zotero-library-mcp

Item: zotero-library-mcp
Rating: 35
Author: M8ven

An MCP server that lets AI assistants add papers and books to your Zotero library by DOI, arXiv ID, or ISBN, and manage your collections, tags, and items.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

1 tool describes read intent but its handler mutates — get_item_fulltext (line 295: shutil.move(tmp_path, stable_path))

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

🔐

You'll be asked for 2 credentials: ZOTERO_API_KEY, ZOTERO_WEBDAV_PASSWORD

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.

configZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID— e =your_library_id \

🔐 secretZOTERO_API_KEY— e =your_api_key \

configZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE— No user (default) or group

configCROSSREF_MAILTO— No Your email for CrossRef polite pool (faster API access)

configZOTERO_WEBDAV_URL— e =https://your-webdav-server.com \

configZOTERO_WEBDAV_USER— e =your_username \

🔐 secretZOTERO_WEBDAV_PASSWORD— e =your_password \

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: c108bf1ce61deeec1faa5da6814e473c8331feb2

code hash: 8b3363a7b591bba0d8e320edfaed96a10d2fa091b856dfafb8f1ae80f96f16d4

verified: 6/18/2026, 10:44:37 AM

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