MCP Zotero
Unofficial Zotero server: search your library, add papers by DOI, import PDFs, cite in Word
MCP server · by Xevos117
About
MCP Zotero is an MCP server published by Xevos117. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). We first saw it on 2026-10-21 and have recorded no change since. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22.
What it asks for
- Runs on your machine
- Secrets: 1
- Settings: 6
Requires: ZOTERO_API_KEY (secret), ZOTERO_USER_ID
What it declares, asks for and runs, in full
Only install plugins from developers you trust. We list what marketplaces publish and do not test plugins.
Works with
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
- VS Code
- Copilot CLI
From the marketplaces that list it and the MCP transport it declares, as each client documents them. We do not test plugins.
Connect
Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.
As a local MCP server: npm package
Built from what Official MCP Registry declares.
claude mcp add --env "ZOTERO_API_KEY=<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>" --env "ZOTERO_USER_ID=<YOUR_ZOTERO_USER_ID>" --transport stdio mcp-zotero -- npx -y @xevos117/mcp-zotero[mcp_servers.mcp-zotero]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@xevos117/mcp-zotero"]
[mcp_servers.mcp-zotero.env]
ZOTERO_API_KEY = "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
ZOTERO_USER_ID = "<YOUR_ZOTERO_USER_ID>"{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-zotero": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@xevos117/mcp-zotero"
],
"env": {
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>",
"ZOTERO_USER_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_USER_ID>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. We show the names of the settings, never values.
Optional settings it also lists: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL, UNSAFE_OPERATIONS, ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID, ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE.
Where it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry (Open the registry record) | Listed | 2.0.3 | Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 38 |
Not marked |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
What changed
- Became a product we track
- Official MCP Registry: appeared
Similar plugins
Products whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to this one, on every marketplace we read. Closeness is ranked within this list only.
-
Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.
-
zotero-mcp-local io.github.piiinpiiins/zotero-mcp-local
Search, read PDFs, and find related papers in your local Zotero library. Read-only, 100% local.
-
Connect your Zotero reference library to AI assistants via Model Context Protocol.
-
Literature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents.
-
zotero-library-mcp io.github.RaulSimpetru/zotero-library-mcp
Add papers and books to Zotero by DOI, arXiv ID, or ISBN and manage your library
-
Work with Zotero from Codex: search your library, export BibTeX, insert citations, and import references through the Zotero desktop app.
-
Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
-
dsh-lit-search io.github.Flan246/dsh-lit-search
Literature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.
-
Semantic and exact-word search over an indexed Zotero PDF library. Retrieves passages, tables and figures with citation keys, and traces citation graphs via OpenAlex.
-
Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.
Similar plugins by marketplace
The same question asked of one marketplace at a time: is there an analog of this plugin there?
Has a listing on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community (5)
-
Claude Code skill that verifies BibTeX entry content against Google Scholar and CrossRef.
-
Transform academic PDFs into structured literature notes and critical-thinking canvases for Obsidian. Extracts text from PDFs, then Claude generates a structured note with…
-
A powerful AI skill for learning research paper
-
A Claude Code plugin that converts hyperlinked citations, parenthetical references, and inline author-date mentions in Word documents into properly formatted Bluebook footnotes or…
-
Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management
Has a listing on Claude Code: claude-plugins-official (5)
-
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
-
Tools to maintain and improve CLAUDE.md files - audit quality, capture session learnings, and keep project memory current.
-
Web scraping and crawling powered by Firecrawl. Turn any website into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data. Scrape single pages, crawl entire sites, search the web, and…
-
Upstash Context7 MCP server for up-to-date documentation lookup. Connects to Context7's hosted remote MCP server (https://mcp.context7.com/mcp) — no local Node.js or npx required…
-
Connect to Atlassian products including Jira and Confluence. Search and create issues, access documentation, manage sprints, and integrate your development workflow with…
Has a listing on Claude: knowledge-work-plugins (5)
-
Connect to preclinical research tools and databases (literature search, genomics analysis, target prioritization) to accelerate early-stage life sciences R&D
-
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
-
Sanity content platform integration with MCP server, agent skills, and slash commands. Query and author content, build and optimize GROQ queries, design schemas, and set up Visual…
-
Build beautiful documentation sites with Mintlify. Convert non-markdown files into properly formatted MDX pages, add and modify content with correct component use, and automate…
-
Search across all of your company's tools in one place. Find anything across email, chat, documents, and wikis without switching between apps.
