# cookjohn/zotero-mcp

It's a plugin extension in Zotero.  Zotero MCP Plugin enables integration between AI assistants and Zotero through MCP. Zotero MCP Plugin 是一个 Zotero 插件，通过 MCP协议实现 AI 助手与 Zotero深度集成。插件支持文献检索、元   数据管理、全文分析和智能问答等功能，让 Claude、ChatGPT 等 AI 工具能够直接访问和操作您的文献库。

Repository: https://github.com/cookjohn/zotero-mcp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cookjohn-zotero-mcp
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: literature-review, mcp-server, zotero
Last push: 2026-09-02T23:44:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 100, longevity 27
- inputs: {"age_days": 384, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1120, forks 92 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:10.198549+00:00)

## What it is
A Zotero plugin with an integrated MCP server that lets AI assistants like Claude access and operate on a local Zotero library via the Model Context Protocol. It supports library search, PDF full-text extraction, annotation analysis, semantic search, and write operations such as notes and metadata updates.

## Use cases
- search my zotero library from claude
- let an ai assistant do a literature review from my references
- extract pdf full text and annotations via mcp
- semantic search across my research papers
- have ai create notes and manage tags in zotero
- connect chatgpt or claude to my citation library

## When to choose
- you use Zotero 7 and want AI assistants to read or write your library
- you need MCP-based integration with semantic search and annotation analysis
- you want a self-hosted, MIT-licensed bridge between Zotero and LLM clients

## When to avoid
- you don't use Zotero for reference management
- you need a cloud-hosted or non-MCP integration
- you use a Zotero version other than 7

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, search-engine, nlp, rag
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: zotero, mcp-server, reference-management, literature-review, semantic-search, pdf-annotations, ai-agents, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- cookjohn/zotero-mcp (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:10.198549+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:45:37.248437+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cookjohn/zotero-mcp (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:10.198549+00:00, sha fcb2904673e0)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/zotero-mcp (fetched 2026-08-29T12:48:24.166906+00:00, sha 4e9d1d473a45)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.