Best Zotero MCP Servers
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Why this server?
Provides CLI and MCP server to manage, audit, and sync Zotero libraries with local reads, preview-first writes, health checks, and CI integration.
AlicenseAqualityAmaintenanceA Zotero MCP server built for agent safety: a capability-tagged tool registry (every command carries operation/requires/destructive annotations), preview-first writes behind a mutation journal, and read-only defaults. Single Go binary with an MCPB one-click manifest for Claude Desktop.Last updated261MITWhy this server?
Allows interaction with a Zotero library, providing tools for searching papers, adding papers via arXiv, updating metadata, and retrieving items, as well as resources for recent items and collection items, and prompts for literature review and paper summary.
AlicenseAqualityBmaintenanceEnables LLM-powered tools to interact with Zotero academic libraries, including searching papers, adding arXiv papers, updating metadata, and generating literature reviews.Last updated32101MITWhy this server?
Provides direct read access to your local Zotero library, allowing Claude to search collections, view item details, and access paper abstracts
AlicenseBqualityFmaintenanceIntegrates local Zotero libraries with Claude's Desktop interface, allowing users to access and manage their library collections via a local API.Last updated456MITWhy this server?
Provides access to your Zotero library, allowing you to search for items, retrieve detailed metadata, and access the full text contents of PDFs and other documents stored in your Zotero collection.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceThis server allows users to interact with their Zotero library through the Model Context Protocol, providing tools for searching items, retrieving metadata, and accessing full text using natural language queries.Last updated3158MITWhy this server?
Connects to your Zotero research library, allowing you to search for papers, articles and books, retrieve metadata, access full-text content, and browse collections, tags, and recent additions.
AlicenseAqualityAmaintenanceConnects your Zotero research library with Claude and other AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol, allowing you to search your library, access content, discuss papers, get summaries, and analyze citations.Last updated624,462MITWhy this server?
Allows Claude to interact with your Zotero library, including listing collections, retrieving items in collections, getting detailed information about papers, searching the library, and retrieving recently added papers.
AlicenseBqualityFmaintenanceAllows AI to interact with your Zotero library.Last updated5133165MITWhy this server?
Provides programmatic access to a Zotero library, allowing users to search papers, manage notes, and access repository content through the MCP server
AlicenseAqualityDmaintenanceA server that enables MCP clients like Anthropic Claude App to interact with local Zotero libraries, allowing users to search papers, manage notes, and access research materials through natural language.Last updated1029Apache 2.0Why this server?
Integrates with Zotero's local API to search library items by author or title, retrieve detailed item metadata including abstracts and tags, and extract full text from PDF attachments.
AlicenseBqualityDmaintenanceIntegrates with Zotero's local API to search your reference library, retrieve bibliographic details, and extract full text from PDF attachments.Last updated41MITWhy this server?
Provides full read and write support for managing Zotero libraries, including tools for searching items, managing collections and tags, creating new entries, and performing maintenance tasks like merging duplicates.
AlicenseAqualityDmaintenanceRead+write MCP server for Zotero with full write support — create items, manage collections, find and merge duplicates, import BibTeXLast updated152MIT