Zotero MCP

Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.

What does this entry provide?

Zotero MCP is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 76/100. 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 Zotero MCP 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: 76/100
Install method: pypi
Repo: 54yyyu/zotero-mcp
Repo updated: Oct 16, 2026

Install command

uvx zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1

Install method: pypi

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GitHub project Homepage

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 16, 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": "2026-10-16T20:57:23.054303Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T20:57:23.054303Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-16T20:57:23.054303Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.54yyyu/zotero-mcp",
    "title": "Zotero MCP",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.15.1",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.15.1",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "zotero-mcp-server",
        "runtimeHint": "uvx",
        "registryType": "pypi",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
        "packageArguments": [
          {
            "type": "positional",
            "value": "serve",
            "valueHint": "serve"
          }
        ],
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_LOCAL",
            "format": "boolean",
            "default": "true",
            "description": "Read from the local Zotero desktop app instead of the web API. Requires Zotero 7+ with the local API enabled in Settings > Advanced."
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Zotero Web API key from https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys. Only needed when ZOTERO_LOCAL is false, or for write operations in hybrid mode."
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Zotero user or group library ID. Only needed when ZOTERO_LOCAL is false, or for write operations in hybrid mode."
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE",
            "format": "string",
            "choices": [
              "user",
              "group"
            ],
            "default": "user",
            "description": "Whether ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID refers to a personal or a group library."
          },
          {
            "name": "ZOTERO_MCP_TOOLSETS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Which optional tool groups to expose, as a comma-separated list. Every tool is sent to the model on each request, so optional capabilities are off by default. Use 'all' for the full surface, 'none' for core only, named groups (scite, duplicates, discovery, feeds, relations, libraries, search-admin, pdf-geometry) to add them, or a leading '-' to subtract."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "id": "953089294",
      "url": "https://github.com/54yyyu/zotero-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://stevenyuyy.com/zotero-mcp/",
    "description": "Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web."
  }
}

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