Zotero Agents

Zotero Agents

A personal research workbench for Zotero in the agent era

Connect your Zotero library with agent backends, pluggable workflows, Synthesis Workbench, and Host Bridge so literature search, analysis, management, synthesis, and writing preparation become auditable, traceable, reusable research knowledge.

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Pluggable Workflows

Turn paper analysis, deep reading, tagging, and topic synthesis into extensible flows.

Assistant Sidebar

Use ACP backends to collaborate with agents around papers, selections, and your library.

Synthesis Workbench

Manage citation networks, concepts, tags, and topic synthesis as a library-level knowledge layer.

Host Bridge

Let external agents read Zotero context and write back structured analysis through CLI and MCP.

Research Flow

From individual papers to topic synthesis

Analyze papers, talk with agents, inspect citation graphs, synthesize topics, and turn scattered reading into reusable research knowledge inside Zotero.

Synthesis Workbench topic graph view
Synthesis

Synthesis Topic Graph

Map relationships between topics and understand the structure of a research direction.

Synthesis Workbench citation graph view
Citation Graph

Citation Network

Manage reference networks and inspect library papers, external references, and graph structure.

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Assistant

Assistant Sidebar

Keep ACP Chat, ACP Skills, and SkillRunner tasks available inside the Zotero sidebar.

Topic Synthesis overview page
Topic Synthesis

Topic Synthesis Overview

Organize a research topic into summaries, key claims, comparisons, and writing material.

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Literature Analysis

Literature Analysis Notes

Generate digest, references, and citation analysis notes as the basis for graph and topic work.

Topic Synthesis references page
References

Topic References

Collect traceable references around a topic for reviews, proposals, and paper introductions.

Literature deep reading overview page
Deep Reading

Deep Reading Output

Generate a structured reading page with guided overview, section notes, concepts, and context.

Give your literature library to agents that can keep working

Start with installation, backend setup, and your first workflow; then expand into Synthesis, Host Bridge, and custom workflows.