# Zotero

> Use this tool when you need to integrate your reference library with AI assistants for streamlined research and citation management. It solves problems such as searching and organizing references, adding new sources, and formatting bibliographies, through a user-friendly interface that accepts natural language queries and outputs formatted citations in various styles. Ideal for researchers and writers, it connects via the Zotero API, using Google login and API token authentication for secure access.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/alejandroarnaud-zotero  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alejandroarnaud-zotero

## Description

Connects Zotero personal and group reference libraries to AI assistants via the Zotero API. Provides 16 tools for natural language search across topics, authors, years, and PDF content; adding references by description with automatic DOI lookup; creating collections; applying tags; and exporting bibliographies in APA, Chicago, and BibTeX formats. Users authenticate with a Google login and a generated Zotero API token. Hosted service with encrypted key storage; content is not retained server-side.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/alejandroarnaud-zotero)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "alejandroarnaud-zotero"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alejandroarnaud-zotero` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alejandroarnaud-zotero/pull`

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