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# pyzotero — AI agent skill for literature review

> 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-…

# `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](/research-agent-skills/skills#literature-review) · **License:** MIT · **Version:** 1.2

## Install

```bash theme={null}
npx research-agent-skills install pyzotero
npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills --skill pyzotero
```

## 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](https://github.com/KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/pyzotero/SKILL.md) for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.


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