# GPTsApp Plugins decision brief

## Zotero (codex)

Format: gptsapp-plugin-decision-brief/1.0.0
Plugin ID: gpa:plugin:a5a1c62c9e9b0e2eb78f12286a3106947a560492b9534e138cd9b0dbb2a7c2d1
Canonical: https://plugins.gptsapp.io/plugins/codex/openai/zotero
Source owner: openai
Declared author: OpenAI (manifest declaration)
Repository: https://github.com/openai/plugins
Package root: plugins/zotero
Package format: codex-plugin
Documented targets: Not established
Documented targets are source declarations, not tested compatibility. Other interfaces remain unknown.
Task scope: All recorded tasks
Recorded tasks: Organize research (research)

Search a Zotero library and prepare citations through its desktop application.

### Version and observation scope
Workflow-note version: 0.1.2
Workflow-note revision: 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89
Workflow-note observation: 2026-09-07
Manifest version: 0.1.2
Manifest revision: 1e285826e604f66f7208f7ac4dba0fe8341d1f57
Manifest observation: 2026-09-07
Component observation scope: 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89
A manifest observation does not revalidate older component or prerequisite notes.

### Installation and delivery
Package role: Unknown
Delivery boundary: Unknown
Access: The documented workflow uses the Zotero desktop application.
License declaration: Package license not established here; only reference-only facts and original notes are redistributed.
A license declaration is not a directory redistribution or safety certification.
Official installation: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/plugins
Installation note: Look for zotero in openai-curated. Review the exact package source before installing; marketplace membership does not prove access or execution.
Distribution: openai-curated / zotero; path plugins/zotero; index revision 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89; package revision 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89
Distribution evidence: https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

### Prerequisites by recorded task
- required: The documented workflow uses the Zotero desktop application. [Tasks: Organize research]
  Evidence: https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1e285826e604f66f7208f7ac4dba0fe8341d1f57/plugins/zotero/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
The complete prerequisite inventory has not been established; unknown does not mean optional, free or unnecessary.

### Included components and observation limits
- Declared bundled skill directory (Skills): Manifest declaration at 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89; contents and authorization not tested
  Exact member count: Unknown.
Included Skill, Agent and Command files are not a request to install duplicate copies. File/configuration presence is not host activation.

### Source issues
No separately recorded issue. This is not a safety review.

### Independent runtime states
Package installed: Not observed
External connection: Not observed
Access authorized: Not observed
Task completed: Not observed
This brief includes no personal prerequisite answers, credentials or runtime checks. No winner, compatibility, safety or authorization verdict.

### Sources
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/zotero
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1e285826e604f66f7208f7ac4dba0fe8341d1f57/plugins/zotero/.codex-plugin/plugin.json