Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or later
• A local Zotero installation (for the SQLite database)

Install

uv (recommended)pipxpip

uv tool install zotero-cli-ai

pipx install zotero-cli-ai

pip install zotero-cli-ai

Upgrade

uvpipxpip

uv tool upgrade zotero-cli-ai

pipx upgrade zotero-cli-ai

pip install -U zotero-cli-ai

MCP Support

To use zotero-cli-ai as an MCP server (for Claude Desktop, Cursor, LM Studio):

pip install zotero-cli-ai[mcp]

Verify Installation

zot --version