Overleaf Labs

This is where we share our latest experiments and "work in progress" features.

Welcome to Overleaf Labs! We invite you to try out new tools, explore different ways of working, and help shape the future of Overleaf by joining our experiments and sharing your feedback. To see join and see our latest experiments, head over to our sign-up page.

Features in Overleaf Labs are experimental. They may change, evolve, or be removed based on user feedback.

AI assistant

AI assistant

The AI assistant is a new conversational interface that lives right next to your editor. It allows you to chat with your document, ask questions, and use specialized tools to speed up your writing process.

This feature is currently available in Overleaf Labs. You must have the New Editor design enabled to use it. You can remove the AI assistant at any time by leaving the experiment.

Getting started

To access the AI assistant, ensure you have joined the experiment in your Overleaf Labs settings.

Chatting with your document

The chat interface allows you to ask questions about your project or issue commands to generate and modify content.

• Ask a question: Type your query into the chat box. For example, "Explain this equation" or "Suggest a better title."

• Use suggested prompts: If you aren't sure where to start, try one of the suggested prompts displayed in the panel.

Contextual help

The assistant is aware of your cursor position and selection.

• Select text: If you highlight text in your editor, the assistant will focus its response on that specific selection.

• Contextual prompts: The suggested prompts will update based on what you have selected (e.g., "Fix grammar" or "Explain this code").

The assistant can also automatically search for content elsewhere in your project where necessary.

Citation reviewer

The Citation reviewer is a specialized tool within the AI assistant. It analyzes your text to identify claims that are missing references and searches for relevant publications to support your work.

How to use the Citation reviewer

1. Open the tool: Start a new chat and select "Check file for missing citations" just above the chat window.

2. Review suggestions: The tool will scan your document and highlight passages that may need a citation.

3. Add references:

   • Click View suggestions on a highlighted passage to see relevant papers sourced from Dimensions.

   • If you find a relevant paper, you can add the citation directly to your document and your bibliography file automatically.

Give us feedback

We want to know what you think! Since this is a Labs feature, your input is vital for improvements: Please answer our survey, and fill it in again whenever you have feedback on specific answers from the assistant.

AI Safety & Data Privacy

This feature is currently experimental. Please use it responsibly and in accordance with your organization's policies.

How your data is used

• No Training: Your data will not be used to train AI models.

• Product Improvement: While this feature is in Labs, your interactions and prompts will be logged to help us understand and improve how our product is being used.

• Third-Party Processing: To answer your questions, necessary content from your project is sent to OpenAI. The assistant may also send queries to third-party search engines to find up-to-date information.

• Citation suggestions: Citation suggestions rely on data from Dimensions. Overleaf and Dimensions are both Digital Science solutions.

By using this feature, you approve the use and sharing of your data in this way.

Rolling TeX Live releases (advanced)

This experimental version is primarily for testing changes to TeX Live, packages, and previewing new accessibility features before they’re compiled into our annual TeX Live release.

Note that these images change month to month, and are untested by our team. Important projects should continue to be built on our yearly release to avoid issues that may occur when the monthly build changes.

Find out more on our TeX Live documentation page.

Once you have joined, you will need to select a the rolling TeX Live version.