Zotero MCP

Why this score

13 public GitHub projects have this in their committed setup (counted 2026-10-07). That counts people who kept it, not people who starred it. Private projects aren't visible, so the real number is higher.

Popularity score: 79/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

Security

Scanned Nov 4, 2026 at the PyPI package zotero-mcp-server@0.15.2, first 300 source files (it's a large repo), with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

What its code does:

• Reads environment variables and sends network requests with them API clients do this to send your key to the service. Check which service it talks to.src/zotero_mcp/cli.py, src/zotero_mcp/client.py and 2 more
• Runs shell commands Common for dev tools. Read the commands it runs.plugin/scripts/build.mjs:5, plugin/scripts/dev.mjs:14, plugin/scripts/test-zotero.mjs:4 and 2 more
• Makes network requestsscripts/gen_basefield_map.py:39, src/zotero_mcp/schema.py:188, src/zotero_mcp/scite_client.py:39 and 17 more
• Reads environment variables, where API keys usually livescripts/measure_context_cost.py:80, src/zotero_mcp/_app.py:72, src/zotero_mcp/tools/write.py:4461

Web addresses in its code:

• doi.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:1320
• arxiv.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/cli_standalone.py:9
• scite.aisrc/zotero_mcp/tools/scite.py:13
• api.zotero.orgscripts/gen_basefield_map.py:5
• zotero.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/write.py:5128
• nodejs.orgplugin/src/agent/runtime.ts:22
• pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:2482
• a.comsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/write.py:102
• api.crossref.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/write.py:1591
• api.github.comsrc/zotero_mcp/updater.py:330
• api.openalex.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:2397
• api.scite.aisrc/zotero_mcp/scite_client.py:21
• api.semanticscholar.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:2459
• api.unpaywall.orgsrc/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:2333
• astral.shplugin/src/zotero/doctor.ts:54

And 9 more.

These are the sites named in the code, so it's where your data could go. It isn't a complete list: code can build addresses while it runs, and a few of these may be links rather than calls. Whatever you send also goes to the AI model you use.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

Alternatives

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