texforge - Compile, format, and inspect LaTeX projects
Compiles LaTeX documents to PDF without TeX Live or MiKTeX, and supports formatting, linting, spell-checking, previews, templates, and PDF inspection.
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Updated: 2026-10-01Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Create LaTeX projects
- Migrate existing projects
- Compile LaTeX to PDF
- Watch and rebuild documents
- Format TEX and BIB files
- Lint and spell-check documents
- Manage personal dictionaries
- Render embedded diagrams
- Preview PDFs as PNGs
- Inspect compiled PDFs
- Generate section outlines
- Count document words
- Manage templates and configuration
- Clean build artifacts
- Diagnose the environment
Inputs
- Project name
- LaTeX source files
- BibTeX files
- project.toml configuration
- LaTeX templates
- Spell-check language
- Personal dictionary words
- CLI options
Outputs
- LaTeX project files
- Compiled PDF files
- Preview PNG files
- Formatted TEX and BIB files
- Lint and spell-check diagnostics
- PDF inspection results
- Section outlines
- Word counts
- Build artifacts
- Template and configuration changes
- Personal dictionary changes
Requirements
- Installed texforge CLI
- Filesystem access
- Internet access for automatic downloads
