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Zotero MCP Plugin

by dzp62442 · github.com/dzp62442/zotero-mcp

Zotero MCP Plugin 是一个 Zotero 插件，通过 MCP协议实现 AI 助手与 Zotero深度集成。插件支持文献检索、元 数据管理、全文分析和智能问答等功能，让 Claude、ChatGPT 等 AI 工具能够直接访问和操作您的文献库。 Zotero MCP Plugin enables integration between AI assistants and Zotero through MCP.

AI & summaries
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Downloads a .xpi file (0.2 MB). In Zotero, open Tools → Plugins and install it from the file.
StarsPeople who starred the repository on GitHub: a rough measure of interest.
0
DownloadsAll-time downloads of its release files from GitHub. Installs from elsewhere aren't counted.
6
ContributorsPeople who have committed code to the repository.
3
LicenceThe licence the code is published under, as GitHub reports it.
MIT
B
Atlas gradeUse with care
because a zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit), and 2 more findings
Applies to v1.4.0, released 5 Mar 2026Code checked · not yet tested in a live Zotero
Doesn't work with the current Zotero (10)Works with Zotero 7, 8, 9.
Fork of cookjohn/zotero-mcpA copy of another listed plugin, changed by someone else.
Another plugin uses the same ID6 other plugins share this add-on ID. Zotero can only install one of them.
What we found in the codeSets the gradeThe worst finding in these three areas sets the grade.
Code transparencyReadable code, uploaded by the project's automated GitHub buildThe release file was uploaded by the project's automated GitHub build. We haven't yet rebuilt it from the source to compare.LowLow concern: normal for plugins that do this job. Listed so you know.
Updates
Updates come from cookjohn/zotero-mcp, another listed project with the same add-on IDZotero will update it on Zotero 9 to version 1.6.0 from cookjohn/zotero-mcp on GitHub (rated: Review the details)
Where your data goesOnly contacts services we could identify9 addresses in 2 groups.LowLow concern: normal for plugins that do this job. Listed so you know.
AI services (7)
api.openai.comapi.siliconflow.cnapi.voyageai.comdashscope.aliyuncs.comgenerativelanguage.googleapis.comopen.bigmodel.cnopenrouter.ai
On your computer (2)
127.0.0.1localhost
Where we found it
api.openai.comcontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 5368
apiBase: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
api.siliconflow.cncontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 16607
apiBase: "https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1",
api.voyageai.comcontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 16612
apiBase: "https://api.voyageai.com/v1",
Powerful capabilitiesA zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you, and 6 moreMediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)mediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install.A zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a prompt (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)mediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install.Runs a local server; a setting (off by default) opens it to your networkmediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install.Uses the clipboardlowLow concern.Stores API keys or passwordslowLow concern.Works with files on your computerlowLow concern.Keeps its own database filelowLow concern.
Where we found it
A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-o…content/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 10760

zotero://plugin

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://plugin"] = pluginBridgeExtension;
A zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a promptcontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 10706

zotero://ztoolkit-debug

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://ztoolkit-debug"] = debugBridgeExtension;
Runs a local server; a setting (off by default) opens it to your net…content/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 15145
this.serverSocket = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/server-socket;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIServerSocket);
Before you installShown, not gradedFacts to help you decide. They don't change the grade.
Works withZotero 7, 8, 9 · not 10, 11 betaDoesn't work with the current Zotero (10)MediumMedium concern: worth reading before you install. One medium finding makes the grade B.
Zotero 7 ✓ worksZotero 8 ✓ worksZotero 9 ✓ worksZotero 10 ✗ doesn't workZotero 11 beta ✗ doesn't work
What you'll needZotero 7, 8, 9Detected automatically from its code
No further detail for this area yet.
MaintenanceSlowing down · last release 5 Mar 20263 contributors
No further detail for this area yet.
LanguagesDocumentation in EnglishInterface: English and Chinese
No further detail for this area yet.
We report what we found in the code. Open any area for the evidence.How we gradeReport a problem

What it does

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What you'll need

Detected automatically
  • Zotero 7, 8, 9Not working with Zotero 10

Where your data goes

We found: only contacts services we could identify. 9 addresses in 2 groups.

AI services (7)
api.openai.comapi.siliconflow.cnapi.voyageai.comdashscope.aliyuncs.comgenerativelanguage.googleapis.comopen.bigmodel.cnopenrouter.ai
On your computer (2)
127.0.0.1localhost
Evidence · file and line
api.openai.comcontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 5368
apiBase: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
api.siliconflow.cncontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 16607
apiBase: "https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1",
api.voyageai.comcontent/scripts/zotero-mcp-plugin.js · line 16612
apiBase: "https://api.voyageai.com/v1",

Forks and alternatives

Fork of cookjohn/zotero-mcp.

6 other plugins use the same ID as this one. Every Zotero plugin carries an ID, a name tag Zotero uses to tell plugins apart. These 7 plugins carry the same one, because people copied Zotero MCP Plugin to make their own versions and kept its ID.Show what this means
  • You can only have one. Zotero sees them as the same plugin.
  • Installing another replaces it. If you install one of the others, it takes this one's place.
  • Check what you install. Several share this plugin's name, so make sure the file comes from the one you meant.
Zotero MCP Plugin · this plugindzp62442/zotero-mcpBUse with care65 Mar 2026
Zotero MCP PluginThe most used · cookjohn/zotero-mcpBUse with care89,4462 Sep 2026
Zotero MCP PluginCopy · Max101Johnston/EmbeddingZoteroBUse with care523 Sep 2026
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Install Zotero MCP Plugin
BUse with care
Before you install: A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit), and 2 more findings.Read the finding
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