Zotero MCP Connector

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
ZOTERO_USER_IDNoYour Zotero user ID, defaults to 0 for local installations0

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
get_collections

List all collections in the local Zotero library.

get_collection_items

Gets all items in a specific Zotero collection.

get_item_details

Get detailed information about a specific item in the library

get_tags

Get tags used in the Zotero library

get_recent

Get recently added items (e.g. papers or attachements) to your library

search_library

Search the local Zotero library of the user.