Zotero Docling — convert your Zotero PDF library to structured Markdown via docling-serve

[max3925vats]

I built a small Zotero 7/8/9 plugin that uses Docling to convert PDF attachments into structured Markdown, then attaches the .md back onto the same Zotero item.

Repo: https://github.com/max3925vats/zotero-docling

How it works: the plugin POSTs the PDF to a docling-serve instance (default http://localhost:5001), so conversion runs locally and the document never leaves your machine unless you point it at a remote server. You can convert from the right-click menu or auto-convert on item add, and OCR + table-extraction mode are exposed in the preferences.

Why I made it: I wanted my reference library to be full-text, structured Markdown I could drop into note tools — Docling's table and layout handling was the missing piece that plain OCR didn't give me.

Thanks to the Docling team — the converter does all the hard part here. Happy to hear any feedback, especially on the docling-serve options I should be exposing that I'm not yet (I currently send to_formats, do_ocr, table mode, and image export mode).

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[dolfim-ibm]

Nice, thanks for sharing it. I would suggest adding also the API Key in the URL field, since some deployment will require it.