MCP server

PubMed / MEDLINE Literature Search

com.olyport/pubmed

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search biomedical literature, get article details, find related articles, and explore MeSH terms

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

olyport.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

5

Token cost

About 839 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pubmed https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.pubmed]
url = "https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"pubmed":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"pubmed":{"url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"pubmed":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add pubmed https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pubmed","server_url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pubmed","server_url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/pubmed/mcp"}

Tools

• find_related_articles ~161 tokens
  Find articles related to a given PubMed article. Uses NCBI's computed similarity to find conceptually related papers. Useful for literature review expansion. Args: pmid: PubMed ID of the source article. limit: Maximum related articles to return (default 10, max 50).
• get_article_detail ~120 tokens
  Get full details of a PubMed article by its PMID. Returns title, all authors, complete abstract, MeSH terms, publication types, journal info, and DOI. Args: pmid: PubMed ID (e.g. '39142850').
• get_cited_by ~151 tokens
  Find articles that cite a given PubMed article. Useful for tracking the impact and follow-up research of a key publication. Args: pmid: PubMed ID of the article to find citations for. limit: Maximum citing articles to return (default 20, max 100).
• search_mesh ~167 tokens
  Search the MeSH vocabulary for standardized medical terms. Find MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) descriptors to use in precise PubMed searches. Returns MeSH IDs, preferred terms, and scope notes. Args: term: Search term (e.g. 'diabetes', 'heart failure', 'opioid'). l
• search_pubmed ~240 tokens
  Search PubMed for biomedical literature. Find research articles, reviews, and clinical studies matching your search terms. Supports PubMed query syntax including MeSH terms, field tags, and boolean operators. Args: query: Search terms (e.g. 'diabetes prevention exercise',

Browse

• Research papers
• Health and medicine

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