zotero-mcp
by alisoroushmd
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| XDG_DATA_HOME | No | Standard XDG override for the default graph DB location | |
| ZOTERO_API_KEY | Yes | Zotero Web API key — get at zotero.org/settings/keys | |
| ZOTERO_USER_ID | Yes | Zotero user/group ID — same page as the API key | |
| ZOTERO_DATA_DIR | No | Override path to Zotero desktop data directory (default: ~/Zotero) | |
| OPENALEX_API_KEY | No | Required for analysis and knowledge graph tools — free at openalex.org/users/me | |
| ZOTERO_MCP_EMAIL | No | Your email address sent in User-Agent headers to CrossRef/OpenAlex polite pools and required for Unpaywall PDF lookup | |
| ZOTERO_MCP_GRAPH_DB | No | Override path for the knowledge-graph SQLite database | |
| PARENT_WATCHDOG_DISABLE | No | Set to 1 to disable the orphan-process watchdog | |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Improves rate limits for find_related_papers — free at semanticscholar.org |
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
| Name | Description |
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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