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) |
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:
Examples:
The search will return:
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:
|
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| systematic_review_search | Generate a systematic review search strategy for a medical topic. |
| pico_search | Build a PICO-based search query for clinical questions. |
| author_search | Find all publications by a specific author. |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |