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Texflow Mcp

Name: Texflow Mcp
Author: aaronsb

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SOURCE https://github.com/aaronsb/texflow-mcp

Description

LaTeX document compiler with MCP interface — AI agents author documents via structured model, TeXFlow handles LaTeX mechanics

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

README

TeXFlow MCP

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A LaTeX document compiler with an [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) interface. AI agents operate on a structured document model — sections, paragraphs, figures, tables — while TeXFlow handles all LaTeX mechanics: packages, preamble, fonts, and compilation.

Install

pip install texflow-mcp

Or run without installing:

uvx texflow-mcp

System dependencies (optional)

TeXFlow compiles documents to PDF using XeLaTeX. Without it, you can still build and export `.tex` files.

# Arch
pacman -S texlive-xetex texlive-fontsrecommended texlive-fontsextra

# Debian/Ubuntu
apt install texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra

# Fedora
dnf install texlive-xetex texlive-collection-fontsrecommended texlive-collection-fontsextra

For page preview (PNG), install `poppler-utils` (provides `pdftoppm`).

Configure with Claude Code

claude mcp add texflow -- uvx texflow-mcp

That's it. Restart Claude Code and the tools are available.

To set a workspace directory (where documents are saved):

claude mcp add texflow -- uvx texflow-mcp ~/Documents/TeXFlow

Configure with Claude Desktop

Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "texflow": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["texflow-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

How it works

TeXFlow has two entry flows, both converging on the same in-memory document model:

Scaffold — document(action="create") builds an empty document skeleton. Add content with edit(action="insert").
Markdown ingest — document(action="ingest", source="paper.md") parses markdown into the model. Refine layout from there.

The model auto-saves to disk as JSON. LaTeX is only ever an output artifact — you never edit `.tex` directly.