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Search PubMed, fetch articles and full text, generate citations, and explore MeSH terms via NCBI.
- Status
- Healthy
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
- URL
- Repository
- cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server
- GitHub Stars
- 66
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- PubMed MCP Server
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Available Tools
7 toolspubmed_fetch_articlesInspect
Fetch full article metadata by PubMed IDs. Returns detailed article information including abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmids | Yes | PubMed IDs to fetch | |
| includeMesh | No | Include MeSH terms | |
| includeGrants | No | Include grant information |
pubmed_fetch_fulltextInspect
Fetch full-text articles from PubMed Central (PMC). Returns complete article body text, sections, and references for open-access articles. Accepts PMC IDs directly or PubMed IDs (auto-resolved via ELink).
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmids | No | PubMed IDs to resolve to PMC full text. Provide this OR pmcids, not both. Only works for open-access articles available in PMC. | |
| pmcids | No | PMC IDs to fetch (e.g. ["PMC9575052"]). Provide this OR pmids, not both. | |
| sections | No | Filter to specific sections by title, case-insensitive (e.g. ["Introduction", "Methods", "Results", "Discussion"]) | |
| maxSections | No | Maximum top-level body sections | |
| includeReferences | No | Include reference list |
pubmed_format_citationsInspect
Get formatted citations for PubMed articles in APA, MLA, BibTeX, or RIS format.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmids | Yes | PubMed IDs to cite | |
| styles | No | Citation styles to generate |
pubmed_lookup_meshInspect
Search and explore MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) vocabulary. Essential for building precise PubMed queries.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | Yes | MeSH term to look up | |
| maxResults | No | Maximum results | |
| includeDetails | No | Fetch full MeSH records (scope notes, tree numbers, entry terms) |
pubmed_search_articlesInspect
Search PubMed with full query syntax, filters, and date ranges. Returns PMIDs and optional brief summaries. Supports field-specific filters (author, journal, MeSH terms), common filters (language, species, free full text), and pagination via offset for paging through large result sets.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sort | No | Sort order: relevance (default), pub_date (newest first), author, or journal | relevance |
| query | Yes | PubMed search query (supports full NCBI syntax) | |
| author | No | Filter by author name (e.g. "Smith J") | |
| offset | No | Result offset for pagination (0-based) | |
| journal | No | Filter by journal name | |
| species | No | Filter by species | |
| language | No | Filter by language (e.g. "english") | |
| dateRange | No | Filter by date range | |
| meshTerms | No | Filter by MeSH terms | |
| maxResults | No | Maximum results to return | |
| hasAbstract | No | Only include articles with abstracts | |
| freeFullText | No | Only include free full text articles | |
| summaryCount | No | Fetch brief summaries for top N results (0 = PMIDs only) | |
| publicationTypes | No | Filter by publication type (e.g. "Review", "Clinical Trial", "Meta-Analysis") |
pubmed_spell_checkInspect
Spell-check a query and get NCBI's suggested correction. Useful for refining search queries.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | PubMed search query to spell-check |
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