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

Use cases: deep-research, document-processing

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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)
Install scripts: Not scanned yet
Runs as: 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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Stars: 162
Forks: 26
Open issues: 3
Contributors: 3
Weekly downloads: 1,154
Last commit: Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)
Last release: Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)
Last package publish: Aug 7, 2026 (2 months ago)

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Details

Registry name: io.github.kujenga/zotero-mcp
Version: 0.3.1
Auth: API key
Packages: pypi zotero-mcp
License: MIT
Repository: github.com/kujenga/zotero-mcp
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: Official MCP Registry github-graphql

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Zotero MCP. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/kujenga-zotero-mcp (last updated 2026-10-24)