Use this skill when papers are collected in Zotero but the user wants detailed reading notes, project-linked literature synthesis, collection-wide paper-note coverage checks, and a connected knowledge map inside the bound Obsidian project knowledge base.
Bridge Zotero as the literature source of truth with Obsidian as the durable project knowledge base.
Use this skill when the user wants to:
Papers/,Knowledge/ notes,Papers/Knowledge/Maps/literature.canvas as the default graph artifact.ClaimMethodEvidenceLimitationDirect relevance to repoRelation to other paperswebpage items as valid literature sources when they still expose useful metadata, attachment text, or fulltext.$obsidian-project-memory.
zotero-mcp source checkout or Python environment is available, use that local fallback to read metadata/fulltext instead of stopping the workflow.Papers/.Knowledge/ notes.Knowledge/ notes such as:
Knowledge/Literature-Overview.mdKnowledge/Method-Families.mdKnowledge/Research-Gaps.md
only when the synthesis is stable enough to deserve a canonical note.16 / 16.Knowledge/Zotero-Collection-{collection-slug}-Inventory.md.Maps/literature.canvas.
paper + claim + method + gap) over dense all-to-all paper links.Maps/literature-main.canvas.Writing/literature-review.mdWriting/comparison-matrix.mdDaily/ note and repo-local project memory.Papers/*.md - one detailed reading note per paperKnowledge/*.md - durable literature synthesis notes when the batch yields stable knowledgeKnowledge/Zotero-Collection-{collection-slug}-Inventory.md - when the source is a concrete Zotero collection and coverage tracking mattersMaps/literature.canvas - default visual literature graphMaps/literature-main.canvas - optional lightweight presentation graph after semantic filteringWriting/literature-review.md - when the user asks for synthesisWriting/comparison-matrix.md - when cross-paper comparison is usefulConcepts/ or Datasets/ trees by default.Experiments/, Results/, or Writing/ as the default bridge target during Zotero ingestion.linked_knowledge first.Daily/ instead of manufacturing durable structure.Load only what is needed:
references/WORKFLOW.md - end-to-end Zotero -> Obsidian procedurereferences/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md - detailed paper note fields and sectionsreferences/COLLECTION-INVENTORY-SCHEMA.md - canonical inventory note naming and mapping contractreferences/LOCAL-ZOTERO-FALLBACK.md - local fallback runbook when MCP transport failsexamples/example-collection-inventory.md - example inventory notescripts/verify_paper_notes.py - deterministic schema, zotero-key, and inventory consistency check../obsidian-literature-workflow/references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md - shared note schema../obsidian-literature-workflow/references/CANVAS-WORKFLOW.md - default literature canvas refresh rules