Zotero plugin for Codex
Connect Codex to your Zotero desktop library so it can find saved papers, export BibTeX, add citation keys to drafts, read indexed attachment text when you ask, and import new reference records into Zotero with your approval.
How to install Zotero in Codex
codex plugin add zotero@openai-curatedCommand format from the Codex CLI reference (codex plugin add <plugin[@marketplace]>); openai-curated is the marketplace name in OpenAI's catalog file. You need to be signed in to Codex. Source: Codex CLI reference.
Or in Codex CLI type /plugins and pick it from the OpenAI curated marketplace; in the ChatGPT desktop app, open the Plugins tab. Start a new session afterwards so the plugin's skills and tools load. (OpenAI plugin docs)
What it contains
Skills (1)
Zotero— Use Zotero Desktop from Codex to enable/probe the local API, search a local Zotero library, list items/collections/tags, export BibTeX, insert citation keys into LaTeX or Markdown drafts, read indexed full text when requested, and import BibTeX/RIS records…
Example prompts from the manifest
- @Zotero find papers in my library about transformers and add citations to my draft
- @Zotero export my Zotero library to references.bib
- @Zotero search my Zotero library and show the BibTeX keys
About this listing
Zotero is in OpenAI's official curated Codex plugin catalog, published by OpenAI. It shows up in the Codex CLI plugin browser (/plugins) and in the ChatGPT desktop app's Plugins tab. The catalog lists it for the Codex product only. From its files we found 1 skill. The manifest says version 0.1.2. It's one of 7 listings in the Education & Research category. It also appears in best Codex plugins for research.
Get new Codex plugins like Zotero every week
The weekly CodexStacks drop: what's new and updated in the directory, in one short email.
You'll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe anytime.
Zotero FAQ
How do I install Zotero in Codex?
Run codex plugin add zotero@openai-curated (format from the Codex CLI reference). Or in Codex CLI type /plugins and pick it from the OpenAI curated marketplace; in the ChatGPT desktop app, open the Plugins tab. Start a new session afterwards so the plugin's skills and tools load.
Is Zotero an official Codex plugin?
Yes. Zotero is in OpenAI's official curated Codex plugin catalog (marketplace openai-curated), published by OpenAI. It appears in the Codex CLI plugin browser and the ChatGPT desktop app's Plugins tab.
What does Zotero include?
From its files in OpenAI's plugin repo, Zotero includes 1 skill: Zotero.
Details
- Type
- Plugin
- Category
- Education & Research
- Source
- Official OpenAI curated
- Publisher
- OpenAI
- Version
- 0.1.2
- License
- MIT
- Sign-in
- Asks you to connect/sign in when you install it
- Availability
- Codex only (per the catalog's products field)
- Keywords
- citations, bibliography, bibtex, references, research, papers, latex
- Source
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/main/plugins/zotero
- Website
- https://openai.com/
- Listed in
- OpenAI catalog file
- Tested by CodexStacks
- Not yet
Something wrong or missing? Submit or improve this listing. Listings also refresh automatically every night.
For maintainers: badge and embeds
Maintain Zotero? Add the badge; it links to this page.
Markdown
[](https://codexstacks.com/p/zotero/)HTML
<a href="https://codexstacks.com/p/zotero/"><img src="https://codexstacks.com/badge.svg" alt="Listed on CodexStacks" width="172" height="28"></a>Embed card (static HTML and inline CSS, no JavaScript). Preview:
<a href="https://codexstacks.com/p/zotero/" style="display:block;max-width:380px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:14px 16px;border:1px solid #3a2c26;border-radius:12px;background:#0d0b0a;color:#f3ece6;font:14px/1.45 -apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="display:block;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;color:#f3ece6">Zotero</span><span style="display:block;margin:2px 0 8px;font-size:12px;color:#b5a9a1">Official Codex plugin · 1 skill</span><span style="display:block;margin:0 0 10px;color:#ddd3cc">Connect Codex to your Zotero desktop library so it can find saved papers, export BibTeX, add citation keys to drafts…</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:600;color:#ffb347">View on CodexStacks →</span></a>Markdown summary
**[Zotero on CodexStacks](https://codexstacks.com/p/zotero/)**: Official Codex plugin with 1 skill. Install: `codex plugin add zotero@openai-curated`More on badges, embeds and keeping your listing up to date: CodexStacks for plugin authors.
Also in Education & Research
Consensus
Consensus is the go-to MCP for academic research. Connect directly to 220M+ peer-reviewed papers to search, synthesize, and build structured research outputs from within your conversation. Run literature reviews, build boolean search strategies, generate bibliographies, identify research gaps, and draft cited content — grounded in studies from PubMed, Semantic Scholar, and ArXiv. Pre-built workflows handle complex tasks in minutes: systematic reviews, curriculum reading lists, grant research with novelty analysis, and clinical evidence synthesis. Built for researchers, students, faculty, and clinicians across biomedical, social science, STEM, and all academic disciplines.
Life Science Research
Internal life-science research workflows that help Codex interpret a user's research question, normalize the relevant entities, choose the right skills, and synthesize evidence-backed answers across public resources. The plugin spans human genetics, functional genomics, expression, pathways, protein structure, chemistry, pharmacology, literature, clinical evidence, and public study discovery, with a research-router entrypoint for broad tasks and optional subagent-assisted parallel work when evidence lanes are independent.
Life Sciences NGS Analysis
A guided intake, routing, and execution plugin for next-generation sequencing workflows. It helps Codex inspect local sequencing inputs, ask only the missing assay-specific questions, choose public or freely accessible runtime-installable packages where possible, check existing tool availability before any install, and execute supported local workflows with validation, logs, manifests, QC reports, and artifact indexes. It includes deeper decision skills for BCL demultiplexing, FASTQ QC execution and interpretation, germline, somatic and UMI-panel DNA variants, bulk RNA-seq count generation and differential expression, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq/CUT&RUN/CUT&Tag, and embedded post-count scRNA-seq QC.
hyperresearch
Deep research skill for Codex and Claude Code. Bootstraps the hyperresearch CLI and hands off to its 16-step research pipeline with a persistent, searchable source vault.
qiongli
穷理证澈 Academic Research Skills: Plan the work, search the literature, draft and review manuscripts, run research code, and keep the evidence trail in one place.
Corbis Literature Starter Kit
Literature review and idea-screening starter kit for Codex, powered by Corbis MCP. Bundles reusable research skills for literature reviews, positioning, idea generation, citation checks, and literature landscapes.