Pubmed MCP Server

Search PubMed, fetch articles and full text, generate citations, and explore MeSH terms via NCBI.

124 9 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

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Actively maintained

Last commit 19d ago

Untested

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9 tools · ~382 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Untested on Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed": {
      "url": "https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

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What Pubmed MCP Server does

Public Hosted Server: https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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Inventory

Tools (9)

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~382 tokens total

Inventory

Resources (1)

pubmed://database/info

PubMed database metadata via EInfo (field list, record count, last update)

pubmed://database/info

Inventory

Prompts (1)

research_plan

Generate a structured 4-phase biomedical research plan outline

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pubmed MCP Server safe to use?: Pubmed MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Pubmed MCP Server?: Pubmed MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Pubmed MCP Server do?: Pubmed MCP Server provides 9 tools: pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext, pubmed_format_citations, pubmed_find_related and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
Is Pubmed MCP Server actively maintained?: Pubmed MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 19 days ago. It has 124 GitHub stars.

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Tools

10 tools for working with PubMed, PubMed Central, and Europe PMC data:

Tool

Description

pubmed_search_articles

Search PubMed with full query syntax, field-specific filters, date ranges, pagination, and optional brief summaries

pubmed_europepmc_search

Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and EPMC-only OA records that don't surface in PubMed. Cursor-based pagination.

pubmed_fetch_articles

Fetch full article metadata by PMIDs — abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, grants

pubmed_fetch_fulltext

Fetch full-text articles via a chain: NCBI PMC EFetch → Europe PMC fullTextXML → Unpaywall. Accepts PMIDs, PMCIDs, or DOIs.

pubmed_format_citations

Generate formatted citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM)

pubmed_find_related

Find similar articles, citing articles, or references for a given PMID

pubmed_spell_check

Spell-check biomedical queries using NCBI's ESpell service

pubmed_lookup_mesh

Search and explore MeSH vocabulary — tree numbers, scope notes, entry terms

pubmed_lookup_citation

Resolve partial bibliographic references to PubMed IDs via ECitMatch

pubmed_convert_ids

Convert between DOI, PMID, and PMCID using the PMC ID Converter API

pubmed_search_articles

Search PubMed with full NCBI query syntax and filters.

Free-text queries with PubMed's full boolean and field-tag syntax

Field-specific filters: author, journal, MeSH terms, language, species

Common filters: has abstract, free full text

Date range filtering by publication, modification, or Entrez date

Publication

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pubmed MCP Server safe to use?

Pubmed MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Pubmed MCP Server?

Pubmed MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Pubmed MCP Server do?

Pubmed MCP Server provides 9 tools: pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext, pubmed_format_citations, pubmed_find_related and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

Is Pubmed MCP Server actively maintained?

Pubmed MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 19 days ago. It has 124 GitHub stars.

@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

10 Tools • 1 Resource • 1 Prompt

Public Hosted Server: https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools

10 tools for working with PubMed, PubMed Central, and Europe PMC data:

Tool	Description
`pubmed_search_articles`	Search PubMed with full query syntax, field-specific filters, date ranges, pagination, and optional brief summaries
`pubmed_europepmc_search`	Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and EPMC-only OA records that don't surface in PubMed. Cursor-based pagination.
`pubmed_fetch_articles`	Fetch full article metadata by PMIDs — abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, grants
`pubmed_fetch_fulltext`	Fetch full-text articles via a chain: NCBI PMC EFetch → Europe PMC `fullTextXML` → Unpaywall. Accepts PMIDs, PMCIDs, or DOIs.
`pubmed_format_citations`	Generate formatted citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM)
`pubmed_find_related`	Find similar articles, citing articles, or references for a given PMID
`pubmed_spell_check`	Spell-check biomedical queries using NCBI's ESpell service
`pubmed_lookup_mesh`	Search and explore MeSH vocabulary — tree numbers, scope notes, entry terms
`pubmed_lookup_citation`	Resolve partial bibliographic references to PubMed IDs via ECitMatch
`pubmed_convert_ids`	Convert between DOI, PMID, and PMCID using the PMC ID Converter API

`pubmed_search_articles`

Search PubMed with full NCBI query syntax and filters.

Free-text queries with PubMed's full boolean and field-tag syntax
Field-specific filters: author, journal, MeSH terms, language, species
Common filters: has abstract, free full text
Date range filtering by publication, modification, or Entrez date
Publication

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