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ZotSeek — AI skill for Claude Code

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AI semantic search for Zotero, with a built-in MCP server for AI agents (Claude Code, Codex).

How to install ZotSeek

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open introfini/ZotSeek and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What ZotSeek does

AI semantic search for Zotero, with a built-in MCP server for AI agents (Claude Code, Codex). Find papers by meaning. 100% local and private.

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README

ZotSeek | AI-Powered Semantic Search & MCP Server for Zotero

Find similar papers by **meaning**, not just keywords. 100% local, no data leaves your machine. Now with a built-in **MCP server** for AI agents.

**Status:** ✅ Stable release · Zotero 8, 9 & 10 · Transformers.js running locally

**New:** 🤖 **MCP server built in** — Claude Code, Codex, and any MCP client can search your library and cite papers with links that open straight to the matched PDF page. Fully local, read-only, opt-in. [Set it up in one line →](docs/MCP.md)

**New from the same author:** 🔎 [**citefact**](https://github.com/hearthresearch/citefact) — audit your manuscript against your Zotero library: citations exist, quotes are verbatim, claims are supported.

![ZotSeek Search Dialog](docs/images/search-dialog-by-section-hover.png)

Features

🔒 100% Local - No data sent to cloud, works completely offline
🧠 True Semantic Search - Find papers by meaning, not just keywords
🤖 AI Agent Access (MCP) - Let Claude Code and other MCP clients search your library, fully local and opt-in (docs)
🔍 Find Similar Documents - Right-click any paper → discover related research
📖 Search from PDF Selection - Select text while reading → right-click → find documents about that concept
🔎 Natural Language Search - Search with queries like "machine learning in healthcare"
🔀 Multi-Query Search - Combine up to 4 queries with AND/OR logic to find topic intersections
🔗 Hybrid Search - Combines AI + keyword search for best results
⚡ Lightning Fast - Searches complete in <100ms
📑 Section-Aware - See which section matched (Abstract, Methods, Results)
📄 Matched-Passage Preview - Hover a result to read the exact passage that matched, with query terms highlighted
📍 Passage-Level Location - Jump to exact page & paragraph in Full Document mode
✅ Multi-Select in Results - Select multiple search results, right-cli