Best Zotero MCP Servers
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Why this server?
Connects AI agents to a local Zotero library to search items, browse collections, retrieve metadata, and manage academic papers.
AlicenseAqualityBmaintenanceA lightweight MCP server that connects AI agents to a local Zotero library for paper management and metadata retrieval. It enables users to search titles and abstracts, browse collections, and automatically ingest papers via arXiv ID or DOI with PDF attachments.Last updated813MITWhy this server?
Provides direct read access to your local Zotero library, allowing Claude to search collections, view item details, and access paper abstracts
AlicenseBqualityFmaintenanceIntegrates local Zotero libraries with Claude's Desktop interface, allowing users to access and manage their library collections via a local API.Last updated455MITWhy this server?
Provides access to your Zotero library, allowing you to search for items, retrieve detailed metadata, and access the full text contents of PDFs and other documents stored in your Zotero collection.
AlicenseAqualityDmaintenanceThis server allows users to interact with their Zotero library through the Model Context Protocol, providing tools for searching items, retrieving metadata, and accessing full text using natural language queries.Last updated3149MITWhy this server?
Provides full read and write support for managing Zotero libraries, including tools for searching items, managing collections and tags, creating new entries, and performing maintenance tasks like merging duplicates.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceRead+write MCP server for Zotero with full write support — create items, manage collections, find and merge duplicates, import BibTeXLast updated15MITWhy this server?
Syncs research papers, metadata, and reports to Zotero libraries, enabling AI agents to automatically organize and manage academic references in both local and web-based Zotero instances.
AlicenseBqualityBmaintenanceYour AI's research copilot. Searches 6 academic databases, downloads real PDFs, reads them cover to cover, extracts evidence, renders figures, syncs to Zotero.Last updated132MITWhy this server?
Connects to your Zotero research library, allowing you to search for papers, articles and books, retrieve metadata, access full-text content, and browse collections, tags, and recent additions.
AlicenseBqualityBmaintenanceConnects your Zotero research library with Claude and other AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol, allowing you to search your library, access content, discuss papers, get summaries, and analyze citations.Last updated432,817MITWhy this server?
Allows Claude to interact with your Zotero library, including listing collections, retrieving items in collections, getting detailed information about papers, searching the library, and retrieving recently added papers.
AlicenseBqualityFmaintenanceAllows AI to interact with your Zotero library.Last updated5126158ISCWhy this server?
Allows exporting citations in Zotero RDF format.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceResolves scholarly identifiers — DOI, PubMed ID, PMCID, ISBN, ISSN, arXiv, ADS bibcode — into clean, formatted citations in any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Returns plain text, HTML, Markdown, RIS, BibTeX, CSL-JSON, or EndNote XML for direct paste or reference manager import.Last updated3583MITWhy this server?
Integrates with Zotero's local API to search library items by author or title, retrieve detailed item metadata including abstracts and tags, and extract full text from PDF attachments.
AlicenseBqualityCmaintenanceIntegrates with Zotero's local API to search your reference library, retrieve bibliographic details, and extract full text from PDF attachments.Last updated4MIT