Zotero MCP Server
Rank #160,131glama/MarcosZielinski/zotero-mcp
Enables AI assistants and other MCP clients to search a personal Zotero library, pull complete metadata for individual items, and read the full text of attached PDFs. It can connect either to the local Zotero desktop API or the Zotero Web API with an API key and library ID.
What you can do with Zotero MCP Server
Zotero MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by MarcosZielinski. It ranks #160,131 of 164,854 active servers on MCP Toplist. Zotero MCP Server is listed on Glama; no version information is available from the registries that list it or from its repository. It was first listed on Oct 20, 2026.
Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not yet written a checked profile for this server, so the paragraph above is assembled from registry data only. The repository README is the authority on what it does.
What Zotero MCP Server can and cannot do
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What you need before using Zotero MCP Server
The registry listing declares no required environment variables or authentication. This is declared metadata, not a verified install — the repository README is the authority.
Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 31, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
No runtime, credential or payment requirements are recorded for this server beyond the declaration above.
Connect Zotero MCP Server and confirm it works
Install configuration unavailable. No registry publishes a machine-readable install config for this server — follow the repository README.
After adding the config, ask your client to list this server's tools. A tool list confirms the connection; an empty list or an error means the server did not start or needs credentials.
What changed, and when this was checked
- First listed
- Oct 20, 2026
- Version history
- Unavailable — no registry exposes versions and no release tags were found
- Requirements evidence
- Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 31, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
- Profile checked
- Not yet — purpose, capabilities and requirements above come from registry data only
- Ranking data as of
- Oct 31, 2026
- Glama ↗listed since Oct 20, 2026 · still listed
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Version information unavailable
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Frequently asked questions
- Who maintains Zotero MCP Server?
- Zotero MCP Server is maintained by MarcosZielinski, which publishes 1 MCP server tracked on MCP Toplist.
- Is Zotero MCP Server listed on the Official MCP Registry?
- Zotero MCP Server is not on the Official MCP Registry. It is listed on Glama.
- How many versions does Zotero MCP Server have?
- Version information is unavailable for Zotero MCP Server: no registry that lists it exposes version metadata, and no release tags were found on its repository.
- Where can I find the source code for Zotero MCP Server?
- The source code for Zotero MCP Server is hosted at github.com/MarcosZielinski/zotero-mcp.
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