zotero-mcp MCP Server

Read+write MCP server for Zotero. An MCP server with full write support for managing Zotero library from AI assistants.

Local serverstdio

What is the zotero-mcp Server?

zotero-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the birdinthetree/zotero-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Read+write MCP server for Zotero. An MCP server with full write support for managing Zotero library from AI assistants”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares ZOTERO_API_KEY, ZOTERO_USER_ID. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the zotero-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/zotero-mcp",
        "python",
        "-m",
        "zotero_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY",
        "ZOTERO_USER_ID": "your-user-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.