zotero-scholar
将论文保存到 Zotero 文库，请按照 userid:apiKey 的格式配置 ZOTERO_CREDENTIALS 环境变量。
Why use this skill?
Integrate OpenClaw with Zotero to automatically save academic paper metadata, abstracts, and AI-generated summaries to your research library.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/gottenzzp/zotero-scholarWhat This Skill Does
The zotero-scholar skill acts as an automated bridge between your AI research assistant and your personal Zotero bibliography. It streamlines the academic workflow by programmatically pushing paper metadata—including titles, authors, URLs, abstracts, and AI-generated insights—directly into your Zotero library. By utilizing the official Zotero API, it ensures that your research collection is always synchronized with your LLM-driven discovery process, eliminating the tedious manual data entry typically associated with managing academic references.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw CLI within your project terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/gottenzzp/zotero-scholar
Before execution, ensure you have configured your Zotero credentials. Create an API key at Zotero's developer settings with write permissions. Set the environment variable ZOTERO_CREDENTIALS using the format userid:apiKey to authenticate the agent for remote operations.
Use Cases
This skill is ideal for researchers, students, and academics who rely on AI to parse large volumes of literature. Use it to:
- Automate the cataloging of ArXiv preprints reviewed by your AI agent.
- Store AI-generated summaries directly within a Zotero 'Notes' field for quick reference.
- Maintain a clean, organized literature review workspace without leaving the chat interface.
Example Prompts
- "I just read this paper about Transformers: [URL]. Please summarize the key findings and save the metadata and my summary to my Zotero library using the zotero-scholar skill."
- "Extract the bibliographical details from this article and add it to my 'AI Research' collection in Zotero, tag it with 'Machine Learning'."
- "Summarize the provided PDF and push the citation to Zotero with a note about why it relates to my current project on neural architecture search."
Tips & Limitations
- Duplicate Handling: The skill uses the paper URL for de-duplication, so ensure your source URLs are clean and stable.
- Security: Never share your
ZOTERO_CREDENTIALSin public logs or insecure configurations. Since this skill performs write operations to your private cloud library, ensure your API key permissions are limited to what is necessary. - Consistency: Ensure authors are provided as a comma-separated string to allow the Zotero API to correctly parse the creator field.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-gottenzzp-zotero-scholar": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: external-api