# zotio (mcpb · zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb)

Zotero MCP server: local-first search, library checks, and preview-first writes for AI agents.

- Trust score: 56/100 (low)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_darwin_amd64.mcpb`: 9/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-darw.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-darw)
- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_darwin_arm64.mcpb`: 9/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-darw-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-darw-2)
- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb`: 56/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu)
- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_arm64.mcpb`: 9/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu-2)
- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_windows_amd64.mcpb`: 9/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-wind.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-wind)
- mcpb · `zotio-mcp_0.32.0_windows_arm64.mcpb`: 9/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-wind-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-wind-2)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `mcpb`
- Package: `https://github.com/OrgMentem/zotio/releases/download/v0.32.0/zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb`
- Transport: `stdio`
- SHA-256: `f3741cdadb4719406d188b0627e0c456cccd285d92944fe29000be59ff7223cd`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 0/100
  - No malware scan is available for this kind of package: the supply-chain vendors we use do not cover it. This is a permanent gap in our coverage, not a finding about the package.
  - Known CVEs could not be checked: we found no dependency list to check in this bundle: either it runs a compiled binary, whose bundled manifests we do not read, or none of the package.json, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml or uv.lock files it ships for its runtime declares a dependency we can read (a requirements.txt that only points at a setup.py project, a local path, or a nested requirements file we cannot follow counts as none).
  - Install-script risk not yet assessed.
  - Dependency health could not be checked: we found no dependency list to check in this bundle: either it runs a compiled binary, whose bundled manifests we do not read, or none of the package.json, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml or uv.lock files it ships for its runtime declares a dependency we can read (a requirements.txt that only points at a setup.py project, a local path, or a nested requirements file we cannot follow counts as none).
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 86/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 803 tokens (~66/item across 12 items; 6 tools + 6 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the zotio MCP server?

zotio ships as an MCPB bundle, a single file you download and open in an MCP host that supports MCPB bundles, such as Claude Desktop. The host reads the launch command from the bundle's own manifest, so there is no command to copy. Before opening it, check the file's SHA-256 matches the one the MCP registry declares for it, f3741cdadb4719406d188b0627e0c456cccd285d92944fe29000be59ff7223cd; the commands to do that are on this page. If it does not match, do not open it.

- Download bundle: `https://github.com/OrgMentem/zotio/releases/download/v0.32.0/zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb`
- SHA-256: `f3741cdadb4719406d188b0627e0c456cccd285d92944fe29000be59ff7223cd`

### Verify on macOS / Linux

```bash
echo "f3741cdadb4719406d188b0627e0c456cccd285d92944fe29000be59ff7223cd  zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb" | shasum -a 256 -c
```

### Verify on Windows (PowerShell)

```powershell
(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb).Hash -eq "f3741cdadb4719406d188b0627e0c456cccd285d92944fe29000be59ff7223cd"
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-31 (score 56, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-29 (score 56, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 55, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 54, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 53, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 52, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-18 (score 51, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 50, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (6)

### `command_run` (~155 tokens)

Run one mirrorable Cobra command by its space-separated command path.

Input parameters:

- `args` (string): Additional positional arguments only; raw flags rejected.
- `flags` (object): Safe flags to pass by name: command-local flags plus, for mutating commands, the write-safety gate flags (yes, dry-run, allow-destructive, allow-zotero-cloud, max-changes, continue-on-error, max-fail…
- `name` (string, required): Exact space-separated command path to run, such as "items enrich".

### `command_search` (~61 tokens)

Search and inspect mirrorable Cobra commands exposed through the command orchestration facade.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string): Exact space-separated command path to inspect, such as "items enrich".
- `query` (string): Case-insensitive text to match against command names and summaries.

### `context` (~29 tokens)

Get API domain context: resource taxonomy, auth requirements, query tips, and unique capabilities. Call this first.

### `search` (~164 tokens)

Full-text search across synced data. Set fulltext to resolve synced PDF-text hits to parent items. Requires sync first. Large responses are bounded to the MCP tool-result budget.

Input parameters:

- `fulltext` (boolean): Search only synced PDF text and return parent item context
- `limit` (number): Max results (default 25, maximum 100)
- `query` (string, required): Search query (supports FTS5 syntax: AND, OR, NOT, quotes for phrases)
- `scope` (string): Item cohort: library | collection:KEY | tag:NAME | item:KEY | query:TEXT | saved-search:KEY; join arms with AND to intersect them, e.g. collection:KEY AND tag:NAME; requires fulltext. Membership appl…

### `sql` (~79 tokens)

Run read-only SQL against local database. Use for ad-hoc analysis, aggregations, and joins across synced resources. Requires sync first. Returns a JSON object with rows, truncated, and row_limit; large responses are bounded to the MCP tool-result budget.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): SQL query (SELECT or WITH...SELECT). Tables match resource names.

### `workflow_submit` (~137 tokens)

Submit an inline multi-step workflow executed by zotio's workflow runner — previews unless yes; each mutation has its own run_id and shares a workflow_run_id; steps apply in order without rollback; steps validated per-command exactly like command_run.

Input parameters:

- `allow-destructive` (boolean): Allow destructive workflow steps; required together with yes even when a step declares allow-destructive.
- `continue_on_error` (boolean): Continue executing later steps after a step fails.
- `steps` (array, required): Validated workflow steps.
- `vars` (object): Workflow variable values.
- `yes` (boolean): Apply the full workflow once instead of previewing it.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 56
- 2026-11-04: 56
- 2026-11-03: 56
- 2026-11-02: 56
- 2026-11-01: 56
- 2026-10-31: 56
- 2026-10-30: 56
- 2026-10-29: 56
- 2026-10-28: 55
- 2026-10-27: 55
- 2026-10-26: 54
- 2026-10-25: 54
- 2026-10-24: 53
- 2026-10-23: 53
- 2026-10-22: 52
- 2026-10-21: 52
- 2026-10-20: 51
- 2026-10-19: 51
- 2026-10-18: 51
- 2026-10-17: 50
- 2026-10-16: 50
- 2026-10-15: 49
- 2026-10-14: 49
- 2026-10-13: 48
- 2026-10-12: 43
- 2026-10-10: 43
- 2026-10-09: 43
- 2026-10-06: 43
- 2026-10-04: 43
- 2026-10-03: 43

## Common questions

### What is the zotio MCP server?

zotio is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.OrgMentem/zotio. Zotero MCP server: local-first search, library checks, and preview-first writes for AI agents. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/OrgMentem/zotio/releases/download/v0.32.0/zotio-mcp_0.32.0_linux_amd64.mcpb).

### Is the zotio MCP server safe to use?

zotio scores 56 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the zotio MCP server expose?

zotio exposes 6 tools: command_run, command_search, context, search, sql, workflow_submit. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 625 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### What licence is the zotio MCP server under?

zotio declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the zotio MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 12 checks on zotio, covering Source repository, Provenance, License, Maintenance and 8 more. 4 items could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about zotio: Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts and Dependency health. One category scores 0 for that reason, because we only credit what we can confirm. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an MCPB bundle, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Repository: https://github.com/OrgMentem/zotio
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/orgmentem-zotio/https-github-com-orgmentem-zotio-releases-download-v0-28-0-zotio-mcp-0-28-0-linu