Zotero Native MCP for VS 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:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Zotero Native MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-local-port",
"description": "ZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-local-app-name",
"description": "ZOTERO_LOCAL_APP_NAME",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"zotero-native-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"zotero-native-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT": "${input:zotero-local-port}",
"ZOTERO_LOCAL_APP_NAME": "${input:zotero-local-app-name}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs