Zotero Native MCP for Claude Code

io.github.dvdsosa/zotero-native-mcp

Read and write your local Zotero 10 library. No plugin, no zotero.org API key, no cloud.

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Zotero Native MCP in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add zotero-native-mcp -e ZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT=<ZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT> -e ZOTERO_LOCAL_APP_NAME=<ZOTERO_LOCAL_APP_NAME> -- npx -y zotero-native-mcp

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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