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mcp-simple-pubmed MCP Server

Name: andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed
Rating: 3.1 (1 reviews)
Author: andybrandt

andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed

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MCP server for searching and querying PubMed medical papers/research database

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Overview

andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. MCP server for searching and querying PubMed medical papers/research database

Ranked #14836 out of 24846 indexed tools.

Ecosystem

Python MIT 16 weekly downloads 76 pypi/wk

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Stars 15% 172

172 stars → growing community

Freshness 25% 7mo ago

Last commit 7mo ago → stale

Issue Health 25% 78%

7/9 issues closed → decent issue management

Contributors 10% 7

7 contributors → small team

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

npm Downloads N/A

PyPI Downloads 13% 76/wk

76 weekly installs → early adoption

Forks 32

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License MIT

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{"mcpServers":{"mcp-simple-pubmed":{"command":"uvx","args":["mcp-simple-pubmed"]}}}

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Stars: 172
Forks: 32
Open Issues: 2
Closed Issues: 7
Contributors: 7
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: MIT
Last Commit: 7mo ago

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From the README

# MCP Simple PubMed

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

<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/5wlfb8i6bj"></a>

## Features

### Tools
- **Search PubMed** - Search the database using keywords, MeSH terms, author names, date ranges, and Boolean operators
- **Get Full Text** - Download full text when available (for open access articles in PubMed Central)
- **Access Abstracts** - Retrieve article abstracts and metadata via resource URIs

### Prompts (New in v0.1.14)
MCP Prompts help you construct effective PubMed searches:

- **Systematic Review Search** - Generate comprehensive search strategies with MeSH terms, synonyms, and date filters for systematic reviews
- **PICO Search** - Build clinical question searches using the PICO framework (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome)
- **Author Search** - Find all publications by a specific author with proper name formatting

These prompts guide the AI to build optimized PubMed queries, making

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