# zotero-research-mcp

> AI-powered Zotero research assistant — 29 MCP tools for literature search, reading analysis, citation management, and review writing.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/zotero-research-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/qiobn/zotero-research-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/qiobn/zotero-research-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, citation, literature-review, mcp, model-context-protocol, research, semantic-search, zotero
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:zotero-research-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Zotero Research Assistant

[![Python 3.11–3.13](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%E2%80%933.13-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](./LICENSE)
[![MCP](https://img.shields.io/badge/protocol-MCP-purple.svg)](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…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.review (1, derived)
- data.vector-search (1, derived)
- research.academic (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/zotero-research-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:24:05.688Z)

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