# Zoty (Zotero)

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently manage and search your research library, as it provides ranked search, collection browsing, and metadata lookup capabilities. It solves problems related to organizing and accessing research papers by allowing ingestion of papers via arXiv ID or DOI with automatic PDF download and duplicate prevention. It accepts inputs such as arXiv IDs, DOIs, and search queries, and outputs relevant paper metadata and PDFs through stdio or HTTP transports.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/eric-tramel-zoty-zotero  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/eric-tramel-zoty-zotero

## Description

Connects to local Zotero 7 libraries through the Zotero local API and a companion bridge plugin. Provides BM25-ranked search over titles and abstracts, collection browsing, item metadata lookup, and paper ingestion by arXiv ID or DOI with automatic PDF download and collection-scoped duplicate prevention. Supports both stdio and streamable HTTP transports for single or multi-session deployments with built-in arXiv rate limiting.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.64
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/eric-tramel-zoty-zotero)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/eric-tramel/zoty>

## 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": "eric-tramel-zoty-zotero"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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