Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI_API_KEY | No | An optional NCBI API key to increase rate limits from 3 requests per second to 10 requests per second. Can be obtained from NCBI account settings. |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_pubmed | Search PubMed for articles matching a query. Args: query: Search query. Supports full PubMed syntax: AND / OR / NOT, field tags like [tiab], [MeSH], [au], etc. Examples: "covid-19 vaccine efficacy" "myocardial infarction[MeSH] AND aspirin[tiab]" max_results: Number of articles to return (1-100, default 10). year_from: Restrict results to articles published from this year. year_to: Restrict results to articles published up to this year. article_type: Filter by publication type, e.g. "Review", "Clinical Trial", "Meta-Analysis", "Randomized Controlled Trial". sort: "relevance" (default) or "date" (most recent first). Returns: A formatted list of matching articles with PMID, title, authors, journal, date, and a short abstract snippet. Returns an error message if the query fails or yields no results. |
| get_article | Get complete details of a PubMed article by its PMID. Args: pmid: The PubMed ID (numeric string), e.g. "33982811". Returns: Full article metadata: title, all authors, journal, date, DOI, PMC link, publication types, full abstract, keywords, MeSH terms. Returns an error message if the PMID is invalid or not found. |
| get_full_text | Retrieve the full text of an article from PubMed Central (PMC) if available. Only open-access articles archived in PMC have a full text. Subscription-only articles will return a link to PubMed instead. Args: pmid: The PubMed ID of the article. Returns: The full text (title, abstract, and body sections) when the article is open-access in PMC, or a helpful message with links otherwise. |
| get_related_articles | Find PubMed articles related to a given article. Uses NCBI's "similar articles" algorithm (co-citation and text similarity). Args: pmid: The PubMed ID of the reference article. max_results: Number of related articles to return (1-50, default 10). Returns: A ranked list of related articles with brief metadata. Returns an error message if the PMID is invalid or not found. |
| search_by_author | Search PubMed for all articles by a specific author. Args: author: Author name in PubMed format. Examples: "Smith JA" (last name + initials — most precise) "Smith J" (last name + first initial) "John Smith" (full name, less reliable) max_results: Number of results to return (1-100, default 10). year_from: Restrict to articles published from this year. year_to: Restrict to articles published up to this year. Returns: A list of articles by the author, sorted by most recent first. Returns an error message if the author name is empty or the query fails. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |