zotero 0.2.3

Single-user, agent-first CLI for Zotero (literature management, PDF upload, RSS query)

zotero-cli

Single-user, agent-first CLI for Zotero — literature management, PDF upload, RSS query.

Installation

# From PyPI after the first release is published
uv tool install zotero

# From source
git clone https://github.com/cywwycedward/zotero-cli.git
cd zotero-cli
uv sync --extra dev
uv run zotero-cli --help

Quick Start

# Initialize config
zotero-cli config init

# Set API key
zotero-cli config set api_key <your-zotero-api-key>
zotero-cli config set library_id <your-library-id>

# List items
zotero-cli items list

# Attach a PDF (ZFS default)
zotero-cli items create --type journalArticle --title "My Paper" --attach paper.pdf

Commands

Group	Commands
items	list, search, show, create, update, delete, attach, export
collections	list, show, create, delete, add-items, remove-items
tags	list, add, remove, rename, delete
feeds	list, show, items
config	init, show, set, get, validate, profiles
schema	JSON command tree introspection

Global Flags

--json        JSON envelope output
--profile     Profile name (default: "default")
--quiet, -q   Quiet mode: keys only

Output Modes

• Default: Human-readable (KV, tree, summary, YAML) — designed for agent consumption
• --json: Full JSON envelope with ok, data, error, meta — for scripts and jq
• --quiet: Keys only, one per line — for xargs pipelining

Configuration

~/.config/zotero-cli/config.toml (permission 0600):

[default]
api_key = "..."
library_id = "12345678"
library_type = "user"

[default.webdav]          # Optional: enables WebDAV attachment upload
url = "https://dav.example.com"
storage_path = "/zotero"
username = "myuser"
password = "mypass"

[default.sqlite]
path = "/home/user/Zotero/zotero.sqlite"

Environment overrides: ZOTERO_CLI_<PROFILE>_<KEY> (e.g. ZOTERO_CLI_DEFAULT_API_KEY).

Development

uv sync --extra dev
uv run ruff check src tests
uv run mypy src
uv run pytest --cov=src
uv build

See DEVELOPMENT.md for the full development guide and CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution expectations.