From claude-scholar
Syncs literature from Zotero into a project knowledge base with source notes, evidence extraction, and claim promotion gates. Best when Zotero is your reference manager and you need structured paper-to-synthesis workflows.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/claude-scholar:zotero-obsidian-bridgeThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Use this skill when papers live in Zotero and the project KB should receive project-local notes.
Use this skill when papers live in Zotero and the project KB should receive project-local notes.
Default flow:
Zotero -> Sources/Papers -> Knowledge -> Writing -> Maps/literature.canvas
Rules:
Sources/Papers/Knowledge/Writing/Maps/literature.canvas is the default derived graph artifact_system/registry.md, 02-Index.md, and today's Daily/ after substantial ingestionCore papers and papers with reusable claims should include an evidence record. Abstract-only or placeholder notes may stay in To-Read until there is enough evidence to extract a reusable claim.
## Evidence Record
Evidence ID:
Source:
Source type: full paper | preprint | dataset | experiment artifact | project note | abstract-only | webpage placeholder
Supports:
Contradicts:
Method / dataset / metric:
Limitation:
Project relevance:
Claim strength: speculative | observed | supported | strong
Use ../research-ideation/references/research-contract.md as the shared contract for Evidence Records and claim strength definitions.
Before synthesis lands in Knowledge/ or Writing/, apply the shared Claim Promotion Gate:
When synthesis lands in Knowledge/, link the supporting paper notes explicitly. Do not promote literature synthesis that cannot point back to source notes.
5plugins reuse this skill
First indexed Jun 3, 2026
npx claudepluginhub galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar --plugin claude-scholarBridges Zotero literature management with Obsidian knowledge base. Automatically creates paper notes, literature synthesis, and writing outputs following a default workflow.
Imports and synchronizes Zotero literature with an Obsidian vault. Searches Zotero library, inspects items/collections, imports notes with attachments and annotations, and batch-ingests collections.
Syncs bibliographic references from .bib files into Zotero and Obsidian literature notes, and extracts cross-cutting concept notes from accumulated literature.