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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add zotero-mcp -e "ZOTERO_LOCAL=true" -e "ZOTERO_API_KEY=${ZOTERO_API_KEY}" -e "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE=user" -- uvx zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1 serve

[mcp_servers.zotero-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1", "serve"]
env = { "ZOTERO_LOCAL" = "true", "ZOTERO_API_KEY" = "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}", "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE" = "user" }

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1",
        "serve"
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "environment": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "{env:ZOTERO_API_KEY}",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=zotero-mcp&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoidXZ4IiwiYXJncyI6WyJ6b3Rlcm8tbWNwLXNlcnZlcj09MC4xNS4xIiwic2VydmUiXSwiZW52Ijp7IlpPVEVST19MT0NBTCI6InRydWUiLCJaT1RFUk9fQVBJX0tFWSI6IiR7Wk9URVJPX0FQSV9LRVl9IiwiWk9URVJPX0xJQlJBUllfVFlQRSI6InVzZXIifX0%3D"
}

{
  "servers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
      }
    }
  }
}

extensions:
  "zotero-mcp":
    enabled: true
    name: "zotero-mcp"
    type: stdio
    cmd: "uvx"
    args:
      - "zotero-mcp-server==0.15.1"
      - "serve"
    envs:
      "ZOTERO_LOCAL": "true"
      "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${ZOTERO_API_KEY}"
      "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE": "user"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${ZOTERO_API_KEY}. The registry never accepts secret values.

This is a local package: the command runs on your machine.

Quality – / 100not scored

Not scored: fewer than three checks apply, usually because no remote answered a credential-free probe or the server is a local package.

protocoln/a · weight 25

n/a
protocol.modern, protocol.stateless, protocol.transport, protocol.list_ttlno remote answered a protocol handshake (not probed yet, unreachable, or local-only)

authorizationn/a · weight 15

n/a
auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
n/a
auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL

tool hygienen/a · weight 30

n/a
tools.descriptions, tools.description_length, tools.schemas, tools.annotations, tools.directory_hints, tools.token_cost, tools.api_dumptool list unknown (behind auth, not probed, or empty)

stabilityn/a · weight 15

n/a
stability.changes, stability.rug_pulltool list unknown

dependencies100 · weight 15

pass
deps.known_vulnsno known advisory in 86 resolved packages
pass
deps.mcp_sdk_versionmcp 2.3.0, no known advisory
pass
deps.resolvable[email protected] resolved: 86 packages

Tool list unknown · checked 2026-10-20 20:46 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 96 / 100

provenance90

livenessn/a

freshness100

hygiene100

+repository +namespace-matches-repo +website ~liveness-unmeasured +updated-4d-ago

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Dependencies

[email protected] PyPI85 dependencies, resolved · MCP SDK mcp 2.3.0 · advisories checked 2026-10-20

No known advisory affects this dependency graph.

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0. The graph is what a clean install of this version resolves today; nothing was installed or run. How it is checked.

Endpoints

package	registry	version	runtime	secrets
`zotero-mcp-server`	pypi	0.15.1	uvx	`ZOTERO_API_KEY`

Tools (0)

No tools observed. Local packages are never executed by the registry.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json

{
  "name": "io.github.54yyyu/zotero-mcp",
  "title": "Zotero MCP",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "version": "0.15.1",
  "packages": [
    {
      "version": "0.15.1",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "identifier": "zotero-mcp-server",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
      "packageArguments": [
        {
          "type": "positional",
          "value": "serve",
          "valueHint": "serve"
        }
      ],
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_LOCAL",
          "format": "boolean",
          "default": "true",
          "description": "Read from the local Zotero desktop app instead of the web API. Requires Zotero 7+ with the local API enabled in Settings > Advanced."
        },
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "description": "Zotero Web API key from https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys. Only needed when ZOTERO_LOCAL is false, or for write operations in hybrid mode."
        },
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
          "format": "string",
          "description": "Zotero user or group library ID. Only needed when ZOTERO_LOCAL is false, or for write operations in hybrid mode."
        },
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE",
          "format": "string",
          "choices": [
            "user",
            "group"
          ],
          "default": "user",
          "description": "Whether ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID refers to a personal or a group library."
        },
        {
          "name": "ZOTERO_MCP_TOOLSETS",
          "format": "string",
          "description": "Which optional tool groups to expose, as a comma-separated list. Every tool is sent to the model on each request, so optional capabilities are off by default. Use 'all' for the full surface, 'none' for core only, named groups (scite, duplicates, discovery, feeds, relations, libraries, search-admin, pdf-geometry) to add them, or a leading '-' to subtract."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repository": {
    "id": "953089294",
    "url": "https://github.com/54yyyu/zotero-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "websiteUrl": "https://stevenyuyy.com/zotero-mcp/",
  "description": "Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web."
}