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DimensionZotero MCPConnect your Zotero research library to Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants for search, reading, annotation, and adding.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS69 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability11 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions13 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance15 / 2016 / 20
Documentation16 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Researchers, students, and academics who want to integrate their Zotero library with AI assistants.
  • Users who need quick retrieval, summarization, and annotation of papers.
  • Those looking for semantic search to discover related research.
  • Users who want to automate library management tasks like bulk adding and deduplication.
  • Scenarios needing clean, structured web context fed to an AI assistant
  • Users already on the Firecrawl platform who want to call its scraping capability directly via MCP
Not for
  • Users who don't need AI integration and just want a terminal interface (use zotero-cli).
  • Users who don't use Zotero.
  • Users who require fully offline operation without local Zotero installation (web API mode still needs internet).
  • Simple static-page scraping where you don't want to depend on a third-party API and incur call costs
  • Sites that explicitly disallow automated access (robots.txt)
Required permissions
  • Reads local Zotero database files (default path).
  • Writes to Zotero via Web API in hybrid mode (add, update, delete items).
  • Accesses Zotero attachment files (e.g., PDFs) to extract full text and annotations.
  • When semantic search is enabled, calls embedding model APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini) and stores index data.
  • When scite tools are enabled, calls scite.ai public API.
  • Requires a Firecrawl API key to call; cost and quota are governed by the Firecrawl account
  • firecrawl_agent/firecrawl_interact perform automated browser interaction, which may trigger login or form-submission flows on the target site
Risks and side effects
  • AI assistants may misinterpret or misread library data; verify important information manually.
  • Web API mode requires a Zotero API key; if compromised, unauthorized access to your library is possible.
  • Semantic search indexes may contain sensitive content; protect stored embeddings.
  • Enabled optional tool groups (e.g., scite) trigger external network requests.
  • Bulk crawl/map tools can generate significant request volume against a target site — respect the site's rate limits and terms of service
  • firecrawl_agent's interactive action chain is longer — define task boundaries clearly before running it to avoid accidentally triggering actions on a sensitive site
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cherry StudioClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
Tools3711