Agent skill

Zutilo Guide

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Zutilo Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill zutilo-guide -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins zutilo-guide --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/zutilo-guide .claude/skills/zutilo-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
zutilo-guide
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~945 tokens
SKILL.md length
112 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
405
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing

  • Works in 5 steps: Power-user efficiency: Keyboard-driven… → Batch operations: Tag and edit multiple… → Organization: Quick tag assignment and… → …
  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Installation, Key Features and Configuration, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Zutilo Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing

Its SKILL.md is about 950 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. It works with Zotero. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/zutilo-guide”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Power-user efficiency: Keyboard-driven library management
  2. Batch operations: Tag and edit multiple items at once
  3. Organization: Quick tag assignment and removal
  4. Workflow speed: Reduce clicks in repetitive tasks
  5. Collection management: Efficient item relationships

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown and bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com
    • zotero.org

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Zutilo Guide loads about 945 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 112 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~945

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 112 words, ~945 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/zutilo-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
zutilo-guide
description
Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing

Zutilo Guide

Overview

Zutilo is a Zotero utility plugin that adds keyboard shortcuts, batch editing capabilities, and clipboard operations for efficient library management. It enables power-user workflows — copying/pasting tags between items, batch-editing fields, assigning keyboard shortcuts to any Zotero action, and quick item manipulation. Essential for researchers managing large collections who need speed and efficiency.

Installation

bash
# Download .xpi from GitHub releases
# Zotero 7: Tools → Add-ons → Install Add-on From File

Key Features

Clipboard Operations
markdown
### Tag Management
- **Copy tags** from selected item(s)
- **Paste tags** to selected item(s)
- **Remove tags** from selected item(s) by clipboard
- Supports multiple items simultaneously

### Field Operations
- Copy creator (author) information
- Paste creators to other items
- Copy item fields to clipboard
- Batch copy/paste between items

### Related Items
- Copy related item links
- Paste related items in bulk
- Quick-link items as related
Keyboard Shortcuts
markdown
### Configurable Shortcuts
Zutilo lets you assign keyboard shortcuts to:
- Copy/paste tags
- Copy/paste related items
- Edit item info
- Open attachment
- Show/hide panes
- Merge duplicates
- Any Zotero menu action

### Common Shortcuts Setup
Ctrl+Shift+C → Copy tags
Ctrl+Shift+V → Paste tags
Ctrl+Shift+R → Copy related items
Alt+E → Edit item
Alt+O → Open first attachment
Batch Operations
markdown
### Batch Tag Editing
1. Select multiple items (Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click)
2. Zutilo → Paste Tags (applies to all selected)
3. Or: Zutilo → Remove Tags (removes from all selected)

### Batch Field Editing
- Modify item type for multiple items
- Batch-update a field value
- Copy field from one item, paste to many

### Item Manipulation
- Merge items (combine metadata)
- Relate items in batch
- Move items between collections

Configuration

markdown
### Preferences (Edit → Preferences → Zutilo)

**Shortcut Configuration:**
- Each Zutilo function can have a keyboard shortcut
- Shortcuts: single key, Ctrl+key, or Ctrl+Shift+key
- Avoid conflicts with existing Zotero shortcuts

**Context Menu:**
- Show/hide Zutilo items in right-click menu
- Configure which operations appear
- Group by category (tags, fields, related)

**Behavior:**
- Tag paste mode: append (default) or replace
- Clipboard format: plain text or JSON
- Confirm before batch operations: on/off

Workflow Examples

markdown
### Organize by Reading Status
1. Create tag set: #to-read, #reading, #done
2. Select papers to read → Ctrl+Shift+V (paste #to-read)
3. As you finish → Copy #done tag → Select item → Paste

### Bulk Relate Papers
1. Select all papers on a topic
2. Zutilo → Relate Selected Items
3. All items now linked as related in Zotero

### Migrate Tags
1. Select items with old tag
2. Copy tags → modify in text editor → Paste new tags
3. Remove old tags in batch

Use Cases

  1. Power-user efficiency: Keyboard-driven library management
  2. Batch operations: Tag and edit multiple items at once
  3. Organization: Quick tag assignment and removal
  4. Workflow speed: Reduce clicks in repetitive tasks
  5. Collection management: Efficient item relationships

References

© wentorai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/literature/metadata/zutilo-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Works with

Questions about Zutilo Guide

What does Zutilo Guide do?

Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing. Zutilo Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

When should I use Zutilo Guide?

Zutilo Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Zutilo Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill zutilo-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literature/metadata/zutilo-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/zutilo-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Zutilo Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill zutilo-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literature/metadata/zutilo-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/zutilo-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Zutilo Guide in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill zutilo-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/zutilo-guide, .gemini/skills/zutilo-guide, .github/skills/zutilo-guide and .opencode/skills/zutilo-guide in your project.

What does Zutilo Guide need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Zutilo Guide is instructions for the agent only.

Does Zutilo Guide access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: github.com and zotero.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Zutilo Guide safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Zutilo Guide use?

Zutilo Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Zutilo Guide use?

About 945 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Zutilo Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Zutilo Guide: Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Cnki Export (cookjohn/cnki-skills, 983 stars) and Annotate Paper (54yyyu/zotero-mcp, 5.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Zutilo Guide?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.