Pubmed MCP Server

@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

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

167 3.7k/wk 9 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 9d ago

Untested

Transport: http, stdio

9 tools · ~382 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Pubmed MCP Server is an MCP server that search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms. Its tool list has not been published yet over http and stdio, requires no API key, and scores 92/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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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 Desktophttp, stdio · 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

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

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92/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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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. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
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.
What AI clients work with Pubmed MCP Server?: Pubmed MCP Server is compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients that support stdio transport. It uses http and stdio transport.
Is Pubmed MCP Server actively maintained?: Pubmed MCP Server is actively maintained - last commit was 9 days ago. It has 167 GitHub stars.

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Overview

Biomedical literature from PubMed, PubMed Central, and Europe PMC. Search it, fetch metadata and full text, resolve identifiers and partial citations, format references, and ground queries in MeSH vocabulary. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above. Ships the pubmed-guide agent skill (skill://pubmed-guide/SKILL.md), which MCP clients read for PubMed query syntax, DOI-to-PMID routes outside PMC, reference-list resolution, citation counts, and full-text misses.

Tools

Tool

Description

pubmed_search_articles

Search PubMed with full query syntax, structured filters, date ranges, and optional summaries

pubmed_fetch_articles

Fetch article metadata by PMID: abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, databank accessions such as trial registration IDs, grants, a collective author's investigators on request, linked retraction and correction notices

pubmed_fetch_fulltext

Fetch full text by PMID, PMCID, or DOI, falling back from PMC to Europe PMC to Unpaywall

pubmed_europepmc_search

Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and open-access records PubMed doesn't carry

pubmed_europepmc_fetch

Fetch complete Europe PMC records, including the untruncated abstract, as records: [{ source, epmcId }]

pubmed_fetch_citation_metrics

Fetch NIH iCite citation metrics by PMID: Relative Citation Ratio, NIH percentile, citation counts and rates

pubmed_format_citations

Format citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM), with linked retraction and correction notices

`pubmed_find_re

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pubmed MCP Server safe to use?

Pubmed MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

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.

What AI clients work with Pubmed MCP Server?

Pubmed MCP Server is compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients that support stdio transport. It uses http and stdio transport.

Is Pubmed MCP Server actively maintained?

Pubmed MCP Server is actively maintained - last commit was 9 days ago. It has 167 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.

12 Tools • 1 Resource • 1 Prompt

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

Overview

Tools

Tool	Description
`pubmed_search_articles`	Search PubMed with full query syntax, structured filters, date ranges, and optional summaries
`pubmed_fetch_articles`	Fetch article metadata by PMID: abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, databank accessions such as trial registration IDs, grants, a collective author's investigators on request, linked retraction and correction notices
`pubmed_fetch_fulltext`	Fetch full text by PMID, PMCID, or DOI, falling back from PMC to Europe PMC to Unpaywall
`pubmed_europepmc_search`	Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and open-access records PubMed doesn't carry
`pubmed_europepmc_fetch`	Fetch complete Europe PMC records, including the untruncated abstract, as `records: [{ source, epmcId }]`
`pubmed_fetch_citation_metrics`	Fetch NIH iCite citation metrics by PMID: Relative Citation Ratio, NIH percentile, citation counts and rates
`pubmed_format_citations`	Format citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM), with linked retraction and correction notices
`pubmed_find_re

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