Pyzotero

by LeonChaoX

Pyzotero is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by LeonChaoX in qinyan-academic-skills.

814 stars68 forkson LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skillsAdded 2026/08/22Repository updated 2026/07/20

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Install Pyzotero

Copy Pyzotero into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit 'https://github.com/LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills/tree/main/skills/01-%E8%AE%BA%E6%96%87%E6%A3%80%E7%B4%A2%E4%B8%8E%E6%96%87%E7%8C%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86/pyzotero' ~/.claude/skills/pyzotero

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/01-论文检索与文献管理/pyzotero/SKILL.md in LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/pyzotero
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Pyzotero does

Pyzotero lets you manage Zotero libraries from Python with the Zotero Web API. Use it to read, create, update, delete, search, and export references, attachments, tags, and collections.

Pyzotero is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Pyzotero comes from a repository tagged academic, ai-assistant, arxiv, claude-code and google-scholar.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Pyzotero

Pyzotero is a Python wrapper for the Zotero API v3. Use it to programmatically manage Zotero libraries: read items and collections, create and update references, upload attachments, manage tags, and export citations.

Authentication Setup

Required credentials — get from https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys:

User ID: shown as "Your userID for use in API calls"
API Key: create at https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys/new
Library ID: for group libraries, the integer after /groups/ in the group URL

Store credentials in environment variables or a .env file:

ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=your_user_id
ZOTERO_API_KEY=your_api_key
ZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE=user  # or "group"

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Pyzotero

What else does LeonChaoX publish alongside Pyzotero?
Pyzotero is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include BGPT Paper Search, Citation Management and Generate Image. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Pyzotero does, and is maintained by LeonChaoX in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills page.
How does Pyzotero compare to other Automation skills?
Pyzotero ranks #970 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Pyzotero against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.