Zotero Chunk RAG
Enables semantic search over Zotero research libraries by extracting and chunking PDF text, embedding with Gemini API, and storing in ChromaDB to find relevant papers, search specific passages with context, and retrieve bibliographic metadata with precise page-level attribution.
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DEEP_ZOTERO_CONFIGTo override more than those four, write a JSON config and point at it (or pass --config PATH to the CLI):DEEP_ZOTERO_DATA_DIRzotero_data_dir ~/Zotero Path to Zotero's data directory (contains zotero.sqlite and storage/). Falls back to env varDEEP_ZOTERO_CHROMA_PATHchroma_db_path ~/.local/share/deep-zotero/chroma Where the ChromaDB index is stored on disk. Falls back to env varGEMINI_API_KEYgemini_api_key null Falls back to env varOPENALEX_EMAILopenalex_email null Email for OpenAlex polite pool (10 req/s vs 1 req/s). Falls back to env varANTHROPIC_API_KEYanthropic_api_key null Falls back to env varTool 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
10/10 tools missing one or more hints — search_papers (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_topic (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_passage_context (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +7 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 inputs are validated
9/10 tool handlers declare input schemas (90%)
Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.
Tool handlers catch errors
Only 1/10 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (10%)
Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.
Tests exist
No test files found
Add tests that exercise each declared tool.
Shell command execution
1 child_process call — runs shell commands
Prefer library functions over shell-outs. If you must shell out, ensure all inputs are properly escaped.
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