Get detailed bibliographic metadata for a specific item (title, authors, dates, identifiers, attachments, notes, tags). Use get_content for full text. Suitable for generating citations and references.
AI agents call get_item_details to retrieve information from Zotero Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves bibliographic metadata (title, authors, dates, identifiers, attachments, notes, tags) from Zotero items without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a pure read operation that queries and returns structured data about research items.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] detailed bibliographic metadata for a specific item' and is 'Suitable for generating citations and references.' The verb 'Get' and focus on retrieval with explicit note to 'Use get_content for full text' indicates read-only…
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Get detailed bibliographic metadata for a specific item (title, authors, dates, identifiers, attachments, notes, tags). Use get_content for full text. Suitable for generating citations and references. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Zotero Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Zotero Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_item_details: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Zotero Agent. Nothing to install.
get_item_details is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_item_details rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_item_details. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_item_details is provided by the Zotero Agent MCP server (psiQAQ/zotero-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_item_details is one line of Zotero Agent's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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