# zra-mcp

> AI-powered Zotero research assistant — a standalone MCP server with 36 tools for literature search, bilingual retrieval, reading analysis, citation management, and review writing.

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## Declared
- publisher: qiobn
- homepage: https://github.com/qiobn/zotero-research-assistant
- repository: https://github.com/qiobn/zotero-research-assistant
- version: 0.4.9
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, citation, literature-review, mcp, model-context-protocol, research, semantic-search, zotero
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:zra-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Zotero Research Assistant

[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%2B-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/)

**[English](./README.md)** | **[中文](./README_zh.md)**

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> **Turn your Zotero library into an AI-searchable knowledge base.**
>
> A production-grade RAG pipeline — from PDF chunking to bilingual semantic retrieval — that runs entirely on your machine. Find papers by meaning, not just keywords. Works with any MCP-compatible AI client.

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## Table of Contents

- [RAG Pipeline](#rag-pipeline) — the core
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Client Setup](#client-setup)
- [MCP Tools (36)](#mcp-tools-36)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Tables & Figures](#tables--figures)
- [Other Features](#other-features)
- [Updating](#updating)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Architecture](#architecture)
- [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
- [License](#license)

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## RAG Pipeline

The RAG pipeline is the heart of this project. Every design decision — from chunking strategy to embedding backend to diversity reranking — is optimized for one goal: **maximize retrieval precision for academic papers on consumer hardware.**

### Pipeline Overview

```
Your Zotero Library
      │
      ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. PDF EXTRACTION (PyMuPDF)                          │
│    Page-by-page text extraction, parallel processing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2. TEXT CLEANING (52 regex rules)                    │
│    Strips journal boilerplate: article-info blocks,  │
│    CLC numbers, funding footers, page numbers, DOIs  │
│    EN journals (9 rules) · CN journals (24) · Univ. (19) │
│    Avg 10.6% line removal (CN 19.3%, EN 7.2%)       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3. SEMANTIC CHUNKING …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.review (1, derived)
- data.vector-search (1, derived)
- research.academic (0.802, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/zra-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:24:06.034Z)

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