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@omneity/ctan.org

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Use ctan.org via MCP and API: ctan.org website

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ctan.org
Herd

What is Herd?

Herd is a powerful browser automation platform that lets you connect any AI like ChatGPT, Claude, or even Cursor to your favorite websites. This Trail is a pre-built automation  for ctan.org. An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposes standard tools to your Agent to read from and interact with ctan.org via your browser securely.

With Herd and this trail, your agent can run:
  • search-ctan.org: Search on CTAN for TeX-related material
  • feed-feed-ctan-announcements-mailing: CTAN announcements mailing list - recent
  • feed-feed-announcements-comprehensive-tex: Announcements of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
Learn more about Herd

Trail Details

Selected Version
v1.0.0 (1 version available)
Last Updated
4/13/2025
Downloads
0

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Supported Websites

ctan.org

Herd is not affiliated with ctan.org and is not endorsing its content. Herd makes websites accessible over MCP and API, but never hosts any content. Make sure to accept the respective terms of service before using this trail.

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Installation and Usage

Quick Run

herd trail server @omneity/ctan.org

SDK Implementation

Usage Example 
import { HerdClient } from '@monitoro/herd';

// Initialize Herd client (use your own API key)
const herd = new HerdClient({ token: 'YOUR_HERD_API_KEY' });

// Run the 'search-ctan.org' action
const result = await herd.runTrail('@omneity/ctan.org@1.0.0', {
	actionName: 'search-ctan.org',
	params: {
		query: "String"
	}
});

console.log('Trail result:', result);

Available Actions

All the following actions for @omneity/ctan.org are accessible via the built-in MCP server, CLI, REST API as well as programmatically via the SDK.

search-ctan.org

Search on CTAN for TeX-related material

Parameters

Name Type Description Required
page String The page number No
query String The search query Yes
pageSize String Number of results per page No

feed-feed-ctan-announcements-mailing

CTAN announcements mailing list - recent

This action takes no parameters.

feed-feed-announcements-comprehensive-tex

Announcements of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

This action takes no parameters.