Schema | Zotero MCP

Zotero MCP

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
No arguments

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }
`logging`	{}
`prompts`	{ "listChanged": false }
`resources`	{ "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false }
`extensions`	{ "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {} }
`experimental`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_libraryA	List collections and papers in the Zotero library. Optionally filter by collection name, paper title, or author. Each paper line includes its item key in [KEY] brackets — use that key in paper_details or paper_text.
paper_detailsA	Get full metadata for a paper by its item key. Obtain the item_key from list_library output (shown as [KEY] before each paper) or from search_papers results.
paper_textA	Extract full text from a paper's PDF using pdftotext. Obtain the item_key from list_library output (shown as [KEY] before each paper) or from search_papers results.
search_papersA	Search papers by title or author and return structured results with item keys. Each result includes key, title, type, year, first_author, authors, and url. Use the key in paper_details or paper_text to get full metadata or PDF text.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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