Schema

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`PUBMED_EMAIL`	Yes	Your email address (required by NCBI)
`PUBMED_API_KEY`	No	Optional API key for higher rate limits (10 requests/second instead of 3 requests/second)

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
search_pubmed	Search 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_fulltext	Get 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")

Name

Description

search_pubmed

Search 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_fulltext

Get 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")