Has a listing on Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) (5)
-
Work with Zotero from Codex: search your library, export BibTeX, insert citations, and import references through the Zotero desktop app.
-
General life-sciences research workflows with query routing, evidence synthesis, and optional parallel subagent analysis across genetics, omics, biology, chemistry, structure…
-
Use MagicPath to find, inspect, install, create, and edit UI components from Codex.
-
Notion workflows for implementation planning, research synthesis, meeting preparation, and knowledge capture.
-
Work with SharePoint using the configured Microsoft SharePoint app connector.
Has a listing on Community GitHub marketplaces (4)
-
Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
-
Semantic and exact-word search over an indexed Zotero PDF library. Retrieves passages, tables and figures with citation keys, and traces citation graphs via OpenAlex.
-
Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.
-
Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
Has a listing on Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot (5)
-
Compose and refine launch-ready release notes with contributor callouts and export-friendly output.
-
Generate professional project documentation with draw.io architecture diagrams and Word (.docx) output with embedded images. Automatically discovers any project's technology stack…
-
Inspect a repository, improve Tiny Tool Town readiness, submit its listing issue, and launch remediation work.
-
Create, edit, run, save, and checkpoint Jupyter notebooks in an interactive Copilot canvas.
-
Three-layer verification pipeline for AI output. Extracts claims, finds sources, and flags hallucination risks so humans can verify before acting.
Has a listing on Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins (5)
-
Toolkit for building Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agents — scaffolding, JSON manifest development, and capability configuration.
-
mcp-apps
Generate MCP App widgets for MCP tools. Produces self-contained HTML widgets using the MCP Apps protocol.
-
Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.
-
Build and manage Microsoft Dataverse solutions using natural language. Includes table/column creation, solution lifecycle, data operations, and MCP server configuration.
-
workiq
Query Microsoft 365 data with natural language — emails, meetings, documents, Teams messages, and more.
Has a listing on Cursor: cursor/plugins (5)
Has a listing on Docker MCP Catalog (5)
-
MCP, CLI, Skills for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, etc.
-
The ArXiv MCP Server provides a comprehensive bridge between AI assistants and arXiv's research repository through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Features: • Search arXiv…
-
The Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kagi Search & other tools.
-
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
-
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
Has a listing on Official MCP Registry (5)
-
Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.
-
zotero-mcp-local io.github.piiinpiiins/zotero-mcp-local
Search, read PDFs, and find related papers in your local Zotero library. Read-only, 100% local.
-
Connect your Zotero reference library to AI assistants via Model Context Protocol.
-
Literature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents.
-
zotero-library-mcp io.github.RaulSimpetru/zotero-library-mcp
Add papers and books to Zotero by DOI, arXiv ID, or ISBN and manage your library
Has a listing on npm registry (MCP servers) (5)
-
Overleaf MCP server for Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, and Cursor with safe LaTeX editing and review.
-
google-surf-mcp io.github.HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp
Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.
-
Compile documents into a cited knowledge wiki. Retrieve evidence, query, and review via local MCP.
-
Local-first memory for AI coding agents — Markdown + SQLite FTS5, shared across editors via MCP.
-
obsidian-mcp-server io.github.cyanheads/obsidian-mcp-server
Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP.
Found by meaning, not by shared code or a shared repository: similar plugins stay separate products, and this is not a review or a recommendation.
Want this mark on your plugin in our catalog?
Prove you maintain it with a file in its repository, a file on your domain or a DNS record, and you can show this mark on the card, with live banners for your site and README. How verification works
You also get alerts when a marketplace lists it, drops it, changes its verified mark or what it asks for, and its remote endpoint goes on monitoring as a web service.
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.