Zotero MCP

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-kujenga-zotero-mcp -e ZOTERO_LOCAL=... -e ZOTERO_API_KEY=... -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=... -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE=... -- uvx zotero-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-kujenga-zotero-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "...",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "...",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "...",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.

Questions

Zotero MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package zotero-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add io-github-kujenga-zotero-mcp -e ZOTERO_LOCAL=... -e ZOTERO_API_KEY=... -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=... -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE=... -- uvx zotero-mcp

Run: codex mcp add io-github-kujenga-zotero-mcp --env ZOTERO_LOCAL=... --env ZOTERO_API_KEY=... --env ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=... --env ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE=... -- uvx zotero-mcp

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