wentorai/research-plugins/zutilo-guide

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

### 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

### 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 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

### 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

### 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