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Alterlab Pyzotero

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-pyzotero

Interact with Zotero reference management libraries using the pyzotero Python client — retrieve, create, update, and delete items, collections, tags, and attachments via the Zotero Web API v3. Use when working with Zotero libraries programmatically, managing bibliographic references, exporting citations, searching library contents, uploading PDF attachments, or building research automation workflows that integrate with Zotero. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

10k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
15
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
56
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-pyzotero

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take alterlab-ieu/alterlab-pyzotero from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.