overleaf-collaboration-guide

npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill overleaf-collaboration-guide --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

# Overleaf Collaboration Guide Set up and manage collaborative LaTeX projects on Overleaf with best practices for multi-author workflows, version control, and project organization. ## Getting Started with Overleaf ### Creating a Project Overleaf (overleaf.com) is a browser-based LaTeX editor that provides real-time collaboration, automatic compilation, and integrated version history. Project creation options: | Method | When to Use | |--------|-------------| | Blank project | Starting from scratch | | Upload project | Migrating existing local LaTeX project | | Import from GitHub | Existing repo-based project | | Use a template | Conference/journal submissions (IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier templates available) | | Copy from existing | Forking a previous project | ### Recommended Project Structure ``` project-root/ ├── main.tex # Main document (entry point) ├── preamble.tex # Packages, macros, custom commands ├── sections/ │ ├── 01-introduction.tex │ ├── 02-related-work.tex │ ├── 03-methods.tex │ ├── 04-results.tex │ ├── 05-discussion.tex │ └── 06-conclusion.tex ├── figures/ │ ├── fig1-overview.pdf │ ├── fig2-results.pdf │ └── fig3-comparison.pdf ├── tables/ │ └── results-table.tex

Clone your Overleaf project via git
git clone https://git.overleaf.com/YOUR_PROJECT_ID my-paper
cd my-paper
Edit locally, then push back to Overleaf
git add -A
git commit -m "Updated results table"
git push origin master
Pull changes made on Overleaf
git pull origin master
Use latexpand to flatten \input commands