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Zotero Research Tools alternatives
Zotero Research Tools by summer521521: Connects Codex to Zotero Desktop for local-library search, citation export, collection and tag inspection, and research workflow support. Here are 6 plugins in our catalog that describe a similar job, with the numbers you'd check before switching.
Why you might look elsewhere
- Want active development? Research Agent Skills, Sofya, Stata Research Guard got a push in the last two weeks.
- Want the most-watched option? Research Agent Skills has 136 stars to Zotero Research Tools's 5.
- On a different tool? Research Agent Skills mentions Claude Code, Cursor.
6 alternatives, side by side
| Plugin | Stars | License | Last push | Packaged as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoCAD Tianzheng Tools Connects Codex to AutoCAD and Tianzheng HVAC through a local MCP server for DWG-aware HVAC drawing inspection and workflow automation. | ★ 10 | MIT | 2026-07-01 | MCP server |
| Research Agent Skills 280+ Agent Skills that turn Codex, Claude Code, Cursor and other agents into a research co-scientist across the academic research lifecycle: literature and PRISMA reviews, hypotheses, experimental design, data analysis in biology, chemistry, medicine, physics and ML, paper writing, citation verification and peer review. | ★ 136 | No license file | 2026-11-14 | skills |
| MATLAB Simulink Tools Connects Codex to MATLAB and Simulink through a local MCP server for model inspection, script execution, and engineering workflow automation. | ★ 2 | MIT | 2026-07-01 | MCP server |
| Thermal-Fluid Research Workflow Thermal-fluid mechanical engineering research workflow for literature review, technical writing, data analysis, presentations, proposals, coding, and AI/ML tools. | ★ 26 | MIT | 2026-11-06 | plugin |
| Stata Research Guard Codex plugin for readable Stata research code, with official command help, paper examples and peer-review checks. | ★ 4 | MIT | 2026-11-10 | plugin |
| Sofya Web search with page content, URL and document reading (PDF, Office) as markdown, single-fact extraction and cited research reports through Sofya's hosted MCP server with browser sign-in, plus search and research skills. | ★ 2 | MIT | 2026-11-11 | MCP server, plugin, skills |
Picked by overlap between each project's own description and Zotero Research Tools's, same category first. Ordered by that overlap, not by stars or payment.
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