Enables AI assistants to search, access, and interact with your Zotero research library, including semantic search, metadata retrieval, PDF annotations, and library management.
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process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.ZOTERO_MCP_LOG_LEVELOPENAI_API_KEY— Your OpenAI API key (for OpenAI embeddings)OPENAI_BASE_URL— Custom OpenAI endpoint URL (optional, for use with compatible APIs)GEMINI_API_KEY— Your Gemini API key (for Gemini embeddings)GOOGLE_API_KEYGEMINI_BASE_URL— Custom Gemini endpoint URL (optional, for use with compatible APIs)OLLAMA_BASE_URL— Ollama server URL (default: http://localhost:11434)ZOTERO_EMBEDDING_MODEL— Embedding model to use (default, openai, gemini, ollama)OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL— Ollama embedding model name (qwen3-embedding by default)ZOTERO_NO_CLAUDEZOTERO_API_KEY— "": "YOUR_API_KEY",ZOTERO_CLI_DEBUGZOTERO_MCP_LOCK_TIMEOUTZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID— "": "YOUR_LIBRARY_ID"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE— ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID is your numeric userID, shown on that same page (for a group library, use the group's ID and also set : "group").ZOTERO_LOCAL— "": "true",ZOTERO_DB_PATH— Custom zotero.sqlite path (optional). When unset, theZOTERO_PDF_MAXPAGESZOTERO_MCP_FORCE_UPDATEVIRTUAL_ENVXDG_CONFIG_HOMEZOTERO_LOCAL_PORTZOTERO_MCP_CONTACT_EMAIL[](https://m8ven.ai/mcp/nehra-amaterasu-zotero-mcp-1fn0st)