MCP for Zotero MCP Server

by alejandroarnaud Your server? Claim it

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MCP for Zotero is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago.

Connect your Zotero reference library to AI assistants via Model Context Protocol.

Uptime history 48 days of history · worst day 93%

48 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

184 of 184 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

432 ms

Response time

average over 24h

OAuth sign-in

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MCP for Zotero every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp-for-zotero --transport http https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-for-zotero": {
      "url": "https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-for-zotero]
url = "https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-for-zotero": {
      "url": "https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-for-zotero": {
      "url": "https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/	streamable-http	sign-in	522 ms	2 min ago
https://mcpforzotero.alejandroarnaud.dev/mcp/sse	sse	sign-in	391 ms	2 min ago

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MCP for Zotero — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for MCP for Zotero?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is MCP for Zotero working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 184 of 184 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 432 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect MCP for Zotero?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.

How do you sign in to MCP for Zotero?

No API key is involved. MCP for Zotero answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.

How fast is MCP for Zotero?

It answers our handshake in 432 ms on average, which is faster than 34% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.