PubMed MCP Server
PubMed MCP Server is a MCP server for literature review and citations, published by cyanheads.
An MCP server providing 10 tools for searching PubMed, Europe PMC, and fetching full-text articles, citations, and biomedical metadata for AI-powered research workflows.
Is it any good?
Effectiveness · benchmark pending
We haven't benchmarked PubMed MCP Server yet, so its score is provisional — computed from safety, maintenance, and documentation only, with popularity given no weight. When we benchmark it, we measure whether it produces materially better output than a frontier model alone, and that result leads the score. How we measure.
About PubMed MCP Server
Description · AI-summarised from the cyanheads README
PubMed MCP Server is a production-ready Model Context Protocol server that exposes comprehensive access to PubMed, PubMed Central, and Europe PMC. It includes 10 tools for article search (with field-specific filters, MeSH terms, publication types), fetching full-text articles via a multi-tier chain (PMC → Europe PMC → Unpaywall), citation formatting (APA, MLA, BibTeX, RIS), related-article discovery, ID conversion, and MeSH vocabulary lookup. Built on a robust framework with declarative tool definitions, unified error handling, agent-friendly output (provenance, discriminated contracts, graceful partial failure), and deployable as stdio, HTTP, or Cloudflare Workers.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"cyanheads-pubmed-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cyanheads/cyanheads-pubmed-mcp-server"]
}
}
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What does PubMed MCP Server do?
An MCP server providing 10 tools for searching PubMed, Europe PMC, and fetching full-text articles, citations, and biomedical metadata for AI-powered research workflows.
How do I install PubMed MCP Server?
PubMed MCP Server is a MCP server. Primary install path: { "mcpServers": { "cyanheads-pubmed-mcp-server": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@cyanheads/cyanheads-pubmed-mcp-server"] } } }
What is the Skill Score for PubMed MCP Server?
PubMed MCP Server has a Skill Score of 6.0/10 (Solid). It is currently a provisional score — PubMed MCP Server hasn't been benchmarked yet, so it weights safety 75/100 (40%), maintenance 47/100 (30%), and documentation 70/100 (30%). Popularity carries zero weight until effectiveness is measured. See methodology.
Is PubMed MCP Server free?
PubMed MCP Server is published under the Apache-2.0 license. See the vendor's source repository for any usage limits or paid tiers.
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