Researchers and academic writers managing a Zotero reference library.

An MCP server that searches a Zotero library, retrieves item metadata, and extracts full text from attached PDFs for use by an agent.

Runs locally and talks to either a local Zotero instance or the Zotero Web API depending on configuration.

Used during literature review or citation heavy writing sessions where an agent needs source material.

Lets an agent ground answers and citations in a researcher's actual reference library.

Requires a Zotero account and API key, or a running local Zotero instance for local API implementations.

Community maintained, unofficial, not affiliated with the Corporation for Digital Scholarship which develops Zotero, several independent open source implementations exist with varying read and write capability.