Magic Te X MCP Server

English · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-23 · ★ 3 · #111 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Magic Te X

Claude Code

claude mcp add zoelinuts-magictex-mcp -- npx -y magictex-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zoelinuts-magictex-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "magictex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repo age created 2026-07-25 - young repo, little track record yet

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

npm package magictex-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.ZoeLinUTS is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Magic Te X can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.1.10 · 2026-07-27

Everything here was found by using 0.1.9 rather than by reviewing it - · installing the published package, and compiling a real 15-page IEEE paper on · Windows. Not one of these came out of the full-codebase review…

v0.1.9 · 2026-07-26

The whole codebase went through a review before this release, and it came back · with more than I expected. 0.1.9 is that batch: fourteen fixes and a docs audit, · plus three dependency bumps. No new features. · Three…

v0.1.8 · 2026-07-26

Highlights stay on their words when you zoom · Zoom a two-column paper out and a multi-line highlight stopped covering the text · it was anchored to. At 102% it covered the whole page - both columns, and every…

04 · Who maintains Magic Te X

MagicTeX is maintained by zoelinuts. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/zoelinuts/magictex-mcp
website: https://github.com/ZoeLinUTS/MagicTeX-mcp
category: other - ranked #111 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-27)
registry: io.github.ZoeLinUTS/magictex (active, first published 2026-07-25 · 9 versions)
packages: npm:magictex-mcp

06 · Magic Te X FAQ

What is Magic Te X?

English · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is Magic Te X still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-23 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Magic Te X?

Run `npx -y magictex-mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Magic Te X run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Magic Te X

Alternatives to Magic Te X

Maintained other servers if Magic Te X isn't the fit.

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