zotero_search_items

Search your Zotero library using query strings, modes (titleCreatorYear or everything), and optional tags. Retrieve item results for further metadata or full-text lookup.

Instructions

Search for items in your Zotero library, given a query string, query mode (titleCreatorYear or everything), and optional tag search (supports boolean searches). Returned results can be looked up with zotero_item_fulltext or zotero_item_metadata.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Default
`limit`	No
`qmode`	No	titleCreatorYear
`query`	Yes
`tag`	No

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": 10,
      "title": "Limit"
    },
    "qmode": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "enum": [
            "titleCreatorYear",
            "everything"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": "titleCreatorYear",
      "title": "Qmode"
    },
    "query": {
      "title": "Query",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "tag": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Tag"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "title": "search_itemsArguments",
  "type": "object"
}

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zotero_search_items

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Input Schema

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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