Creating Projects

Turn generated LaTeX into a brand-new Overleaf project with one-click "Open in Overleaf" — no account, no auth.

Tier 2 uses Overleaf's public "Open in Overleaf" endpoint to create a brand-new project from LaTeX your assistant generated. It needs no token and no account — but it is one-way: it creates a project, it does not sync back. For round-trip editing, use the git bridge.

overleaf_create_project

Seed a new project three ways (mutually exclusive):

Argument	Purpose
`content`	A single raw-LaTeX main document.
`files`	An array of `{ name, content }` or `{ name, uri }` — multiple files, each inline or fetched from a public URL.
`zip_uri`	A public URL to a project `.zip`.
`engine`	Compile engine for the new project.
`main_document`	Filename of the main document (e.g. `main.tex`) when using `files` / `zip_uri`.

It returns the "Open in Overleaf" URL — your assistant hands you a link that opens the populated project in your browser.

Examples

From a single document

You: Draft a two-column IEEE article skeleton and open it in Overleaf.

Claude:
  → overleaf_create_project(
      content: "\\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}\n…",
      engine: "pdflatex")
  Open it here → https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=…

From multiple files

Claude:
  → overleaf_create_project(
      files: [
        { name: "main.tex", content: "…" },
        { name: "refs.bib", content: "@article{…}" }
      ],
      main_document: "main.tex")

From a zip

Claude:
  → overleaf_create_project(zip_uri: "https://example.com/template.zip")

When to use which tier

"Open in Overleaf" is the fastest way to go from AI-generated LaTeX to a live editable Overleaf project with zero setup — ideal for templates, starters, and sharing a draft.