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gyger/mcp-pyzotero

A Model Control Protocol (MCP) connector for integrating your local Zotero with Claude. This enables direct read access to your local Zotero library through Claude's Desktop interface. It depends on the ability to access a local web-api in Zotero 7.

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Install

uvx --from git+https://github.com/gyger/mcp-pyzotero.git --with mcp[cli] --with pyzotero mcp run zotero.py

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Zotero": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/gyger/mcp-pyzotero.git",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "pyzotero",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "zotero.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
33
Author
@gyger
Category
Research & Data, Knowledge Management
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About Zotero

[!IMPORTANT] This project is retired. I am no longer convinced MCP is the interface one wants, better have direct CLI access. If you like MCPs, there are a few options, but I did not test them.

Tools (1)

  • get_zotero_summary

    Lists properties about your library including collections, recent items or tags.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop

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Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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