Agent skill · mvanhorn
pp-zotero-research-library
Your entire Zotero research library, searchable offline — version-based incremental sync into SQLite with full-text search no other Zotero tool has. Trigger phrases: `search my Zotero library`, `what does my library say about`, `find papers about`, `sync my Zotero library`, `what did I add to Zotero this week`, `get the citation for`, `use zotero-research-library`, `run zotero cli`.
What it needs
About 10k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
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How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-zotero-research-library