Zotero Mcp

Name: Zotero Mcp
Author: 54yyyu

zotero-mcp-server · by 54yyyu

Zotero MCP: Connects your Zotero research library with Claude and other AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol to discuss papers, get summaries, analyze citations, and more.

3.2k 17 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 39d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

17 tools · ~851 tok

Grade B · 0.4% of 200K ctx

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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

Zotero MCP seamlessly connects your Zotero research library with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants (e.g., Cherry Studio, Chorus, Cursor) via the Model Context Protocol. Review papers, get summaries, analyze citations, extract PDF annotations, and more!

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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. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. 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 recently maintained — last commit was 39 days ago. It has 3,211 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. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. 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 recently maintained — last commit was 39 days ago. It has 3,211 GitHub stars.