MCP Zotero

Unofficial Zotero server: search your library, add papers by DOI, import PDFs, cite in Word

What does this entry provide?

MCP Zotero is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 78/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding MCP Zotero to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 78/100
Install method: npm
Repo: Xevos117/mcp-zotero
Repo updated: Oct 25, 2026

Install command

npx -y @xevos117/mcp-zotero@2.0.4

Install method: npm

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GitHub project Homepage

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 25, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.
Documentation (10) and description quality (10): parsed manifest or SKILL.md frontmatter, and a real description rather than a placeholder.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:59:13.454307Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-25T20:59:13.454307Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-25T20:59:13.454307Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.Xevos117/mcp-zotero",
    "title": "MCP Zotero",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "2.0.4",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "2.0.4",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "@xevos117/mcp-zotero",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Zotero Web API key (zotero.org/settings/keys) with library read/write and file access"
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_USER_ID",
            "format": "string",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Your numeric Zotero user ID (shown on zotero.org/settings/keys); the default library is this user's"
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE",
            "format": "string",
            "choices": [
              "user",
              "group"
            ],
            "default": "user",
            "description": "Default library type: 'user' (personal library) or 'group'"
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Numeric group ID; required when ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE is 'group', otherwise defaults to ZOTERO_USER_ID"
          },
          {
            "name": "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Email sent to the Unpaywall API to find open-access PDFs; if unset, OA PDF lookup is skipped"
          },
          {
            "name": "UNSAFE_OPERATIONS",
            "format": "string",
            "choices": [
              "none",
              "items",
              "all"
            ],
            "default": "none",
            "description": "Deletions allowed: 'none' (default, all blocked), 'items' (delete_items) or 'all' (also delete_collection)"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "id": "1152178663",
      "url": "https://github.com/Xevos117/mcp-zotero",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/Xevos117/mcp-zotero#readme",
    "description": "Unofficial Zotero server: search your library, add papers by DOI, import PDFs, cite in Word"
  }
}

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