Zotero MCP Server

Item: Zotero MCP Server
Rating: 66
Author: M8ven

Enables AI assistants to search, cite, and manage research references directly from a Zotero library.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

⚠️

Tests do not pass

Either the test suite is broken or the code regressed. Either way the published behaviour can’t be verified by the publisher’s own tests.

✅

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.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: ZOTERO_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies2 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCACHE_ENABLED

configCACHE_TTL_SECONDS

configLOG_LEVEL

🔐 secretZOTERO_API_KEY— your_api_key_here

configZOTERO_BASE_URL

configZOTERO_GROUP_ID— For group libraries, use instead of ZOTERO_USER_ID.

configZOTERO_MAX_RETRIES

configZOTERO_TIMEOUT

configZOTERO_USER_ID— your_user_id_here

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 88131427752792b0a504e058cf02c4c8293754ec

code hash: b0bb9f54951995f21a9ca6f2c502a8ecb8fb10cce4370bb4ebb196ba143f5d17

verified: 6/16/2026, 1:31:24 PM

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