mcp-zotero
MCP Zotero (DEPRECATED)
This skill is deprecated. The Zotero MCP integration has been replaced by a local BibTeX pipeline that avoids database locking and sync conflicts.
Migration Guide
What Changed
- Before: Zotero MCP server (
mcp-zotero) interfaced with Zotero's local SQLite database - After:
references.bibis the canonical metadata store; PDFs/EPUBs live inlibrary/pdfs/, converted markdown inlibrary/markdown/
How to Migrate
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Export your Zotero library as BibTeX (File → Export Library → BibTeX)
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Run the migration script:
python plugins/sociology-skillset/scripts/migrate-zotero.py \ --bib exported.bib \ --files ~/Zotero/storage \ --output-dir .This copies your PDFs/EPUBs to
library/pdfs/, converts them to markdown, and createsreferences.bibwithpdf_pathandmd_pathfields. -
For new papers, use the ingest script instead of Zotero:
python plugins/sociology-skillset/scripts/ingest.py --file paper.pdf python plugins/sociology-skillset/scripts/ingest.py --file book.epub --doi 10.xxxx/xxxxx
What Replaces What
| Before (Zotero MCP) | After (Local Library) |
|---|---|
search_items(query=...) |
Search references.bib by author/title/year |
get_item(item_key=...) |
Look up entry in references.bib by citation key |
download_attachments(...) |
Read from library/pdfs/ directly |
| Zotero RAG semantic search | uv run plugins/sociology-skillset/scripts/rag.py search "query" |
add_item(...) |
python ingest.py --file paper.pdf |
Skills That Use the New Pipeline
All downstream skills (lit-synthesis, reading-agent, bibliography-builder, peer-reviewer, argument-builder) now read from references.bib and library/ instead of calling Zotero MCP tools.
Legacy Files
The guides/ and references/ subdirectories in this skill are preserved for reference but are no longer maintained.
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