olcli MCP

An MCP server that allows AI assistants to interact with Overleaf projects. It supports listing projects, pulling and pushing files, compiling LaTeX to PDF, managing review comments, handling tracked changes, and performing diffs between local and remote project states.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by aloth

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What you can do with it

List all Overleaf projects and get project metadata
Compile LaTeX projects and download the resulting PDF
Manage review comments and tracked changes in documents
Diff local directory content against live remote Overleaf projects

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.15.2

mcp-registry: io.github.aloth/olcli@0.15.2 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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@aloth/olcli 0.15.2

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@aloth/olcli package definition

{
  "version": "0.15.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@aloth/olcli",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "olcli-mcp"
    }
  ],
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "-y"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "--package"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OVERLEAF_SESSION",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Overleaf session cookie value (overleaf_session2 on overleaf.com)"
    },
    {
      "name": "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL",
      "default": "https://www.overleaf.com",
      "description": "Base URL of a self-hosted Overleaf instance"
    },
    {
      "name": "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME",
      "default": "overleaf_session2",
      "description": "Session cookie name, for self-hosted instances that use overleaf.sid"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "olcli-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aloth/olcli@0.15.2",
        "olcli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_SESSION>",
        "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_BASE_URL>",
        "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "olcli-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aloth/olcli@0.15.2",
        "olcli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_SESSION>",
        "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_BASE_URL>",
        "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "olcli-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aloth/olcli@0.15.2",
        "olcli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_SESSION>",
        "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_BASE_URL>",
        "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "olcli-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aloth/olcli@0.15.2",
        "olcli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERLEAF_SESSION": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_SESSION>",
        "OVERLEAF_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_BASE_URL>",
        "OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME": "<YOUR_OVERLEAF_COOKIE_NAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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