Zotero MCP Server

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Zotero MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 193 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 7 Aug 2026.

Search your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.

Installs per day peak 656 · avg 292 · -13% w/w

a month agotoday

1 193

Installs / week

pypi · zotero-mcp

161

Stars

2 open issues

7 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Zotero MCP 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

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add zotero-mcp -- uvx zotero-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.zotero-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["zotero-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "zotero-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Zotero MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Zotero MCP?

Zotero MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package zotero-mcp was installed 1 193 times last week.

How do I connect Zotero MCP?

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 runs locally, so the command pulls zotero-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Zotero MCP?

The pypi package zotero-mcp was installed 1 193 times in the last week. Week over week that is -13%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Zotero MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 161 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.