
Lineex Pubmed Mcp Smithery
Connects Claude to PubMed's E-utilities API for medical literature searches with structured query support. You get five main operations: keyword searches with journal filtering and date sorting, MeSH term lookups for standardized medical vocabulary, publication count comparisons across terms, detailed paper retrieval by PMID including abstracts and authors, and PICO framework searches that combine population, intervention, comparison, and outcome terms with synonym support. Reach for this when you need to programmatically search medical literature, build evidence tables, or run systematic literature reviews without leaving your Claude conversation. Includes automatic retry logic to handle NCBI rate limits.
- tools
- 5
- auth
- Secret needed
- transport
- HTTP
- last updated
- Sep 16, 2025
Tools
5 toolsPublic tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.
search_pubmedSearch PubMed for articles matching keywords with optional journal filtering
Search PubMed for articles matching keywords with optional journal filtering
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
get_mesh_termsLook up MeSH terms related to a medical concept
Look up MeSH terms related to a medical concept
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
get_pubmed_countGet the count of publications for multiple search terms
Get the count of publications for multiple search terms
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
format_paper_detailsGet detailed information about specific papers by PMID
Get detailed information about specific papers by PMID
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
pico_searchPerform structured PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) searches with synonyms
Perform structured PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) searches with synonyms
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
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PubMed Enhanced Search MCP Server
A Model Content Protocol server that provides enhanced tools to search and retrieve academic papers from PubMed database, with additional features such as MeSH term lookup, publication count statistics, and PICO-based evidence search.
Features
- Search PubMed by keywords with optional journal filter
- Support for sorting results by relevance or date (newest/oldest first)
- Get MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms related to a search word
- Get publication counts for multiple search terms (useful for comparing prevalence)
- Retrieve detailed paper information including abstract, DOI, authors, and keywords
- Perform structured PICO-based searches with support for synonyms and combination queries
Installing
Prerequisites
- Python 3.6+
- pip
Installation
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/leescot/pubmed-mcp-smithery cd pubmed-mcp-smithery -
Install dependencies:
pip install fastmcp requests
Usage
Running locally
Details
- Repository
- github.com/lineex/pubmed-mcp-smithery
- Category
- Search & Web Crawling
- Transport
- HTTP
- Auth
- Required
- Registry
- MCP registry, active