Keyflow

Search Keyflow

Find a shortcut, workflow, MCP server or skill

Zoteus

remote (hosted) MCP server

Zoteus 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

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Zoteus49HostedYesNone
Firecrawl MCP Server7,526LocalYesnpm
ServiceNow MCP Server (NowAIKit)263LocalYesnpm
mcp-sap-docs233LocalNonpm
Remote Desktop Commander93HostedNoNone

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

Similar MCP servers

NameStars
  1. Firecrawl MCP Serverio.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server7,526
  2. ServiceNow MCP Server (NowAIKit)io.github.aartiq/nowaikit263
  3. mcp-sap-docsio.github.marianfoo/mcp-sap-docs233
  4. Remote Desktop Commanderapp.desktopcommander/remote-desktop-commander93
  5. mcp-apple-musicio.github.Cifero74/mcp-apple-music43
  6. Semantic Scholar MCP Serverio.github.smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp22
  7. leclerc-driveio.github.skunkobi/leclerc-drive20
  8. DataDoe MCPcom.datadoe/amazon-seller-mcp15