andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed

4.1

mcp-simple-pubmed is hosted online, so all tools can be tested directly either in theInspector tabor in theOnline Client.

If you are the rightful owner of mcp-simple-pubmed and would like to certify it and/or have it hosted online, please leave a comment on the right or send an email to henry@mcphub.com.

An MCP server that provides access to PubMed articles through the Entrez API.

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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

search_pubmed

Search PubMed for medical and life sciences research articles.

You can use these search features:

Simple keyword search: "covid vaccine"
Field-specific search:
- Title search: [Title]
- Author search: [Author]
- MeSH terms: [MeSH Terms]
- Journal: [Journal]
Date ranges: Add year or date range like "2020:2024[Date - Publication]"
Combine terms with AND, OR, NOT
Use quotation marks for exact phrases

Examples:

"covid vaccine" - basic search
"breast cancer"[Title] AND "2023"[Date - Publication]
"Smith J"[Author] AND "diabetes"
"RNA"[MeSH Terms] AND "therapy"

The search will return:

Paper titles
Authors
Publication details
Abstract preview (when available)
Links to full text (when available)
DOI when available
Keywords and MeSH terms

Note: Use quotes around multi-word terms for best results.

get_paper_fulltext

Get full text of a PubMed article using its ID.

This tool attempts to retrieve the complete text of the paper if available through PubMed Central. If the paper is not available in PMC, it will return a message explaining why and provide information about where the text might be available (e.g., through DOI).

Example usage: get_paper_fulltext(pmid="39661433")

Returns:

If successful: The complete text of the paper
If not available: A clear message explaining why (e.g., "not in PMC", "requires journal access")

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

andybrandt

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Repository

https://github.com/andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed

GitHub Stars

134

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2024-12-11

Last update date

2025-10-01

Server configs

in claude desktop on macos

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simple-pubmed": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_simple_pubmed"],
      "env": {
        "PUBMED_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "PUBMED_API_KEY": "your-api-key" 
      }
    }
  }
}

in claude desktop on windows

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simple-pubmed": {
      "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR_USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python311\\python.exe",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "mcp_simple_pubmed"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PUBMED_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "PUBMED_API_KEY": "your-api-key" 
      }
    }
  }
}

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