pubmed-search
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 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| 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_pubmedC | Search PubMed by keyword, MeSH term, or author. Returns PMIDs and titles. |
| get_abstractB | Retrieve full abstract for a given PubMed ID (PMID). |
| summarize_findingsA | Generate a plain-language PICO summary of a PubMed abstract. |
| get_citationsA | Return a formatted citation for a PMID. Styles: AMA, APA, Vancouver. |
| find_reviewsB | Search PubMed for systematic reviews and meta-analyses only. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: searching for reviews vs. general search, retrieving abstracts, formatting citations, and generating summaries. No overlap exists.
All tool names follow a consistent verb_noun pattern with snake_case, using verbs like find, get, search, and summarize. The naming is predictable.
Five tools is well-scoped for a PubMed search server, covering essential operations without being too few or too many.
The tool set covers searching, abstract retrieval, citation formatting, and summarization. It lacks full-text retrieval but abstracts suffice for most use cases.