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Zotero MCP

Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.

Connector by kujenga · GitHub account verified by the MCP Registry

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Works with Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

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Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.

Use cases: deep-research, document-processing

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Permissions

What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list and install config. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Tools
3 read · 0 write · 0 deleteRead-only
Secrets
1 (API keys, tokens or passwords)
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Python package

Tools by what they do 3

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  • zotero_item_fulltext
  • zotero_item_metadata
  • zotero_search_items

Secrets and settings it asks for

Secrets: values you paste in that let it act as you.

  • ZOTERO_API_KEY

Other settings (environment variables or headers).

  • ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID
  • ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE
  • ZOTERO_LOCAL

Tools (3)

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  • zotero_item_fulltext

    Get the full text content of a Zotero item, given the item key of a parent item or specific attachment.

  • zotero_item_metadata

    Get the complete metadata for a specific Zotero item, given the item key. Includes the citation key, publication details, identifiers, and timestamps.

  • zotero_search_items

    Search for items in your Zotero library. Returns a summary of each match; look up individual results with zotero_item_metadata or zotero_item_fulltext. Choosing a query mode: - 'titleCreatorYear' (the default) searches titles, creator names, and years. Use it for known-item lookup, where you know roughly what the item is called or who wrote it. - 'everything' additionally searches abstracts, the Extra field, note text, and the full text of attachments. Use it for topic and full-text search, where the term would not appear in a title. Words match by prefix, and space-separated words must all …

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Weekly downloads
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Last commit
Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)
Last release
Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)
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Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)

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Registry name
io.github.kujenga/zotero-mcp
Version
0.3.1
Auth
API key
Packages
pypi zotero-mcp
License
MIT
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
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Zotero MCP. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/kujenga-zotero-mcp (last updated 2026-10-24)