---
name: "Ground research agents in Zotero libraries with LLM for Zotero"
slug: "ground-research-agents-in-zotero-libraries-with-llm-for-zotero"
description: "Bring agent-mode paper chat, citation-grounded answers, note saving, tagging, importing, and library-wide research operations into Zotero."
github_stars: 1659
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero"
author: "yilewang"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Research & Scraping"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "yilewang/llm-for-zotero"
  github_stars: 1659
---

# Ground research agents in Zotero libraries with LLM for Zotero

Bring agent-mode paper chat, citation-grounded answers, note saving, tagging, importing, and library-wide research operations into Zotero.

## Prerequisites

Zotero 7 or newer, the LLM for Zotero XPI plugin, an LLM backend or local/OpenAI-compatible model, optional Codex App Server or Claude Code bridge

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install -g @openai/codex
- On macOS, you can also use brew install --cask codex. On Windows, install
- git clone https://github.com/jianghao-zhang/cc-llm4zotero-adapter.git
- npm install

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Skills require **Agent Mode**. They have no effect in standard chat mode.
- <summary>Claude Code prerequisites, bridge setup, and project assets</summary>
- The claude command must be on PATH and authenticated.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- <a id="usage-guide"></a>
- Download the latest .xpi file from the

- Source: https://github.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yilewang/llm-for-zotero/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://yilewang.github.io/llm-for-zotero

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/ground-research-agents-in-zotero-libraries-with-llm-for-zotero/)