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.
Zotero MCP is a Python-based MCP server that bridges a Zotero reference library with Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible AI clients, letting users search, read, and edit their research collections through natural conversation. Core tools cover metadata retrieval in Markdown or BibTeX, full-text access, PDF annotation extraction with page numbers, and collection and tag management. Optional extras add vector-based semantic search via ChromaDB and sentence-transformers, PDF outline extraction via PyMuPDF, and Scite citation intelligence that surfaces support/contrast tallies and retraction alerts without requiring a Scite account. A notable write feature is the ability to add papers by DOI, with the server automatically attempting to retrieve open-access PDFs through a cascade of Unpaywall, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and PMC. The server supports local-only mode without an API key, a web API mode for cloud libraries, and a hybrid mode that reads locally while writing via the Zotero web API. Researchers, academics, and systematic reviewers who maintain large Zotero libraries are the primary audience.
- ✓Open-source license (MIT)
- ✓Actively maintained (<30d)
- ✓Healthy fork ratio
- ✓Clear description
- ✓Topics declared
- ✓Mature repo (>1y old)
claude mcp add zotero-mcp -- uvx zotero-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"zotero-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["zotero-mcp"]
}
}
}MCP Servers overview
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54yyyu/zotero-mcp is mcp servers for the Claude AI ecosystem. 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. It has 3.8k GitHub stars and was last updated 3d ago.
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You can install zotero-mcp by cloning the repository (https://github.com/54yyyu/zotero-mcp) or following the README instructions on GitHub. ClaudeWave also provides quick install blocks on this page.
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Our security agent has analyzed 54yyyu/zotero-mcp and assigned a Trust Score of 100/100 (tier: Verified). See the full breakdown of passed checks and flags on this page.
Who maintains 54yyyu/zotero-mcp?
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54yyyu/zotero-mcp is maintained by 54yyyu. The last recorded GitHub activity is from 3d ago, with 105 open issues.
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Yes. On ClaudeWave you can browse similar mcp servers at /categories/mcp, sorted by popularity or recent activity.
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