mcp-simple-pubmed

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

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PUBMED_EMAILYesYour email address, required by NCBI
PUBMED_API_KEYNoOptional API key for higher rate limits

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

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No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

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search_pubmedSearch PubMed for medical and life sciences research articles. You can use these search features: - Simple keyword search: "covid vaccine" - Field-specific search: - Title search: [Title] - Author search: [Author] - MeSH terms: [MeSH Terms] - Journal: [Journal] - Date ranges: Add year or date range like "2020:2024[Date - Publication]" - Combine terms with AND, OR, NOT - Use quotation marks for exact phrases Examples: - "covid vaccine" - basic search - "breast cancer"[Title] AND "2023"[Date - Publication] - "Smith J"[Author] AND "diabetes" - "RNA"[MeSH Terms] AND "therapy" The search will return: - Paper titles - Authors - Publication details - Abstract preview (when available) - Links to full text (when available) - DOI when available - Keywords and MeSH terms Note: Use quotes around multi-word terms for best results.
get_paper_fulltextGet full text of a PubMed article using its ID. This tool attempts to retrieve the complete text of the paper if available through PubMed Central. If the paper is not available in PMC, it will return a message explaining why and provide information about where the text might be available (e.g., through DOI). Example usage: get_paper_fulltext(pmid="39661433") Returns: - If successful: The complete text of the paper - If not available: A clear message explaining why (e.g., "not in PMC", "requires journal access")