# Zotero — AI Connector Search a Zotero library and insert citations. Zotero is listed under Education & Research in the ChatGPT apps directory, built by OpenAI. Source: https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/zotero/ --- [AI Connectors](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/) · [Education & Research](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/) # Zotero Search a Zotero library and insert citations Listed in ChatGPT [ChatGPT listing](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/zotero?open_in_app) [openai.com](https://openai.com/) Overview ## What Zotero does This connector links Codex to a Zotero library on the desktop. Saved papers can be located, BibTeX can be exported to a file, and citation keys can be placed into a draft being written in the same session. Where Zotero has already indexed the text of an attachment, that text can be read on request rather than automatically. New reference records can also be brought into the library, and that write step happens only with explicit approval. The app works against an existing desktop installation rather than a hosted service, so the reference data stays where Zotero already keeps it. The listed capabilities are read, write and interactive. ### Who it is for Researchers and academic writers who keep their references in Zotero and draft with Codex. ### What stands out Read and write both appear, but the write path, importing new records, is gated behind approval. Availability ## Where Zotero is listed Zotero is listed in the ChatGPT apps directory only. OpenAI has no connector under the same domain in the Claude directory; 392 of the 3,150 products here are on both marketplaces, and this is not one of them. ChatGPT apps are built on MCP, and the same server can back a Claude connector, so the absence is a distribution decision rather than a technical one. ChatGPT listing ## In the ChatGPT apps directory Developer OpenAI Filed under Education & Research Listed since May 2026 Authentication Authenticates when installed Website [openai.com](https://openai.com/) Policies published Privacy policy · Terms of service Official listing [Open in ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/zotero?open_in_app) Snapshot August 2026 ### Named skills Zotero declares 1 named skill, which puts it in the 6.7% of ChatGPT-listed apps that do. - **Zotero** ### Example prompts from the listing - @Zotero find papers in my library about transformers and add citations to my draft - @Zotero export my Zotero library to references.bib - @Zotero search my Zotero library and show the BibTeX keys Same company ## More from OpenAI ### [Build iOS Apps](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/developer-tools/build-ios-apps/) iOS development workflows for SwiftUI and Xcode ChatGPT ### [Build macOS Apps](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/developer-tools/build-macos-apps/) macOS app development, debugging, and packaging guidance ChatGPT ### [Build Web Apps](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/developer-tools/build-web-apps/) Frontend web app building with testing and payments ChatGPT ### [Build Web Data Visualization](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/developer-tools/build-web-data-visualization/) Design and build browser-based charts and dashboards ChatGPT Nearby ## Other Education & Research connectors ### [API Lessons](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/api-lessons/) Directory of free Lightning Lessons on Maven ChatGPT ### [ApplyBoard](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/applyboard/) Shortlists international study programs from stated criteria ChatGPT ### [BestColleges.com](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/bestcolleges-com/) Search accredited online degree programs by goal ChatGPT ### [Dewey Data](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/dewey-data/) Search academic datasets on the Dewey Platform ChatGPT ### [italki language learning](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/italki-language-learning/) Find language tutors, group classes, and level tests ChatGPT ### [Medeloop Grants](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/medeloop-grants/) NIH grant discovery and first-draft proposal writing ChatGPT [All 130 Education & Research connectors](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/education/) This is an independent catalogue entry compiled by Node8 from Zotero's public marketplace listing as it stood in August 2026. Listing facts come from the marketplaces; the comparisons against the rest of the directory and any live-endpoint measurements are Node8's. Node8 is not affiliated with OpenAI, and inclusion here is not an endorsement. ## Want your company reachable inside ChatGPT and Claude? Node8 builds MCP servers end to end: deciding which tools are worth exposing, the authentication and permission model, the review submissions, and the onboarding that gets them used. One server serves ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot. [See how it works](https://node8.ai/mcp) Book a strategy session