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pyzotero

Reads and writes Zotero libraries from Python with pyzotero 1.13.0 and the Zotero Web API v3: items, collections, tags, attachments, saved searches, full-text content, and BibTeX, CSL-JSON, and bibliography export. Also covers the pyzotero CLI and MCP server for a local Zotero 7. Use when fetching or searching library items programmatically; when creating, updating, or deleting references, collections, or tags; when uploading PDF attachments or downloading files; when exporting citations as BibTeX or CSL-JSON; when building research automation around a Zotero user or group library. Not for formatting citations in a manuscript or verifying references against external databases.
Category: literature-review · License: MIT · Version: 1.2

Install

When to use it

Reads and writes Zotero libraries from Python with pyzotero 1.13.0 and the Zotero Web API v3: items, collections, tags, attachments, saved searches, full-text content, and BibTeX, CSL-JSON, and bibliography export. Also covers the pyzotero CLI and MCP server for a local Zotero 7. Use when fetching or searching library items programmatically; when creating, updating, or deleting references, collections, or tags; when uploading PDF attachments or downloading files; when exporting citations as BibTeX or CSL-JSON; when building research automation around a Zotero user or group library. Not for formatting citations in a manuscript or verifying references against external databases.

Full playbook

Read SKILL.md for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.