LaTeX Look
NPM · @FFFANGCHENGHAO/DSH-LATEX-LOOK
Compile a LaTeX page, see it rendered, map a PDF point back to source, and diff builds.
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Last scanned (2 hours ago)
Scores higher than 37% of npm servers
Category Documents and Files
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security99
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- Known CVEs were checked across the 25 of 26 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- Dependency health was assessed across the 25 of 26 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability53
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 578 tokens (~578/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management33
- Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Oct 26 65
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@fffangchenghao/dsh-latex-look@0.4.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 25 packages
| Packages resolved | 25 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Partial |
The dependency tree was only partially resolved, so these counts may be incomplete.
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
latex_look See what a LaTeX page actually looks like ~516
Compile a LaTeX document, render a page to a PNG you can see, and map a point or a text anchor back to the exact source line. Use this whenever someone describes a page visually — a table style, a rule to remove, spacing, a line running into the margin, a figure that is too large — and before saying a layout change is done. Note that `page` is the PDF page index, not the number printed on the page.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| audit | boolean | – | Audit every page for layout regressions against the previous audit of this document: pages that stop short, pages that start low, nearly empty pages — but only the ones this edit introduced. Run it a… |
| auditBlankMm | number | – | How deep a hole at the foot of a page must be (mm) before the audit calls it one. Defaults to 30. |
| compare | string | – | Path to an earlier PDF of the same document. The page is diffed against it and a before image is rendered. |
| dpi | number | – | Render resolution, 50-300. Defaults to 120. |
| engine | string | – | auto | xelatex | lualatex | pdflatex | latexmk | tectonic. Defaults to auto, which picks from what the document uses. |
| file | string | yes | Path to the main .tex file (absolute, or relative to the current directory). |
| fresh | boolean | – | Ignore the build cache and compile from scratch. Use only if you suspect the cache is stale. |
| page | number | – | PDF page to render, 1-based. Omit when using `text`, which finds the page itself. |
| pointX | number | – | X of a point on the page, together with pointY. Feed back the bbox of a previous diff to inspect what changed. |
| pointY | number | – | Y of the same point, in PDF points from the top-left corner of the page. |
| sequence | string | – | Check reading order for numbered labels with this prefix (e.g. '图' or 'Figure'). An inversion is what a figure that became a float while its neighbours stayed inline causes: the reader turns the page… |
| text | string | – | A short string visible on the page (a caption, a heading, a unique phrase). Resolves to its source file:line and page. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the LaTeX Look MCP server?
LaTeX Look runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @fffangchenghao/dsh-latex-look. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @fffangchenghao/dsh-latex-look
claude mcp add fangchenghao-latex-look -- npx -y @fffangchenghao/dsh-latex-look
What is the LaTeX Look MCP server?
LaTeX Look is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.fangchenghao/latex-look. Compile a LaTeX page, see it rendered, map a PDF point back to source, and diff builds. This page covers its npm package (@fffangchenghao/dsh-latex-look).
Is the LaTeX Look MCP server safe to use?
LaTeX Look scores 69 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the LaTeX Look MCP server expose?
LaTeX Look exposes 1 tool: latex_look. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 516 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the LaTeX Look MCP server still maintained?
LaTeX Look is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the LaTeX Look MCP server under?
LaTeX Look declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.