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pubmed-mcp-server

Search PubMed, fetch full text, and format citations

Searches PubMed and Europe PMC for biomedical literature, fetches article metadata and full text, and generates formatted citations in APA, MLA, BibTeX, RIS, and Vancouver styles. Eliminates manual database browsing, ID conversion between DOI, PMID, and PMCID, and copy-paste citation formatting. Includes MeSH vocabulary lookup, related-article discovery, and spell-checking so research workflows complete in fewer steps.
npx skills add cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server --all -g -y
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Gives your AI agent the server's coding conventions, tool and resource patterns, and a routing list of which maintenance and scaffolding skills to run for each development task.

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQPage Schema
How to install pubmed-mcp-server?โ–ผ

Run `npx skills add cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all skills in this suite globally.

How to search PubMed with AI?โ–ผ

This server exposes PubMed search as a direct command your agent can call with plain-language queries, filters, and date ranges. It returns structured results with abstracts, authors, and MeSH terms.

Can it fetch full-text articles?โ–ผ

Yes. It retrieves full text through a fallback chain of PubMed Central, Europe PMC, and Unpaywall, accepting PMIDs, PMCIDs, or DOIs.

Does it format citations automatically?โ–ผ

Yes. It generates ready-to-use citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, and Vancouver formats for up to 50 articles per request.

Does it work with Claude Desktop and Cursor?โ–ผ

Yes. It runs over standard MCP with STDIO or HTTP transport and offers one-click installs for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code.

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