mcp-pubmed

Search PubMed for biomedical literature, abstracts, and citations via the NCBI E-utilities API.

Free API — No API key required.

Tools

Tool	Description
`search_articles`	Search PubMed for biomedical articles. Supports full PubMed query syntax including field tags ([Title], [Author], [MeSH]), boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), and date ranges.
`get_article`	Get full metadata for a specific PubMed article by PMID, including title, abstract, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, and MeSH terms.
`get_citations`	Get articles that cite a given PubMed article (PMID). Useful for forward citation tracking.
`get_related`	Get related articles for a given PubMed article (PMID), ranked by relevance using NCBI's algorithm.
`search_mesh`	Search the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary. Useful for finding standardized biomedical terms, tree numbers, and scope notes.
`get_full_text_links`	Get links to free full text versions of an article (e.g., PubMed Central). Returns PMC links and publisher free-access URLs.

git clone https://github.com/PetrefiedThunder/mcp-pubmed.git
cd mcp-pubmed
npm install
npm run build

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-pubmed/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

npx mcp-pubmed

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