Connect Zotero
Sync your Zotero library and start chatting with your papers.
Connect Zotero and your reference collections become searchable in Anara alongside anything you have uploaded directly, so one question reaches across your whole library. Use it when you manage references in Zotero and want to stop switching tools or uploading PDFs one by one.
Prompt
A PhD student in organizational behavior brings in three years of Zotero references right after connecting.
Prompt
I have just connected my Zotero library. My main research collection is called "Organizational Learning" and has 140 papers across subcollections on absorptive capacity, dynamic capabilities, and institutional theory.
Bring in all three subcollections and create a folder in my Anara library that mirrors the structure. Then tell me: across these papers, what are the three most contested theoretical claims and which papers represent each side of the debate?What to add to your library
- Required: a Zotero account connected to Anara via OAuth. If it is not connected yet, Anara will guide you when you ask.
- Required: the name of each collection you want to import.
- Optional: your research question, so the first synthesis is focused rather than a general overview.
What you get
- An Anara folder matching your Zotero collection, with papers available for search, citation, and synthesis.
- An import confirmation that flags papers with metadata too sparse to import cleanly.
- Every library workflow, from cross-library search to claim verification, across your Zotero papers.
Follow-ups
Search the imported collection right away.
Prompt
Search my Organizational Learning folder for papers that argue absorptive capacity is primarily a routines-based process rather than a cognitive one. Show me the relevant passages with citations.Bring in papers added since the last sync.
Prompt
I have added 15 new papers to my Zotero "Organizational Learning" collection since I last synced. Import them into the same folder in my Anara library and tell me which new topics they cover that were not well represented in the original set.Tips
- Name a focused collection first instead of "import everything." Large libraries take time.
- The sync is a one-time snapshot. Re-import to pick up new papers; deletions in Zotero are not mirrored.
- Nested Zotero collections may not transfer as nested folders, so check the structure after import.
- Abstract-only imports support metadata but not passage-level search or citation.