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zotero-mcp

Connects your Zotero research library with Claude and other AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol, allowing you to search your library, access content, discuss papers, get summaries, and analyze citations.

→ 54yyyu/zotero-mcp· listed on modelscope

Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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// key findings
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 4 credentials: ZOTERO_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configZOTERO_LOCAL"": "true",
configZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT
configZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPEZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID is your numeric userID, shown on that same page (for a group library, use the group's ID and also set : "group").
configZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID"": "YOUR_LIBRARY_ID"
configZOTERO_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL
configZOTERO_MCP_LOG_LEVEL
configZOTERO_EMBEDDING_MODELEmbedding model to use (default, openai, gemini, ollama)
configZOTERO_NO_CLAUDE
🔐 secretZOTERO_API_KEY"": "YOUR_API_KEY",
configZOTERO_CLI_DEBUG
configZOTERO_MCP_LOCK_TIMEOUT
configZOTERO_DB_PATHCustom zotero.sqlite path (optional). When unset, the
configZOTERO_PDF_MAXPAGES
🔐 secretOPENAI_API_KEYYour OpenAI API key (for OpenAI embeddings)
configOPENAI_BASE_URLCustom OpenAI endpoint URL (optional, for use with compatible APIs)
configZOTERO_MCP_SCHEMA_CACHECustom path for the refreshed schema cache
configXDG_CACHE_HOME
configZOTERO_MCP_SCHEMA_REFRESH0: Disable the weekly background refresh of
configZOTERO_MCP_FORCE_UPDATE
configVIRTUAL_ENV
configXDG_CONFIG_HOME
🔐 secretGEMINI_API_KEYYour Gemini API key (for Gemini embeddings)
🔐 secretGOOGLE_API_KEY
configGEMINI_BASE_URLCustom Gemini endpoint URL (optional, for use with compatible APIs)
configOLLAMA_BASE_URLOllama server URL (default: http://localhost:11434)
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

52/52 tools missing one or more hints — zotero_get_annotations (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); zotero_get_notes (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); zotero_manage_note (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +49 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool test coverage

38/52 tools referenced in tests (73%)

Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.

Secrets not logged

2 secret values sent to console.log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

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commit: f331646da6d54ed2c499e5a5020742ad2e9e8333
code hash: 9d1c1c9c5c1c84f3ab746aec9fe51a9f7b9037461f1b051bb7f421547cf2cc6a
verified: 8/13/2026, 8:41:47 PM
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