zotero_get_recent
Get recently added items
How to use it
zotero_get_recent is exposed by the Zotero MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the zotero_get_recent tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Zotero MCP
docker run --rm ghcr.io/<owner>/zotero-mcp:latestOther tools in Zotero MCP (39)
Everything (the pre-0.9 behaviour)
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Scan items for retractions and editorial notices
Get Scite citation tallies and retraction alerts for a paper
Search your Zotero library with Scite-enriched results (tallies + alerts inline)
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Add one or more items from BibTeX (inline or .bib file)
Add one or more items from CSL JSON (inline or file)
Add a paper by DOI with automatic metadata and open-access PDF attachment
Add a book by ISBN (Open Library + Google Books cascade)
Add a paper by URL (arXiv, DOI URLs, and general webpages)
Import a local PDF or EPUB file with automatic DOI extraction
Perform complex searches with multiple criteria
Attach a local file or a PDF URL to an existing item by key (no new item created; returns the attachment key; idempotent per filename and content hash)
Create a highlight (text=) or an area annotation (rect=[x, y, width, height])
Get annotations (including direct PDF extraction); use format="json" for normalized records suitable for scripts and other MCP tools
Get items in a collection
List collections
Get attachments and notes for one item or many (pass an array of keys)
Get full text content
Get detailed metadata (supports format="markdown", format="json" for complete raw Zotero metadata, and format="bibtex")
Retrieve notes from your Zotero library; pass query to search note and annotation text instead of listing
Detect figure/table regions on a PDF page (with captions and normalized coordinates) for accurate area annotation placement — its reported bbox can be passed straight to zoterocreateannotation(rect=...)
Check database status and configuration
List all tags
Create, update, or delete a note via action="create""update""delete" (beta feature)
Search your library using custom tag filters
Search your library by keywords
AI-powered similarity search with embedding models
Set, change, or clear an item's parent (parentkey=null makes it top-level)
Build a per-paper annotation/note digest; supports format="json" for structured grouped output
Manually update the semantic search database