Zotero MCP Lite

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Perform keyword and annotation searches within a Zotero library.

• 2

  Conduct structured literature reviews and comparative analyses of academic papers.

• 3

  Export bibliographies in multiple citation formats directly from Zotero.

Description

Zotero MCP Lite is a fully local Model Context Protocol server that integrates with Zotero Desktop to provide customizable research workflows. It offers nine atomic tools for searching, reading, and writing Zotero data, and supports four pre-defined AI research skills for knowledge discovery, literature review, comparative review, and bibliography export. The server runs without cloud dependencies or API keys, is cross-platform, and allows users to customize prompts to fit their research style.