# steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler

【Zotero AI 管家】调用大模型，自动精读论文库里的论文，总结为Zotero笔记。支持主流大模型平台！您只需像往常一样把文献丢进 Zotero， 管家会自动帮您精读论文，将文章揉碎了总结为笔记，让您“十分钟完全了解”这篇论文！

Repository: https://github.com/steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zotero-ai-butler
Homepage: https://github.com/steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler/releases
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: academic-tools, artificial-intelligence, knowledge-management, llm, markdown, paper-reading, pdf-analysis, plugin, productivity, research-assistant, workflow, zotero, zotero-plugin, ai, butler, ai-butler
Last push: 2026-08-25T13:50:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 22
- inputs: {"age_days": 308, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 89, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1648, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.438826+00:00)

## What it is
A Zotero plugin that acts as an AI-powered research butler: it automatically scans PDFs added to your Zotero library and sends them to a user-configured LLM API to produce structured Markdown notes, chapter-by-chapter deep reads, mind maps, and multi-paper literature review reports. It runs entirely inside Zotero, sends requests directly from the local device to the chosen model provider, and lets users customize all prompts.

## Use cases
- automatically summarize papers added to my Zotero library
- generate notes from academic PDFs with an LLM
- create a literature review across multiple papers
- generate mind maps from research papers
- ask AI questions about a paper while reading it in Zotero
- read long academic papers faster without losing key points
- summarize scanned or image-only PDFs of papers

## When to choose
- You already use Zotero to manage references and want AI summaries to appear automatically as attached notes
- You have your own API key for a mainstream LLM provider and want requests sent straight from your device with no middleman service
- You want extras like academic-poster image summaries, mind maps with PNG/OPML export, and an in-app Q&A sidebar
- You want to customize the prompts used for reading and summarizing papers

## When to avoid
- You do not use Zotero, since this is a Zotero plugin and cannot run standalone
- You are unwilling to obtain and configure your own LLM API key, as the project provides no model service or proxy
- You need fully offline summarization without any external LLM API access
- You primarily process non-PDF or non-academic documents

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, pdf, markdown, workflow-automation, chat-interface
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, education, developer-tools, pdf
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: zotero, zotero-plugin, paper-reading, literature-review, research-assistant, note-taking, mindmap, academic-tools, knowledge-management, pdf-summarization, natural-language-processing, desktop

## Member repositories
- steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.438826+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 2026-08-30T03:45:15.571516+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.438826+00:00, sha 922e6ea499cf)
  - homepage: https://github.com/steven-jianhao-li/zotero-AI-Butler/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:37.044408+00:00, sha 01121a1bf5c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.