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pubmed-mcp-server MCP Server

Name: cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server
Rating: 4.3 (1 reviews)
Author: cyanheads

cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

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Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

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Overview

cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server is a TypeScript MCP server licensed under Apache-2.0. Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Topics: ai-agents, ai-tools, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, ncbi, pubmed, pubmed-api, biomedical, citations, e-utilities, mesh, typescript, bioinformatics, full-text, open-access, unpaywall, europe-pmc, cyanheads.

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Ecosystem

TypeScript Apache-2.0

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159 stars → growing community

Freshness 25% 16d ago

Last commit 16d ago → recently updated

Issue Health 25% 96%

149/156 issues closed → responsive maintainer

Contributors 10% 1

1 contributor → solo project

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

npm Downloads N/A

PyPI Downloads N/A

Forks 24

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License Apache-2.0

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Stars: 159
Forks: 24
Open Issues: 7
Closed Issues: 149
Contributors: 1
Dependents: —
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
Last Commit: 16d ago

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**Public Hosted Server:** [https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp](https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcp)

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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.

### Tools

| Tool | Description |
|:---|:---|
| `pubmed_search_articles` | Search PubMed with full query syntax, structured filters, date ranges, and optional summaries |
| `pubmed_fetch_articles` | Fetch artic

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