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MCP Bridge for Zotero

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MCP server that enables AI assistants to build, test, and debug Zotero plugins via 26 tools for UI inspection, JS execution, logging, and more.

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Install

How to run this server

[ { "cmd": "npx -y install-mcp", "imports": [] } ]

server path: mcp-bridge-for-zotero

Tools

What this server exposes

zotero_screenshot

Capture window, element, or region screenshots

zotero_inspect_element

Find elements by CSS selector

zotero_get_dom_tree

Get DOM structure of a window/panel

zotero_get_styles

Get computed CSS styles for element

zotero_list_windows

List all open Zotero windows

zotero_execute_js

Execute JavaScript in Zotero's privileged context. Auto-wraps code with top-level return statements in IIFE.

zotero_inspect_object

Explore Zotero APIs - list methods and properties of any object (e.g., Zotero.Items)

zotero_open_preferences

Open Zotero's settings window, optionally to a specific pane (built-in or plugin)

zotero_search_prefs

Search/discover preferences by pattern (e.g., find all prefs containing 'debug')

zotero_get_pref

Get a preference value

zotero_set_pref

Set a preference value

zotero_scaffold_build

Build plugin (dev or production mode)

zotero_scaffold_serve

Start dev server with hot reload

zotero_scaffold_lint

Run ESLint on plugin source

zotero_scaffold_typecheck

Run TypeScript type checking

zotero_read_logs

Read debug output (Zotero.debug)

zotero_read_errors

Read error console entries

zotero_watch_logs

Watch debug output in real-time

Configuration

Environment & auth

authnone

envZOTERO_RDP_PORT

envZOTERO_RDP_HOST

Resources

githubhttps://github.com/introfini/mcp-server-zotero-dev ↗