Zotero MCP

Name: Zotero MCP
Author: 54yyyu

zotero-mcp-server · by 54yyyu

Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.

5.5k 17 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 4d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

17 tools · ~851 tok

Grade B · 0.4% of 200K ctx

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Zotero MCP is an MCP server that search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 87/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero": {
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true"
      },
      "args": [],
      "name": "zotero",
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "zotero-mcp",
      "isActive": true
    }
  }
}

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What Zotero Mcp does

Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Zotero Mcp safe to use?: Zotero Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Zotero Mcp?: Zotero Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Zotero Mcp do?: Zotero Mcp provides 17 tools: search_library, semantic_search, get_item_metadata, get_full_text, extract_annotations and 12 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Zotero Mcp?: Zotero Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Zotero Mcp actively maintained?: Zotero Mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 4 days ago. It has 5,504 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "zotero": { "env": { "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true" }, "args": [], "name": "zotero", "type": "stdio", "command": "zotero-mcp", "isActive": true } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Zotero Mcp safe to use?

Zotero Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Zotero Mcp?

Zotero Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Zotero Mcp do?

Zotero Mcp provides 17 tools: search_library, semantic_search, get_item_metadata, get_full_text, extract_annotations and 12 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Zotero Mcp?

Zotero Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Zotero Mcp actively maintained?

Zotero Mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 4 days ago. It has 5,504 GitHub stars.