Description

This MCP server provides integration with Zotero reference management software through a dual-component architecture: a Zotero plugin that runs an HTTP server within Zotero, and a standalone MCP server that communicates with it. Built using TypeScript with the Zotero Plugin Toolkit and MCP SDK, it exposes four core tools for pinging the server, searching the Zotero library, retrieving detailed item information by key, and finding items by DOI/ISBN identifiers. The implementation allows AI assistants to access bibliographic data, abstracts, tags, notes, and attachments from Zotero libraries, making it valuable for academic research workflows, literature reviews, and citation management tasks where programmatic access to reference data is needed.

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Installation 

git clone https://github.com/cookjohn/zotero-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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