# First, create an API key at https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys
   # Then use it to get your user ID:
   curl -H "Zotero-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" https://api.zotero.org/keys/current

{
     "userID": 123456,
     "username": "your_username",
     "access": {
       "user": {
         "library": true,
         "files": true,
         "notes": true,
         "write": true
       }
     }
   }

export ZOTERO_API_KEY="your-api-key"
   export ZOTERO_USER_ID="user-id-from-curl"

# Test that your credentials work:
   curl -H "Zotero-API-Key: $ZOTERO_API_KEY" \
        "https://api.zotero.org/users/$ZOTERO_USER_ID/collections"

# Install globally (recommended)
   npm install -g mcp-zotero
   mcp-zotero

   # Or run directly with npx
   npx mcp-zotero

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zotero": {
      "command": "mcp-zotero",
      "env": {
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": YOUR_API_KEY,
        "ZOTERO_USER_ID": YOUR_USER_ID
      }
    }
  }
}

echo $ZOTERO_API_KEY
   echo $ZOTERO_USER_ID

npm list -g mcp-zotero

npm uninstall -g mcp-zotero
   npm install -g mcp-zotero