zotero-cli-agent

Item: zotero-cli-agent
Rating: 69
Author: M8ven

A lightweight, context-efficient CLI and optional stdio MCP server for semantic search, browsing, and writing to your Zotero library.

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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.

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Open source with a license and README

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You'll be asked for 5 credentials: JINA_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, DASHSCOPE_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.

configZSEARCH_EMBEDDING_DIM

🔐 secretJINA_API_KEY— export =<your-jina-key> # https://jina.ai/?sui=apikey (free tier exists)

🔐 secretGOOGLE_API_KEY

🔐 secretGEMINI_API_KEY— export =<your-gemini-key>

🔐 secretDASHSCOPE_API_KEY— export =<your-dashscope-key> # https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/

configZSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND— export =gemini # default — uses gemini-embedding-001

🔐 secretZOTERO_API_KEY— export =<your-zotero-key> # https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys

configZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID— export =<your-library-id> # https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys (User ID)

configZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE— export =users # or 'groups'

configCROSSREF_CONTACT— export =you@example.com

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commit: 297c0c5d13d6120662dafaecc3ea6525b968ff35

code hash: 444015db04f88440ad634d2b9176f9422b12f068b482709740ad6a4fb578805d

verified: 7/25/2026, 8:46:49 AM

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