Zotero MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTERO_LOCAL | No | Use the local Zotero API. Set to 'true' for local read mode. Default is false. | |
| GEMINI_API_KEY | No | Your Gemini API key (required for Gemini embeddings). | |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | No | Your OpenAI API key (required for OpenAI embeddings). | |
| ZOTERO_API_KEY | No | Your Zotero API key. Required for web API access and write operations. | |
| ZOTERO_DB_PATH | No | Custom path to zotero.sqlite database file. | |
| GEMINI_BASE_URL | No | Custom Gemini endpoint URL (optional, for compatible APIs). | |
| OLLAMA_BASE_URL | No | Ollama server URL (default: http://localhost:11434). | |
| OPENAI_BASE_URL | No | Custom OpenAI endpoint URL (optional, for compatible APIs). | |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID | No | Your Zotero library ID (numeric user ID or group ID). Required for web API access. | |
| ZOTERO_WEBDAV_URL | No | Optional WebDAV folder URL for direct attachment downloads in remote mode. | |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE | No | The type of library: 'user' (default) or 'group'. | |
| GEMINI_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | Gemini embedding model name: 'gemini-embedding-001'. | |
| OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | Ollama embedding model name (e.g., 'nomic-embed-text', 'bge-m3', 'qwen3-embedding' by default). | |
| OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | OpenAI embedding model name: 'text-embedding-3-small' or 'text-embedding-3-large'. | |
| ZOTERO_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | Embedding model for semantic search: 'default', 'openai', 'gemini', or 'ollama'. | |
| ZOTERO_WEBDAV_PASSWORD | No | Optional WebDAV password. | |
| ZOTERO_WEBDAV_USERNAME | No | Optional WebDAV username. |
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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