# BibGenie

> Use AI inside Zotero to chat with papers, search your library, trace answers to sources, and organize references. Download BibGenie and start with the free plan.

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Consult the current pricing page for plans and credits. Follow citations to verify AI answers against the original material.

## Product and setup

- [BibGenie — Zotero AI Research Agent](https://www.bibgenie.com/): Use AI inside Zotero to chat with papers, search your library, trace answers to sources, and organize references. Download BibGenie and start with the free plan.
- [Download BibGenie](https://www.bibgenie.com/download): Download BibGenie for Zotero. BibGenie powers your research workflow natively in Zotero. It manages your library, searches, analyzes, and reasons with you
- [Pricing](https://www.bibgenie.com/pricing): Credit-based plans for Zotero-native AI research. Paid plans provide more monthly credits and lower credit consumption for frequent and in-depth research.

## Core documentation

- [Getting Started](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/getting-started): Install BibGenie in Zotero and ask your first AI-powered research question.
- [BibGenie Citation](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/bibgenie-citations): Learn how BibGenie cites documents, selected text, and saved annotations, and connects clickable Zotero research objects.
- [OpenAlex Academic Search](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/openalex-research): Search public scholarly metadata, resolve entities, explore citation neighborhoods, and analyze research trends outside your Zotero library.
- [Semantic Index](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/semantic-index): Understand the local title-and-abstract index used by BibGenie semantic search.
- [Models](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/models): Choose between BibGenie-managed and custom models, understand when your own API key is needed, and check credit multipliers and model list updates.
- [Bring Your Own Key](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/byok): Use your own API key or local model, and understand BYOK data flow and privacy boundaries.
- [MCP](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/mcp): Connect an external AI client to Zotero through BibGenie’s local MCP server, explore the available tools, and determine whether your workflow needs MCP.
- [MCP Settings](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs/mcp-settings): Turn BibGenie's local MCP server on or off, copy its URL, and test the connection.

## Published guides

- [Best Free Reference Managers in 2026: Free Tools and Paid Alternatives](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog/best-reference-managers): Compare eight reference managers, including Zotero, Mendeley, JabRef, and BibDesk, by free limits, trials, institutional access, Word, LaTeX, and AI workflows.
- [Best Zotero Plugins 2026](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog/best-zotero-plugins-2026): A 2026 Zotero plugin setup guide for beginners: six recommended tools for collecting papers, AI-assisted reading, translation, notes, and citations.
- [EndNote vs Zotero: Which Reference Manager Should You Choose in 2026?](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog/endnote-vs-zotero): Compare EndNote and Zotero licensing, Word citations, and AI features, with practical guidance on XML exports, PDF attachments, and existing manuscript citations.
- [Zotero vs Mendeley: Which Reference Manager Should You Use in 2026?](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog/zotero-vs-mendeley): Compare Zotero and Mendeley free plans, Word plugins, AI, and migration, including Elsevier ownership and the practical costs of moving your library.
- [How BibGenie Compacts Context](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog/agent-context-compaction): How BibGenie uses context compaction, structured checkpoints, and tree-based session persistence to keep long-running research conversations coherent, recoverable, and traceable.

## Languages

- [English](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=en)
- [中文](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=zh)
- [Deutsch](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=de)
- [Français](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=fr)
- [Español](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=es)
- [日本語](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms.txt?lang=ja)

## Optional

- [All documentation](https://www.bibgenie.com/docs)
- [All published articles](https://www.bibgenie.com/blog)
- [Full text in this language](https://www.bibgenie.com/llms-full.txt?lang=en): Product overview links, documentation, and published article bodies.