-web-mcp/",
    "description": "Read, edit, compile, and review Overleaf projects through your own signed-in web session."
  }
}

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