MCP Zotero
A Model Context Protocol server for Zotero integration that allows Claude to interact with your Zotero library.
Setup
Get your Zotero credentials:
# First, create an API key at https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys # Then use it to get your user ID: curl -H "Zotero-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" https://api.zotero.org/keys/currentThe response will look like:
{ "userID": 123456, "username": "your_username", "access": { "user": { "library": true, "files": true, "notes": true, "write": true } } }The
userIDvalue is what you need.Set environment variables:
export ZOTERO_API_KEY="your-api-key" export ZOTERO_USER_ID="user-id-from-curl"Verify your credentials:
# Test that your credentials work: curl -H "Zotero-API-Key: $ZOTERO_API_KEY" \ "https://api.zotero.org/users/$ZOTERO_USER_ID/collections"You should see your collections list in the response.
Install and run:
# Install globally (recommended) npm install -g mcp-zotero mcp-zotero # Or run directly with npx npx mcp-zotero
