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Connect Zotero to your AI

Add your Zotero key once and every AI you use can use the published servers that work through your Zotero account.

Needs your API keyWorks today: paste the key from this app and your AI can use it. One-click sign-in is not built yet.

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Connect ZoteroHow ahel works

Use your own Zotero account. Credentials stay encrypted in ahel.

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Servers that use your Zotero key

Published servers that declare a Zotero key. Connect yours once and each of them can run through your gateway.

zoteusby oscardvsCommunity serverZotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.Answered the probe 2026-09-13 but needs a credential before it lists tools.Ready to connect

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Use Zotero alongside your other connected apps.

GitHub14 actionsSlack6 actionsNotion5 actionsGmail6 actionsGreenhouse24 actionsGusto24 actionsIdeal Postcodes24 actionsIterable24 actionsTodoist7 actionsKeap24 actionsKlaviyo24 actionsLaunchDarkly24 actions

Zotero MCP server, hosted by ahel

One hosted endpoint serves Zotero. There is nothing to install and no local server to run.

Connect Zotero to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

  1. Add your Zotero key. ahel stores it encrypted.
  2. Paste one link into your AI: https://mcp.ahel.ai (once, for every app).
  3. Ask for the work. Your AI picks the action and ahel runs it with your key.

About Zotero

Zotero is a service your AI can act through. Connect your own key and your AI can work through the published servers that use a Zotero account.

Zotero over MCP: ahel serves Zotero to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex as one hosted MCP endpoint. There is no local server to run. Add your Zotero key once, paste one link into your AI, and the servers above are there.

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Questions

Is my Zotero key safe?

Your Zotero key is sealed in ahel and added to the request server-side when your AI calls Zotero. It never crosses the MCP link, no tool can read it back, and you can turn the app off or remove the key at any time.

Which AIs can use Zotero through ahel?

Any MCP-capable AI: Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and others. Paste one link, https://mcp.ahel.ai, into the AI once and everything in your gateway arrives through it.

What can my AI do with Zotero?

Connect your key and your AI can work through the community servers listed on this page that use a Zotero account.

Does connecting Zotero cost anything?

Connecting apps is free during ahel's early access. Free, Pro and Team all cost nothing today, and the pricing page lists what each one includes. Zotero may bill you for API use under its own terms.