Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add jxtse/scientific-research-skills --skill zotero-managementgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxtse/scientific-research-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxtse/scientific-research-skills/zotero-management)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxtse/scientific-research-skills/zotero-management"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jxtse/scientific-research-skills/zotero-management/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxtse/scientific-research-skills/zotero-management"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jxtse/scientific-research-skills/zotero-management.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00177 | $0.01150 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00088 | $0.00575 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00035 | $0.00230 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00018 | $0.00115 |
Grade A, and why
zotero-management scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 13d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -s http://localhost:23119/api/users/0/items?limit=1 How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 128 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Zotero Library Management
Systematic management of an academic literature library via Zotero.
When to Use
- User asks to add a paper to Zotero
- User asks to check their reading queue
- User wants to organize papers for a project
- User asks "what's in my library about X?"
- User asks to clean up or reorganize collections
Library Structure
Standard collection hierarchy:
00_Inbox → Newly added, unprocessed papers
10_Active Projects → Papers actively being used in current work
20_Background → General domain knowledge, surveys, textbooks
30_Reading Queue → Papers to read, prioritized
40_Archive → Completed projects, historical reference
90_Meta → Templates, style guides, writing resources
Tag System
Use tags to cross-cut the collection hierarchy:
- Project tags:
#Inception,#AI-Scientist-BioAge,#ChemRetro,#CAST - Status tags:
#to-read,#reading,#read,#summarized - Priority tags:
#urgent,#high,#low - Type tags:
#survey,#method,#benchmark,#position-paper
API Access
Two access modes:
| Mode | Endpoint | Capability |
|---|---|---|
| Local API | localhost:23119 |
Read-only, fast, requires Zotero running |
| Web API | api.zotero.org |
Read-write, works always, needs API key |
# Check if Zotero is running locally
curl -s http://localhost:23119/api/users/0/items?limit=1
# Web API (read-write)
curl -s -H "Zotero-API-Key: $ZOTERO_API_KEY" \
"https://api.zotero.org/users/$ZOTERO_USER_ID/items?limit=5"
Workflows
Adding a Paper
- Find metadata: Get title, authors, year, venue, DOI/arXiv ID
- Check for duplicates: Search existing library by title
- Present summary to user: Don't auto-add — confirm first
- Add to Zotero via Web API with:
- Correct item type (journalArticle, conferencePaper, preprint)
- All available metadata fields
- Collection:
30_Reading Queue(default) or user-specified - Tags: project tag +
#to-read
- Attach notes: Source link (social media post, blog, etc.) as a note
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 13d ago First seen · 128 lines · 177 tokens per session scan A 938e3d19dc76
zotero-management is a skill published in the GitHub repository jxtse/scientific-research-skills (68 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 177 tokens to every session and 1,150 once invoked, about $0.0009 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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