Overleaf Workshop extension does not work with Cursor agents

Hey, thanks for the report. Unfortunately, the issue is still happening and hasn’t been fixed.

Root cause: Cursor doesn’t support the FileSystemProvider API (virtual file systems). Overleaf Workshop uses this API to connect to Overleaf directly.

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The team has known about this since July 2025. It affects all FileSystemProvider extensions, not just Overleaf.

Workarounds:

  • Inline Edit Cmd+K, it may work in some cases
  • Use the LaTeX Workshop extension and work locally

I’ll pass this to the team to increase visibility.

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