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Sync Instapaper to Zotero

Turn articles you save in Instapaper into Zotero references automatically — so everything you read is ready to cite. No manual adding, no lost highlights.

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You save articles in Instapaper as you read. When it's time to write, you need them in Zotero as citeable references — but adding them by hand, one by one, is exactly the kind of busywork that never happens.

Citebridge moves your Instapaper saves into Zotero for you, as structured references with their highlights attached, so your reading turns into your bibliography without any manual steps.

The manual way to get Instapaper into Zotero — and why it breaks

The manual path is the Zotero browser connector, one article at a time — which means you only capture the things you remember to capture, at the moment you're supposed to be reading, not researching. Everything you saved 'to read later' in Instapaper never makes it into Zotero at all.

How Citebridge syncs Instapaper to Zotero

  1. 1 Connect Instapaper (secure xAuth sign-in).
  2. 2 Connect Zotero (OAuth + API key with write access to your library).
  3. 3 Pick the Instapaper folder and the Zotero collection to sync into.
  4. 4 Saved articles become Zotero references automatically, highlights included.

What gets synced

Instapaper Zotero
Article title → Zotero item title
Article URL → URL field
Author / site → Creator field
Saved date → Date added
Highlights & notes → Zotero notes
Folder → Zotero collection

Frequently asked questions

What Zotero item type do articles become?

Web-page / article items with the URL, title and author populated so they're immediately citeable.

Does it write to my Zotero library or just read it?

It writes new references into the Zotero collection you choose. Citebridge only requests the access it needs.

Will I get duplicates if I run it again?

No. Citebridge remembers what it has already added and won't re-create existing references.

Other syncs you can set up

Instapaper → Notion

Sync Instapaper to Notion
Zotero → Notion

Sync Zotero to Notion
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Keep Instapaper and Zotero in sync — automatically

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