Upgrade StorageZoteus: use your whole Zotero library from Claude or any AI (free and open source)
Hi all,
I built a small open source tool called Zoteus and wanted to share it here.
Zoteus lets you use your Zotero library straight from Claude, Cursor, or any AI app that supports MCP. From a normal chat you can:
- search your library, including the full text of your PDFs, by keyword or by meaning
- add papers by DOI, ISBN, PMID, or arXiv
- make citations and bibliographies in about 2,800 styles, built from your own
- add, edit, tag, and organize items (changes ask you to confirm first and go to the trash, so they are reversible)
It is not a Zotero plugin. It runs alongside Zotero on your own computer and talks to it, so your data stays with you. Reading works against the desktop app with no key. For writes and group libraries you add your own Zotero API key.
It installs with one command: npx -y @oscardvs/zoteus
Code and setup: https://github.com/oscardvs/zoteus
Docs: https://zoteus.com
It is still new, so I would really like feedback, bug reports, or ideas for what to add. Thanks!
I built a small open source tool called Zoteus and wanted to share it here.
Zoteus lets you use your Zotero library straight from Claude, Cursor, or any AI app that supports MCP. From a normal chat you can:
- search your library, including the full text of your PDFs, by keyword or by meaning
- add papers by DOI, ISBN, PMID, or arXiv
- make citations and bibliographies in about 2,800 styles, built from your own
- add, edit, tag, and organize items (changes ask you to confirm first and go to the trash, so they are reversible)
It is not a Zotero plugin. It runs alongside Zotero on your own computer and talks to it, so your data stays with you. Reading works against the desktop app with no key. For writes and group libraries you add your own Zotero API key.
It installs with one command: npx -y @oscardvs/zoteus
Code and setup: https://github.com/oscardvs/zoteus
Docs: https://zoteus.com
It is still new, so I would really like feedback, bug reports, or ideas for what to add. Thanks!