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io.github.cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server · v2.10.23

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Description written by the publisher, not verified

Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.

Connect

claude mcp add --transport http pubmed-mcp-server https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

• pubmed_search_articles
  Search PubMed with full query syntax, filters, and date ranges. Returns PMIDs and optional brief summaries. Supports field-specific filters (author, journal, MeSH terms), common filters (language, species, free full text), and pagination via offset for paging through large result sets.
• pubmed_fetch_articles
  Fetch full article metadata by PubMed IDs. Returns detailed article information including abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, linked retraction, erratum, and comment notices, and databank accessions such as trial registration IDs; grants and the members of a collective author are opt-in (`includ
• pubmed_fetch_fulltext
  Fetch full-text articles from PubMed Central as structured sections — the body, then back matter such as acknowledgments, declarations, and appendices — with tables and references. When PMC misses, transparently falls back to Europe PMC `fullTextXML` (structured JATS for records with a PMC counterpa
• pubmed_format_citations
  Get formatted citations for PubMed articles in one or more formats (apa, mla, bibtex, ris, vancouver). Pass a single format as a string or multiple as an array. Retractions, errata, and expressions of concern NCBI links to an article come back in `notices`; Vancouver and APA also cite a retraction i
• pubmed_find_related
  Find articles related to a source article — similar content (similar), articles citing this one (cited_by), or articles this one cites (references). Uses NCBI ELink as the primary source; falls back to Europe PMC then OpenAlex when NCBI is unavailable.
• pubmed_spell_check
  Spell-check a PubMed search query against NCBI ESpell and get the corrected query back. Use after a zero-hit or thin `pubmed_search_articles` result, or when a drug, gene, disease, or author name may be misspelled. Corrections are applied in place, so field tags, operators, spacing, and gene symbols
• pubmed_lookup_mesh
  Search and explore the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) controlled vocabulary. Returns descriptor records with tree numbers, scope notes, and entry terms, plus pagination via offset for paging past the maxResults cap.
• pubmed_lookup_citation
  Look up PubMed IDs from partial bibliographic citations. Useful when you have a reference (journal, year, volume, page, author) and need the PMID — deterministic citation matching, more reliable than free-text search for structured references. Each citation must include at least journal or a four-di
• pubmed_convert_ids
  Convert between article identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID). Accepts up to 50 IDs of a single type per request. Only resolves articles indexed in PubMed Central — for articles not in PMC, use pubmed_search_articles instead.
• pubmed_europepmc_search
  Search Europe PMC, a broad open-access biomedical corpus. Surfaces preprints (`source: PPR`), patents (`source: PAT`), Agricola (`source: AGR`), plus everything in PubMed (`MED`) and PMC. Use when additional coverage is needed — preprints and EPMC-only OA records are the typical recovery. Paginate v
• pubmed_europepmc_fetch
  Fetch complete Europe PMC records — including the full, untruncated abstract — addressed as `records: [{ source, epmcId }]`, an array even for one record. Pairs with `pubmed_europepmc_search`, which returns bounded `abstractSnippet` values and flags cut ones with `abstractTruncated: true`; copy each

Tool changes

• 2026-10-24: pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext, pubmed_format_citations, pubmed_find_related, pubmed_spell_check, pubmed_lookup_mesh, pubmed_lookup_citation, pubmed_convert_ids, pubmed_europepmc_search, pubmed_europepmc_fetch
• 2026-10-16: pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext, pubmed_format_citations, pubmed_find_related, pubmed_spell_check, pubmed_lookup_mesh, pubmed_lookup_citation, pubmed_convert_ids, pubmed_europepmc_search, pubmed_europepmc_fetch

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