AI-powered Zotero research assistant — 29 MCP tools for literature search, reading analysis, citation management, and review writing.
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# Zotero Research Assistant [](https://www.python.org/) [](./LICENSE) [](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) > **Turn your Zotero library into an AI-powered research engine.** > > Search by meaning, discover related papers across 200M+ works, get personalized reading recommendations, and manage your entire academic workflow — all through natural language. Works with **Cursor**, **Claude Desktop**, **Cherry Studio**, **Trae**, **OpenAI Codex CLI**, and any MCP-compatible client. ### Highlights | | | |---|---| | **29 MCP Tools** | One intent per tool — LLMs always pick the right one | | **Hybrid RAG Search** | Keyword + semantic (bge-m3, 100+ languages) + cross-encoder reranking | | **Multi-Source Discovery** | OpenAlex + CrossRef + Semantic Scholar in parallel, Three-Index Verification to prevent fabricated citations | | **Citation Network Expansion** | Corpus-First strategy + forward/backward citations + OpenAlex Related Works | | **Anti-Hallucination** | Zero-fabrication policy with `[MATERIAL GAP]` structural tags; every paper has a verifiable source link | | **Personalized Recommendations** | Learns from your reading activity and annotations to suggest what to read next | | **Literature Review Generator** | Select papers → extract evidence with citations → AI synthesizes thematic review | | **Smart Tag Suggestions** | Auto-analyze metadata to recommend methodology/domain/data tags (confirm before apply) | | **Argument Finder** | Find supporting & opposing evidence for your thesis from your library | | **CNKI Integration** | Optional Chinese literature search with journal-level tags (CSSCI/PKU Core/CSCD) | | **OA PDF Waterfall** | arXiv → Unpaywall → OpenAlex → S2 → CORE → PMC automatic full-text retrieval | | **Write Safety** | All destructive operation…
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