CLI-Anything cli-anything-zotero

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/cli-anything-zotero" ~/.claude/skills/hkuds-cli-anything-cli-anything-zotero && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/cli-anything-zotero/SKILL.md

cli-anything-zotero

cli-anything-zotero

is an agent-native CLI for Zotero desktop. It does not reimplement Zotero. Instead, it composes Zotero's real local surfaces:

Installation

pip install -e .

Entry Points

cli-anything-zotero
python -m cli_anything.zotero

Important Constraints

search items

item export

item citation

, and

item bibliography

require Zotero's Local API to be enabled.

```
note add
```
depends on the live Zotero GUI context and expects the same library to be selected in the app.
Import-time PDF attachment support is limited to items created in the same connector session; arbitrary existing-item attachment upload is still out of scope.
Experimental SQLite write commands are local-only, user-library-only, and should be treated as non-stable power-user operations.
If a bare key is duplicated across libraries, set
```
session use-library <id>
```
before follow-up commands.

Command Groups

App

Application and runtime inspection commands.

Command	Description
`status`	Execute `status` .
`version`	Execute `version` .
`launch`	Execute `launch` .
`enable-local-api`	Execute `enable-local-api` .
`ping`	Execute `ping` .

Collection

Collection inspection and selection commands.

Command	Description
`list`	Execute `list` .
`find`	Execute `find` .
`tree`	Execute `tree` .
`get`	Execute `get` .
`items`	Execute `items` .
`use-selected`	Execute `use-selected` .
`create`	Execute `create` .

Item

Item inspection and rendering commands.

Command	Description
`list`	Execute `list` .
`find`	Execute `find` .
`get`	Execute `get` .
`children`	Execute `children` .
`notes`	Execute `notes` .
`attachments`	Execute `attachments` .
`file`	Execute `file` .
`export`	Execute `export` .
`citation`	Execute `citation` .
`bibliography`	Execute `bibliography` .
`context`	Execute `context` .
`analyze`	Execute `analyze` .
`add-to-collection`	Execute `add-to-collection` .
`move-to-collection`	Execute `move-to-collection` .

Search

Saved-search inspection commands.

Command	Description
`list`	Execute `list` .
`get`	Execute `get` .
`items`	Execute `items` .

Tag

Tag inspection commands.

Command	Description
`list`	Execute `list` .
`items`	Execute `items` .

Style

Installed CSL style inspection commands.

Command	Description
`list`	Execute `list` .

Import

Official Zotero import and write commands.

Command	Description
`file`	Execute `file` .
`json`	Execute `json` .

Note

Read and add child notes.

Command	Description
`get`	Execute `get` .
`add`	Execute `add` .

Session

Session and REPL context commands.

Command	Description
`status`	Execute `status` .
`use-library`	Execute `use-library` .
`use-collection`	Execute `use-collection` .
`use-item`	Execute `use-item` .
`use-selected`	Execute `use-selected` .
`clear-library`	Execute `clear-library` .
`clear-collection`	Execute `clear-collection` .
`clear-item`	Execute `clear-item` .
`history`	Execute `history` .

Examples

Runtime Status

Inspect Zotero paths and backend availability.

cli-anything-zotero app status --json

Read Selected Collection

Persist the collection selected in the Zotero GUI.

cli-anything-zotero collection use-selected --json

Render Citation

Render a citation using Zotero's Local API.

cli-anything-zotero item citation <item-key> --style apa --locale en-US --json

Add Child Note

Create a child note under an existing Zotero item.

cli-anything-zotero note add <item-key> --text "Key takeaway" --json

Build LLM Context

Assemble structured context for downstream model analysis.

cli-anything-zotero item context <item-key> --include-notes --include-links --json

Version

0.1.0