Use Case
Zotero Cli is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Command-line interface for Zotero - search your Zotero library, add/edit notes, read attachments, and manage bibliographic references from the terminal. This guide walks you through installing Zotero Cli, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Zotero Cli: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install zotero-cli
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger Zotero Cli
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Zotero Cli with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Zotero Cli
Help me get started with Zotero Cli
What can Zotero Cli do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using Zotero Cli
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install zotero-cliOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install zotero-cliβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/zotero-cli/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.