A researcher uses Claude to search Google Scholar, follow citations, query a Zotero library in natural language, and write summary notes into Zotero or Obsidian.
A researcher uses Claude to search Google Scholar, follow citations, query a Zotero library in natural language, and write summary notes into Zotero or Obsidian.
Pin Shuai runs Claude Code with the Paper Search MCP to find top-cited papers and the papers citing them. A Zotero MCP, backed by Zotero's local API and a search database, lets Claude query his library in natural language. He asks for a summary of one paper's findings and knowledge gaps based on his own annotations. Claude asks a few clarifying questions, then writes the note into Zotero or Obsidian.
The note appears in Zotero when he opens it, and library search saves time on hundreds of entries. He hasn't tested having Claude write a literature review from the retrieved papers.
Searching your own Zotero library keeps Claude from hallucinating papers that don't exist. The setup needs the Zotero local API enabled and a database build, with a slower full-text option.
Search the literature on [research topic] and find the [number] most relevant papers, following key citations from them. Write a short summary note for each paper into [Zotero library or Obsidian vault path], including title, authors, year, main findings, and how it relates to [my project]. Finish with an index note linking them all, and ask before modifying any existing notes.
Score every demo request against your ICP, update HubSpot and ping the right rep in Slack within a minute of the form submit.
Every new Zendesk ticket gets a category, priority and sentiment tag plus a draft reply in an internal note before an agent opens it.
Copilot and Claude review each PR for bugs, missing tests and risky changes before a human looks, so reviewers can focus on design.