io.github.cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

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Publisher-provided description

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

Summary by lookupd

Searches PubMed and Europe PMC, fetches article metadata, full text, citations, citation metrics, and MeSH terms for biomedical research.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

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

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add pubmed-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add pubmed-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add pubmed-mcp-server --url https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add pubmed-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add pubmed-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools (12 tools)

Publisher-provided text

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, Me
pubmed_fetch_articles Fetch full article metadata by PubMed IDs. Returns detailed article information including abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, linked retraction, erratum, an
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 ta
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.
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 E
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
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 p
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 — deterministi
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 — fo
pubmed_fetch_citation_metrics Fetch NIH iCite citation metrics for PubMed articles: the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), NIH percentile, citation count, citations per year, expected and field
pubmed_europepmc_search Search Europe PMC, a broad open-access biomedical corpus. Surfaces preprints (`source: PPR`), patents (`source: PAT`), Agricola (`source: AGR`), plus everything
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

Changes

Newest first, as lookupd saw them

2026-11-11: version 2.12.0 → 2.12.1

Details

Version: 2.12.1
Transports: streamable-http, stdio
Uptime (7 days): 100%
Median latency: 740 ms
First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:32.858Z
Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T09:17:23.784Z
Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

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