zotero-skills

Scaffold, structure, build, and load a Zotero 7+ plugin using zotero-plugin-scaffold. Use when creating a new Zotero plugin, setting up the build toolchain, understanding the plugin lifecycle, or loading a plugin into a running Zotero instance for development.

Create dialogs, menus, and preference panes in a Zotero 7+ plugin. Covers XHTML dialog structure, script loading, opening dialogs with window.openDialog(), chrome vs. rootURI URL patterns, dialog script patterns, XUL menu injection, and the preferences pane format. Use when adding UI to a Zotero plugin.

Reference for Zotero's JavaScript API — items, attachments, relations, sync, HTTP, database, notifier, pane, libraries, and utilities. Use when implementing plugin features that access or manipulate Zotero data, respond to library events, or make network requests. Many of these APIs are undocumented or hard to find.

API reference for zotero-plugin-toolkit (v5.x). Covers UITool element creation, KeyboardManager, PromptManager (command palette), DialogHelper, SettingsDialogHelper, ProgressWindowHelper, FilePickerHelper, ClipboardHelper, ReaderTool, ExtraFieldTool, FieldHookManager, PatchHelper, LargePrefHelper, VirtualizedTableHelper, and lifecycle/cleanup patterns. Use when implementing plugin UI, keyboard shortcuts, dialogs, progress indicators, or item field customization.

Create, modify, retrieve, and execute Zotero saved searches programmatically using the Zotero.Search API. Covers conditions, operators, join modes, and the saveTx() persistence pattern.