zotero_mcp

Support connecting zotero via MCP, with custom server and client, without the need for tools like the Claude app, Cursor, etc.

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// key findings

✅

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

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: llm_api_key, zotero_api_key

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

// required environment variables

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

configmodel

configllm_api_base

🔐 secretllm_api_key

configlibrary_id— ![](./img/user_id.png)

🔐 secretzotero_api_key— First, create a .env file and fill in the following variables. needs to be obtained from the Zotero official website, and api_key is your LLM's API key:

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commit: c1d19c8f6223c00037a91582ffe8d455262b492c

code hash: 42265d054fe234c49f4643576622bc1281c9c02cb89fa09b5cb8609f54e8322d

verified: 6/27/2026, 8:59:08 AM

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