Installation

Requirements

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

Install

uv (recommended)pipxpip

uv tool install zotero-cli-cc

pipx install zotero-cli-cc

pip install zotero-cli-cc

Upgrade

uvpipxpip

uv tool upgrade zotero-cli-cc

pipx upgrade zotero-cli-cc

pip install -U zotero-cli-cc

MCP Support

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

pip install zotero-cli-cc[mcp]

Verify Installation

zot --version