Use Case
Stop doing repetitive documents & notes tasks manually. Zotero Cli lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Command-line interface for Zotero - search your Zotero library, add/edit notes, read attachments, and manage bibliographic references from the terminal. This guide shows practical examples of using Zotero Cli to automate common documents & notes workflows and save hours every week.
Install Zotero Cli: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install zotero-cli
Identify the repetitive documents & notes tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
Zotero Cli will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Zotero Cli
Automate my documents & notes tasks using Zotero Cli
What repetitive tasks can Zotero Cli handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs Zotero Cli every morning
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.