Zotero Local API Skill

Interact with a running Zotero 8 desktop app via its local HTTP API.

Critical: Two API Layers

Zotero's local server has two separate API layers with different capabilities:

1. Local API (Read-Only) — /api/...

Mirrors the Zotero Web API v3 at http://localhost:23119/api/. Supports comprehensive read operations but no writes (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE all return 400).

• Uses users/0 for the local user (not the actual user ID)
• No authentication required
• All query parameters from the Web API work: q, qmode, sort, direction, limit, start, format, include, itemType, tag, since
• Supports format=json (default), format=bib, format=citation, format=keys, format=versions, and export formats like format=bibtex

2. Connector API (Write) — /connector/...