Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
新增完整的集合管理功能：collection-create（创建）、collection-rename（重命名）、collection-delete（删除）、collection-add-item（添加项目到集合）、collection-remove-item（移除项目）、collection-list（列出集合项目）。修复了 API 调用问题，所有功能已测试通过。
What This Skill Does
Python scripts wrapping the pyzotero library to interact with Zotero reference libraries. Supports search, full-text search, item retrieval, adding items individually or in bulk from JSON, and full collection management. Works with both a locally running Zotero instance and the Zotero Web API.
Gives command-line and script access to Zotero without opening the desktop app, making library management automatable and composable with other tools.
When to use it
- Search a research library by keyword or phrase
- Find papers containing specific terms inside PDFs
- Add journal articles with metadata from the command line
- Organize references into collections and subcollections
- Export search results as JSON for scripting pipelines
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: find all papers about 'attention mechanisms' including PDF content, then add results to a collection
- 1Run full-text search: python3 scripts/zotero_tool.py search -q "attention mechanisms" --fulltext --json
- 2Parse returned item keys from JSON output
- 3List existing collections to find the target collection key: python3 scripts/zotero_tool.py listcollections
- 4Add each matching item to the collection: python3 scripts/zotero_tool.py collection-add-item ITEM_KEY -c COLLECTION_KEY
All matching papers are added to the specified Zotero collection
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.