zotero-mcp
by v-i-n-a-y
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTERO_API_KEY | No | Web API key from https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys | |
| ZOTERO_MCP_MODE | No | Operational mode: local, web, hybrid, or auto (default auto). | auto |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID | No | Your numeric Zotero user ID (shown on the same page). | |
| ZOTERO_MCP_CONFIG | No | Path to a JSON configuration file that can be used instead of individual environment variables. | |
| ZOTERO_MCP_RERANK | No | Set to 'false' to skip cross-encoder reranking (default false). | false |
| ZOTERO_MCP_DB_PATH | No | Filesystem path where the semantic index is stored (default ~/.config/zotero-mcp/chroma). | ~/.config/zotero-mcp/chroma |
| ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE | No | Type of library: user (default) or group. | user |
| ZOTERO_MCP_INDEX_SCHEDULE | No | How often the semantic index refreshes: daily (default), weekly, startup, or manual. | daily |
| ZOTERO_MCP_EMBEDDING_MODEL | No | Sentence-transformers model used for embeddings (default BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5). | BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5 |
Instructions
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Tools
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Prompts
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Resources
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