# zotero-fulltext-mcp

> Convert a Zotero library's linked PDF attachments to Markdown, build a full-text search index, and expose it via an MCP server.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
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## Verification
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## Declared
- publisher: Matthias Kloft
- homepage: https://github.com/matthiaskloft/zotero-fulltext-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/matthiaskloft/zotero-fulltext-mcp/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.15.2
- license: MIT License
        
        Copyright (c) 2026 Matthias Kloft
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- protocols: mcp
- tags: full-text-search, local-first, mcp, research, zotero
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:zotero-fulltext-mcp

### Description (declared)

# zotero-fulltext-mcp

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Search and read the full text of your Zotero papers from an AI assistant. This project
converts linked PDFs to Markdown and builds a local search index, available through an
MCP server for clients such as Claude Code and Codex.

## What you can do

- **Search across your papers' full text** and narrow results by author, title, citation key,
  or publication year.
- **Read the passages behind an answer**, search within one paper, and retrieve papers by
  their Better BibTeX citation keys. Source locators let your assistant check that a cited
  passage has not changed.
- **Export BibTeX/BibLaTeX references** for the papers you use, with the optional Better BibTeX
  integration enabled and Zotero running.
- **Add papers by DOI and attach PDFs** through explicit CLI commands, using Zotero's PDF
  lookup, a direct PDF URL, or a local file with the recommended debug-bridge/ZotMoov setup.
- **Keep a readable Markdown library** with extracted images, add newly linked PDFs to the
  index, and check for missing or outdated conversions.
- **Search locally with Zotero closed** once the index is built. Your MCP client can give an
  assistant access to retrieved text without uploading the whole library.

Conversion and search read your Zotero library and write to a separate output folder.
Optional CLI commands can …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.conversion (0.836, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/zotero-fulltext-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-16T23:21:55.809Z)

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