.. SciTeX Writer documentation master file

SciTeX Writer - LaTeX Manuscript Compilation
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**SciTeX Writer** is a LaTeX manuscript compilation system designed for scientific documents. It provides four interfaces: Python API, CLI, GUI editor, and MCP server for AI agents.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Getting Started

   installation
   quickstart

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: API Reference

   api/scitex_writer

Key Features
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- **Five Interfaces**: Shell/Make, Python API, CLI, GUI editor, and MCP server (38 tools)
- **GUI Editor**: Browser-based LaTeX editor with PDF preview (``scitex-writer gui``)
- **Container-based Compilation**: Consistent LaTeX compilation across environments
- **Document Types**: Manuscript, Supplementary, and Revision documents
- **Bibliography Management**: BibTeX handling with list, add, remove, merge operations
- **Figure/Table Management**: Automatic format conversion and organization
- **AI Integration**: MCP server for AI agent workflows

Quick Example
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Python API:

.. code-block:: python

    import scitex_writer as sw

    # Clone a template project
    sw.project.clone("template", "/path/to/new/project")

    # Compile manuscript
    result = sw.compile.manuscript("/path/to/project")

    # List bibliography entries
    entries = sw.bib.list("/path/to/project")

CLI:

.. code-block:: bash

    # Clone template
    scitex-writer clone template /path/to/new/project

    # Compile manuscript
    scitex-writer compile manuscript /path/to/project

    # List bibliography entries
    scitex-writer bib list /path/to/project

MCP Server:

.. code-block:: bash

    # Start MCP server
    scitex-writer mcp start

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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`