# yilewang/llm-for-zotero

An open-sourced research agent system deeply rooted in your Zotero library.

Repository: https://github.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/llm-for-zotero
Homepage: https://yilewang.github.io/llm-for-zotero
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: academic-paper, literature-analysis, llm-agent, zotero-plugin, zotero, codex, research-tool, rag, mcp
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:15:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 15
- inputs: {"age_days": 217, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 104}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2761, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.378812+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: rag, chatbot, agent-framework, pdf, llm-inference, prompt-engineering, mcp
- domain: education, large-language-models, pdf, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: zotero-plugin, academic-research, literature-review, paper-summarization, obsidian-notes, pdf-parsing, research-agent, natural-language-processing, ai-agents, retrieval-augmented-generation, desktop

## Member repositories
- yilewang/llm-for-zotero (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.378812+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 2026-08-30T08:18:44.910016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.378812+00:00, sha 695204ddd66e)
  - homepage: https://yilewang.github.io/llm-for-zotero (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:43.592485+00:00, sha f992b26ab514)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.