Write LaTeX in plain English at your cursor; it generates the code, adds the packages, and verifies it renders correctly against a real build. Insert figures that land where you put them. Explain and fix compile errors.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
The LaTeX assistant that verifies its own output against a real build.
Write in plain English at your cursor; it generates the code, adds the packages,
and checks that it renders correctly — including that figures land where you put
them. Complements LaTeX Workshop (compile + preview + IntelliSense); it does not
replace it.
The VeriTex studio panel
Open the VeriTex view in the activity bar for a tabbed studio:
Ask — describe what you want in plain English; preview, then insert.
Matrix — choose order + bracket type and fill an editable cell grid.
Figure — upload an image from your PC; it's copied into your project and a
figure is inserted (caption / width / placement), then verified.
Table — upload an Excel/CSV file; it's converted to a booktabs LaTeX table.
Equation — import a Word .docx; its equations are converted to LaTeX to edit
and insert.
Everything runs locally / in-memory — your files are never stored on a server.
What it does
Insert at cursor (placed & verified) — Ctrl+Alt+K (Cmd+Alt+K), or use the
VeriTex side panel. Describe a figure, matrix, table, equation,
or TikZ diagram in plain English. It generates the code, adds the packages it
needs, compiles locally, and — for figures and tables — inspects the PDF to confirm
it landed where you asked. If LaTeX can't place a float cleanly it tells you honestly
and offers to scale it, use \resizebox, or span it full width.
Mostly AI-free. Figures, matrices and tables are built deterministically;
equations, TikZ and figure/table variants come from a curated, compiling snippet
library (retrieval). The AI model is only a last-resort fallback. All generation
is free.
Explain & fix compile error — compiles to read the log, applies safe
deterministic fixes first, then proposes targeted edits for what's left, and writes
back only what you approve.
Check references / DOIs — validates your .bib and flags dead or hallucinated
DOIs.
Check journal compliance — validate against a target journal/conference
submission profile and apply the safe auto-fixes.
Every insertion is verified against a real local build — that's the point:
generated LaTeX that actually compiles, with floats that land where you put them.
Requirements
A local LaTeX toolchain: latexmk, tectonic, or pdflatex on your PATH.
A free VeriTex account (created in-editor).
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
veritex.docType
paper
Tunes float placement (paper / thesis / report).
veritex.compiler
auto
Force a specific local compiler.
veritex.maxVerifyLoops
2
Auto-adjust + recompile attempts when a float overflows or drifts.
veritex.apiBase
production URL
Backend base URL (for local dev).
Development
npm install
npm run build # bundle to dist/extension.js (esbuild)
npm run watch # rebuild on change
npm run compile-tsc # type-check only
Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.
