mcp-zotero
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTERO_LOCAL | No | Use Zotero Local API (requires Zotero app running). Default: 'true'. | true |
| RAG_INDEX_DIR | No | Where to store index data. Default: '~/.zotero-rag'. | ~/.zotero-rag |
| RAG_CHUNK_SIZE | No | Target chunk size in tokens. Default: '512'. | 512 |
| RAG_ENABLE_OCR | No | Enable docling OCR fallback for scanned PDFs. Default: 'false'. | false |
| ZOTERO_API_KEY | No | Web API key from zotero.org/settings/keys (required for writes). | |
| ZOTERO_LOCAL_KEY | No | Local API key (required for reading via local API). | |
| RAG_CHUNK_OVERLAP | No | Overlap between chunks. Default: '50'. | 50 |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID | Yes | Your Zotero library ID. | |
| RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | Sentence transformer model. Default: 'all-MiniLM-L6-v2'. | all-MiniLM-L6-v2 |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE | No | Library type: 'user' or 'group'. Default: 'user'. | user |
| ZOTERO_ATTACHMENTS_DIR | No | Path to Zotero storage directory (required for RAG tools). |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| pingA | Basic liveness check. |
| health_checkA | Validate configuration without making API calls. |
| search_itemsC | Search items by free-text query. |
| get_itemC | Retrieve a single item and (optionally) its children. |
| top_itemsC | Retrieve top-level items. |
| trash_itemsC | Retrieve items in the trash. |
| deleted_itemsC | Retrieve deleted items (requires since). |
| list_searchesC | Retrieve saved searches. |
| list_groupsC | Retrieve user groups. |
| list_collectionsC | Retrieve collections. |
| list_collections_topC | Retrieve top-level collections. |
| list_collections_subB | Retrieve subcollections for a collection. |
| get_collectionC | Retrieve a collection. |
| collection_itemsC | Retrieve items in a collection. |
| collection_items_topB | Retrieve top-level items in a collection. |
| collection_tagsB | Retrieve tags for a collection. |
| list_tagsC | Retrieve tags. |
| item_tagsB | Retrieve tags for a specific item. |
| item_typesB | Retrieve item types. |
| item_fieldsB | Retrieve item fields. |
| item_type_fieldsC | Retrieve fields for an item type. |
| creator_fieldsC | Retrieve creator fields. |
| item_creator_typesC | Retrieve creator types for an item type. |
| item_attachment_link_modesB | Retrieve attachment link mode types. |
| download_attachmentsC | Download all file attachments for an item to a local directory. |
| add_itemB | Add an item to Zotero. Optionally attach files (best-effort). |
| update_itemC | Modify fields on an existing item. |
| create_collectionsD | Create collections. |
| update_collectionC | Update a collection's name or parent. |
| delete_collectionC | Delete a collection. |
| add_item_to_collectionC | Add an item to a collection. |
| remove_item_from_collectionC | Remove an item from a collection. |
| delete_itemB | Delete an item. |
| create_saved_searchC | Create a saved search. |
| delete_saved_searchC | Delete saved searches by key. |
| delete_tagsD | Delete tags. |
| attach_fileC | Attach a local file to an existing item (best-effort). |
| attach_linked_fileC | Attach a linked (non-uploaded) local file to an existing item. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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