AI Assistant
By jetxa zotero-ai-assistant 13 GitHub Stars
Adds an AI chat panel to the item pane with the item's title and abstract, selected text, or PDF full text as context, plus one-click translate and explain in the reader; needs an API key for an OpenAI-format model.
Index categories: AI assistants, Translation and dictionaries
To install, save the .xpi file and drag it onto the Plugins window in Zotero (Tools → Plugins). In Firefox, right-click the download link and choose Save Link As. A plugin has full access to your Zotero and your computer, and the index does not review its code before listing it, so install only plugins from developers you trust. More about installing
Zotero compatibility
For version 1.0.3, the release the index read
| Zotero | Declared | Start test | User reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Declares all of Zotero 10 | Started Zotero 10.0.6 | None yet |
| 9 | Declares all of Zotero 9 | Started Zotero 9.0.6 | None yet |
| 8 | Declares all of Zotero 8 | Started Zotero 8.0.4 | None yet |
| 7 | Declares all of Zotero 7 | Started Zotero 7.0.32 | None yet |
Declared range: Zotero 6.999 to 10.*. How the index reads plugins
Tried version 1.0.3 on Zotero? Report what you found:
Details
- Plugin id
zotero-ai-assistant@jetxa.github.io- Manifest description
- AI Assistant for Zotero
- GitHub description
- Zotero AI Assistant
- Archived on GitHub
- No
- Source code at the repository's top level
- Yes
- Repository created
- 2026-01-24
- Release read by the index
- 1.0.3, published 2026-05-24
- Releases with an .xpi
- 4
- Open issues and pull requests
- 3
- Host of update.json
- github.com
- Menus and settings in
- English (United States), Chinese (China)
Overrides
The index corrects, fills in, or replaces these upstream facts.
| Field | Upstream value | Override value | For version | Used | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
description | Manifest: AI Assistant for Zotero GitHub: Zotero AI Assistant | Adds an AI chat panel to the item pane with the item's title and abstract, selected text, or PDF full text as context, plus one-click translate and explain in the reader; needs an API key for an OpenAI-format model. | every version | yes | Condensed from the opening and Features sections of README.md. The manifest description, "AI Assistant for Zotero", only repeats the name, and the GitHub About text, "Zotero AI Assistant", only repeats it too. |
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