Upgrade StorageZotero-use Skill for AI Agents like Codex
I am a heavy Zotero user with over 8 GB library. Like many, I have been using agents of late like claude code, gemini-cli, and now consolidated on Codex.
A use case was working with manuscripts that have Zotero references. Initially i was working with markdown versions of manuscripts but soon realized reference management was a pain and also realized that agents had document skills allowing them to work with DocX files in OOXML directly. Then came a search for agent talking to Zotero as well and I came across many projects as well as the in built local Zotero server.
Based on that, I created a Zotero-use skill for agents. I have personally used it in two papers and it works really well. Of course it is Open Sourced as all knowledge should be.
Hope you will find it helpful and of use. https://github.com/drguptavivek/zotero-use
A use case was working with manuscripts that have Zotero references. Initially i was working with markdown versions of manuscripts but soon realized reference management was a pain and also realized that agents had document skills allowing them to work with DocX files in OOXML directly. Then came a search for agent talking to Zotero as well and I came across many projects as well as the in built local Zotero server.
Based on that, I created a Zotero-use skill for agents. I have personally used it in two papers and it works really well. Of course it is Open Sourced as all knowledge should be.
Hope you will find it helpful and of use. https://github.com/drguptavivek/zotero-use
- search/query/retrieve references from my Zotero library
- review specific references using metadata, abstract, PDF/full text when available
brainstorm from Zotero evidence in the current writing context
- edit Word .docx text and add selected Zotero references as live Zotero citation fields. Open the word doc and hit Refresh in Zotero addin to update and reformat bibliography
Credit: this workflow is mainly built around pyzotero-cli by Chris Carroll Smith: https://github.com/chriscarrollsmith/pyzotero-cli
For local Zotero use, Zotero must allow local applications to talk to it:
Zotero > Settings > Advanced > Allow other applications on this computer to communicate with Zotero
Installing For Codex, ask the agent:
Install the skill from drguptavivek/zotero-use
or clone it into the active Codex skills directory used on your machine.