Zotero to Markdown link translator, adapted from https://gist.github.com/nschneid/3134386 // Place this file in the directory “translators” in your Zotero data folder. // Restart Zotero // Zotero Preferences -> Export -> Default Output Format -> ZotSelect Mardown Link // Now you can also use the shortcut for “Copy Selected Items – ctrl+alt+c on …

zotselect-link-markdown.js

{
"translatorID":"03d26c56-aebb-4082-9615-f3ddb28d424c",
"translatorType":2,
"label":"ZotSelect Mardown Link",
"creator":"Clement Moulin-Frier",
"target":"markdown",
"minVersion":"2.0",
"maxVersion":"",
"priority":200,
"inRepository":false,
"displayOptions":{"exportCharset":"UTF-8"},
"lastUpdated":"2010-07-19 03:03:00"
}

function doExport() {
	var item;
	while(item = Zotero.nextItem()) {
		Zotero.write('[');
		var library_id = item.libraryID ? item.libraryID : 0;
		
		var titleS = (item.title) ? item.title : "(no title)";
		var pubTitleS = (item.publicationTitle) ? item.publicationTitle : "";
		if (!pubTitleS && item.type)
			pubTitleS = '['+item.type+']';
		Zotero.write(titleS+' '+((item.conferenceName) ? item.conferenceName : pubTitleS)+" ");

		var creatorsS = item.creators[0].lastName;
		if (item.creators.length>2)
			creatorsS += " et al.";
		else if (item.creators.length==2)
			creatorsS += " & " + item.creators[1].lastName;
		
		var date = Zotero.Utilities.strToDate(item.date);
		var dateS = (date.year) ? date.year : item.date;
		
		Zotero.write('(' + creatorsS + ' ' + dateS + ')](');
		Zotero.write('zotero://select/items/'+library_id+'_'+item.key+')');
	}
}