Zoteus
remote (hosted) MCP serverZoteus is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http zoteus https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop
Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp.
Cursor & other clients
Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"zoteus": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp"
}
}
}What you need
- Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
- Environment variables:
ZOTERO_API_KEY,ZOTEUS_LOCAL,ZOTEUS_ALLOW_DELETE
Summary
Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
Zoteus vs similar servers
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoteus | 49 | Hosted | Yes | None |
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| ServiceNow MCP Server (NowAIKit) | 263 | Local | Yes | npm |
| mcp-sap-docs | 233 | Local | No | npm |
| Remote Desktop Commander | 93 | Hosted | No | None |
Questions
It reads 3 environment variables: ZOTERO_API_KEY, ZOTEUS_LOCAL, ZOTEUS_ALLOW_DELETE. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. Zoteus is hosted, so there is nothing to install.
Zoteus is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp.
Run: claude mcp add --transport http zoteus https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp
Run: codex mcp add zoteus --url https://mcp.zoteus.com/mcp
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