zotero-mcp (BlaineHeffron/zotero-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. M8ven has not graded it: we have no way to read this server ourselves. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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C
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74/100
19 days ago

zotero-mcp

zotero-mcp is a capability-honest stdio adapter for Zotero 7, using Zotero's local API for reads and a companion extension for narrow writes. It exposes 15 tools for interacting with Zotero, with explicit error reporting when features are unsupported.

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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.
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// 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_MCP_BASE_URLdefaults to http://127.0.0.1:23119. Only plain-HTTP URLs using the exact loopback hostnames 127.0.0.1, localhost, or [::1] are accepted; userinfo is rejected and redirects are never followed.
configZOTERO_MCP_TOKEN_FILEdefaults to
// 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

30/30 tools missing one or more hints — zotero_search_items (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); zotero_get_item (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); zotero_list_collections (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +27 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.

Domain consistency

npm scope @research-workbench doesn't match GitHub owner blaineheffron

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commit: 8cfe49638299e74f3b28a2307b54db10bb45be1e
code hash: d61b122a6ffd3e71baecf84c3439db56994111d3257484b76783cf4ba20341a0
verified: 8/10/2026, 4:07:46 AM
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