create_pdf
Creates a PDF document from the provided LaTeX source code.
LABSCO SUMMARY
The narrowest useful surface there is: source in, named PDF out, and no second tool to learn.
This belongs at the end of a pipeline that already produces LaTeX — a generated report, a CV, a paper drafted by a model that knows the markup — rather than at the start of one that helps you write it. Because create_pdf is the entire server, adopting it costs a single call signature, and the questions worth asking are all about the source you feed it rather than about the tool.
What it is
A single-tool server that compiles LaTeX source into a named PDF document.
What you get
- One call, one direction: create_pdf takes latex_source and a file_name and produces the PDF from that source.
- No opinion about the document: everything typeset — class, packages, layout, bibliography — is decided inside latex_source, and the call itself only settles what the file is called.
Requirements
Nothing to supply — no account and no key. create_pdf needs the LaTeX source and the file name to write it under.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y latexpdf-mcp
USE CASES
01
Rendering LaTeX that a model just wrote
Pass the source and the name you want the document filed under, and take the compiled PDF back.
1 tool
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
1 tool when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the one tool definition that rides along on every turn
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"latexpdf-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"latexpdf-mcp"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y latexpdf-mcp
