MCP server

Europepmc

io.github.pipeworx-io/europepmc

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

Europe PMC MCP — biomedical literature.

From the maker's README Europe PubMed Central MCP — biomedical/life-science literature search + abstracts + full text (open-access only). Keyless. Source

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

52

Token cost

About 28,080 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 europepmc https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.europepmc]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"europepmc":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"europepmc":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"europepmc":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add europepmc https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/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":"europepmc","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"europepmc","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp"}

Tools

• abstract ~89 tokens
  Just the title + abstract for one article (faster than get_article).
• citations ~206 tokens
  Europe PMC literature database — the citing side of the citation graph: the biomedical articles that cite one article, identified by source (MED, PMC, PPR) plus its id. Returns each citing work's title, authors, journal, publication year and Europe PMC / PubMed identifiers, with the total citation c
• europepmc_citation_velocity ~164 tokens
  Aggregate Europe PMC citing-publication records by year for one article and return a recent citation sample. Coverage is Europe PMC’s citation graph, so counts are a floor and citation volume is not evidence quality, replication, or endorsement.
• europepmc_evidence_landscape ~208 tokens
  Summarize a bounded Europe PMC literature sample for a biomedical topic by publication year/type, citations, open-access status, preprints, journals, and authors. This is bibliographic mapping—not evidence grading, replication analysis, or a clinical conclusion.
• europepmc_publication_integrity_profile ~141 tokens
  Inspect one Europe PMC article for linked retractions, corrections, errata, expressions of concern, comments, versions, and preprint/published-version metadata. No linked notice means none was found in Europe PMC—not proof the article is free of concerns.
• europepmc_research_affiliation_profile ~202 tokens
  Summarize publications whose author affiliations match an organization, optionally within a topic. Reports authors, journals, publication types, years, and citations from a bounded sample; affiliation text is not proof of sponsorship, ownership, or institutional endorsement.
• europepmc_trial_evidence_map ~169 tokens
  Map publications that explicitly mention a ClinicalTrials.gov NCT identifier. Summarizes publication types, years, citation counts, preprints, and linked status notices. A mention can be background or secondary analysis—not necessarily the primary trial result.
• get_article ~130 tokens
  Full record for one article by (source, id). Source: MED (Medline), PMC, PPR (preprints), CTX (clinicaltrials).
• references ~186 tokens
  Europe PMC literature database — the reference list of one biomedical article, identified by source (MED, PMC, PPR) plus its id. Returns each cited work's title, authors, journal, publication year and its own Europe PMC / PubMed identifiers, with the total count and a pageSize control. Answers what
• search ~282 tokens
  Europe PMC search for biomedical literature and preprints — the preprint server index for medicine and life sciences (bioRxiv, medRxiv, Research Square), for drug/clinical/disease preprint questions where arXiv (physics/CS) has nothing. Lucene-style query — use SRC:PPR to filter to preprints only (e

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