Zotero Library
Talk to your own research library and get instant summaries and citations
About this skill
This connects your Zotero research library to your AI assistant so you can search it, pull up papers, and discuss them in normal language. It can read full text, notes, and PDF highlights, and add or organize references for you. It runs against your local library by default, and only reaches external services like cloud embeddings or citation lookups if you turn those on.
What it does
- Search your Zotero library by keyword, tag, collection, or meaning
- Pull paper metadata, full text, notes, and PDF annotations
- Add papers by DOI, URL, ISBN, or file and organize collections and tags
- Optionally check citations and retraction alerts via Scite
- Touch files outside your Zotero library
- Run system or shell commands
- Send your library to anywhere you have not configured
- Access other accounts or credentials on your computer
Security report
- Hidden instructions that could trick your AI (prompt injection)
- Secretly collecting or sending your data (data exfiltration)
- Asking for more access than it needs
- Unsafe actions that could delete or send things without asking
- Where it comes from and whether its licence is clear
Connects
Teach your AI
Copy this and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude. Your AI reads the full skill from this page and follows it. Nothing to install.
Learn this skill from AgentPod and use it whenever I ask: Zotero Library: https://agentpod.com/skills/zotero-library
FAQ
Is Zotero Library free?
Yes. Zotero Library is completely free. You copy a short prompt, paste it into your AI assistant, and it works. No account, no install, no payment.
Does Zotero Library work with ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes. Zotero Library works the same in ChatGPT and Claude. The same teach prompt works in either one: your AI reads the full skill straight from this page.
Is Zotero Library safe to use?
Yes. AgentPod security-checked Zotero Library and it scored 84/100. We review every skill for hidden instructions that could trick your AI, secret data collection, and anything unsafe before it goes live.
What can Zotero Library access?
It uses read-only access: it can read what you point it at, but it cannot change, send or delete anything. It connects only to zotero.
How do I use Zotero Library?
Copy the teach prompt on this page, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, then ask for what you need. Your assistant fetches the full skill from agentpod.com and follows it.
