zotero-manager-mcp
Provides tools for managing Zotero libraries, including searching items, retrieving metadata and abstracts, reading notes and attachments, managing annotations, and organizing items into collections with create/update/delete operations.
This server does not currently have a deployable release on Glama. Follow the repository's setup instructions to install and configure it for your MCP client, including any required credentials and local dependencies.
zotero-manager-mcp
zotero-manager-mcp — Zotero 条目管理 MCP 插件,适配 Zotero 10。
提供 Zotero 条目的元数据管理、注释与分类能力。
功能
类别 | 工具 |
检索 |
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条目 |
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注释 |
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分类 |
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分类写 |
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条目写 |
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库 |
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Related MCP server: zotero-local-mcp-bridge
安装
下载最新的 xpi 文件(见 Releases 或 GitHub Pages)。
Zotero → 工具 → 插件 → ⚙️ → Install Plugin From File…
选择下载的
.xpi,重启 Zotero。
升级时先移除旧版本再安装。
安装完成后,插件 update_url 指向 GitHub Pages 上的 update.json,Zotero 会在版本号升高时自动检测并安装新版本。
连接 MCP 客户端
插件启动后在 127.0.0.1:23121 提供 Streamable HTTP 的 /mcp 端点(只监听本机)。
在 Zotero 插件设置的 「MCP 连接信息」 面板可查看端点并一键复制。
http://127.0.0.1:23121/mcp通用 JSON 形态(字段名因客户端而异,请按对应文档适配):
{
"type": "http",
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:23121/mcp"
}工具参考
检索
search_library — 高级检索,支持布尔运算与相关性排序。
常用参数:q、title、yearRange、fulltext(Zotero 原生全文)、fulltextMode(attachment/note/both)、fulltextOperator(contains/exact/regex)、itemType、tags、limit、offset。
search_libraries / get_libraries — 检索 / 列出库。
条目
get_item_details — 条目完整元数据(题录信息、创建者、标签、附件等)。
get_item_abstract — 条目摘要(abstractNote)。
get_content — 条目正文,聚合 Notes、Markdown/文本附件、摘要、网页快照。
注释
search_annotations / get_annotations — 检索 / 读取批注与高亮。
分类
get_collections / search_collections、get_collection_details、get_collection_items、get_subcollections。
分类写:create_collection / update_collection / delete_collection / add_items_to_collection / remove_items_from_collection。
写操作(默认关闭)
write_note、write_tag、write_metadata、write_item 默认禁用(安全考虑)。在插件设置里打开 「启用写入操作」。
内容模式与默认参数
默认 standard 模式,单次读取量受模式限制:
模式 | maxContentLength | maxAttachments | maxNotes | searchItemLimit |
| 1000 | 5 | 8 | 50 |
| 4000 | 15 | 25 | 100 |
| 8000 | 30 | 50 | 200 |
| 无限制 | 无限制 | 无限制 | 2000 |
工具调用时可传 mode 参数覆盖。
开发
npm install
npm run build # 构建到 .scaffold/build/zotero-manager-mcp.xpi
npm run start # 开发模式(热重载)技术栈:TypeScript + zotero-plugin-scaffold。
打 tag vX.Y.Z 触发 GitHub Actions,自动构建 xpi 并部署 update.json + xpi 到 GitHub Pages(自动更新通道)。
License
MIT。
This server cannot be deployed
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