pubmed-mcp-server

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PubMed biomedical literature

Install

How to run this server

[ { "cmd": "npx (no", "imports": [] } ]

server path: pubmed-mcp-server-3

Tools

What this server exposes

pubmed_search_articles

Search PubMed with full query syntax, field-specific filters, date ranges, pagination, and optional brief summaries

pubmed_europepmc_search

Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and EPMC-only OA records that don't surface in PubMed. Cursor-based pagination.

pubmed_fetch_articles

Fetch full article metadata by PMIDs — abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, grants

pubmed_fetch_fulltext

Fetch full-text articles via a chain: NCBI PMC EFetch → Europe PMC fullTextXML → Unpaywall. Accepts PMIDs, PMCIDs, or DOIs.

pubmed_format_citations

Generate formatted citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, or RIS

pubmed_find_related

Find similar articles, citing articles, or references for a given PMID

pubmed_spell_check

Spell-check biomedical queries using NCBI's ESpell service

pubmed_lookup_mesh

Search and explore MeSH vocabulary — tree numbers, scope notes, entry terms

pubmed_lookup_citation

Resolve partial bibliographic references to PubMed IDs via ECitMatch

pubmed_convert_ids

Convert between DOI, PMID, and PMCID using the PMC ID Converter API

Configuration

Environment & auth

authnone

envNCBI_API_KEY

envMCP_HTTP_PORT

envMCP_PUBLIC_URL

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