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yilewang/llm-for-zotero

An open-sourced research agent system deeply rooted in your Zotero library. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero · homepage · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

78/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 87
  • Longevity 15
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 1
  • age_days: 217
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 104

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2761 stars · 156 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Zotero plugin that integrates large language models into the Zotero PDF reader, enabling grounded paper chat, summarization, figure extraction, and agent-driven library management. It supports multiple LLM providers, local models, WebChat, Codex, and Claude Code, and exports notes as Markdown files.

Use cases

  • chat with papers in my Zotero library
  • summarize academic PDFs with citations back to the source
  • extract figures from papers for my notes
  • save LLM research notes to Obsidian as markdown
  • analyze literature without leaving Zotero
  • use a local LLM to question my reference library
  • compare sources across multiple papers

When to choose

  • you already manage references in Zotero and want AI assistance inside the reader
  • you need grounded answers with citations linking back to PDF passages
  • you want flexible provider support including local OpenAI-compatible models
  • you want to export structured research notes with figures to Markdown-based note apps

When to avoid

  • you do not use Zotero as your reference manager
  • you need a standalone research assistant independent of a library
  • you require a fully offline solution without any model backend
  • you need a production-stable agent mode (it is still beta)

Facets

plugin · maturity active

rag chatbot agent-framework pdf llm-inference prompt-engineering mcp education large-language-models pdf developer-tools cross-platform zotero-plugin academic-research literature-review paper-summarization obsidian-notes pdf-parsing research-agent natural-language-processing ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation desktop

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Member repositories

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