Zotero MCP Server
Integrates with Zotero's local API to search your reference library, retrieve bibliographic details, and extract full text from PDF attachments.
README
Zotero MCP Server
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that integrates with Zotero's local API to search, retrieve, and extract full text from PDFs in your Zotero library.
Prerequisites
- Zotero application with local API enabled
- uv (recommended) or Python 3.12+ with pip
Enable Zotero Local API
In Zotero's settings (Preferences → Advanced → General), enable:
☑️ Allow other applications on this computer to communicate with Zotero
Configuration
Add the following to your MCP client configuration file (e.g., mcp_config.json for Antigravity, mcp.json for Claude Desktop or Cursor):
{
"mcpServers": {
"zotero": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["git+https://github.com/yuogawaiic/zotero-mcp.git"]
}
}
}
Available Tools
| Tool | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|
zotero_search_items |
q (optional) |
Search items in your Zotero library by author name or title. Returns up to 30 matching items (excluding attachments). |
zotero_get_item |
itemKey (required) |
Retrieve detailed information about a specific item including title, authors, publication info, abstract, tags, etc. |
zotero_read_pdf |
itemKey (required) |
Extract full text from a PDF attachment associated with a Zotero item. |
read_pdf |
local_path (required) |
Extract full text from a PDF file at a local file path. Can be used with filesystem MCP servers. |
Recommended Servers
playwright-mcp
A Model Context Protocol server that enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots without requiring vision models or screenshots.
Audiense Insights MCP Server
Enables interaction with Audiense Insights accounts via the Model Context Protocol, facilitating the extraction and analysis of marketing insights and audience data including demographics, behavior, and influencer engagement.
Magic Component Platform (MCP)
An AI-powered tool that generates modern UI components from natural language descriptions, integrating with popular IDEs to streamline UI development workflow.
VeyraX MCP
Single MCP tool to connect all your favorite tools: Gmail, Calendar and 40 more.
Kagi MCP Server
An MCP server that integrates Kagi search capabilities with Claude AI, enabling Claude to perform real-time web searches when answering questions that require up-to-date information.
graphlit-mcp-server
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server enables integration between MCP clients and the Graphlit service. Ingest anything from Slack to Gmail to podcast feeds, in addition to web crawling, into a Graphlit project - and then retrieve relevant contents from the MCP client.
Qdrant Server
This repository is an example of how to create a MCP server for Qdrant, a vector search engine.
Neon Database
MCP server for interacting with Neon Management API and databases
Exa Search
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets AI assistants like Claude use the Exa AI Search API for web searches. This setup allows AI models to get real-time web information in a safe and controlled way.
E2B
Using MCP to run code via e2b.