Use Case
Zotero is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Manage Zotero reference libraries via the Web API. Search, list, add items by DOI/ISBN/PMID (with duplicate detection), delete/trash items, update metadata and tags, export in BibTeX/RIS/CSL-JSON, batch-add from files, check PDF attachments, cross-reference citations, find missing DOIs via CrossRef, and fetch open-access PDFs. Supports --json output for scripting. Use when the user asks about academic references, citation management, literature libraries, PDFs for papers, bibliography export, or Zotero specifically. This guide walks you through installing Zotero, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Zotero: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install zotero
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to data & analytics to trigger Zotero
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Zotero with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Zotero
Help me get started with Zotero
What can Zotero do for my data & analytics workflow?
Show me an example of using Zotero
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install zoteroOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install zoteroβ 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/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.