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Best Zotero MCP Servers
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Why 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.
Why 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.1029Apache 2.0Why 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.456MITWhy 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.
AlicenseAqualityAmaintenanceThis 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.3160MITWhy 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.384,897MITWhy 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.41MITWhy 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 BibTeX152MITWhy this server?
Syncs research papers, metadata, and reports to Zotero libraries, enabling AI agents to automatically organize and manage academic references in both local and web-based Zotero instances.
AlicenseBqualityAmaintenanceYour AI's research copilot. Searches 6 academic databases, downloads real PDFs, reads them cover to cover, extracts evidence, renders figures, syncs to Zotero.1612MITWhy this server?
Enables passage-level semantic search and retrieval across a Zotero library, allowing users to find relevant papers by topic, extract bibliographic metadata, and access specific text passages with surrounding context from PDF attachments.
AlicenseAqualityBmaintenanceEnables passage-level semantic search over a Zotero library by extracting, chunking, and embedding PDF text using Gemini and ChromaDB. It provides MCP tools to perform topical searches and retrieve specific document passages with surrounding context.49MIT