MCP server

Pubmed

io.github.pipeworx-io/pubmed

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

PubMed MCP — wraps the NCBI E-utilities API (biomedical literature, free, no auth)

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

54

Token cost

About 29,434 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://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

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

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

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

Antigravity

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

Grok (xAI API tools)

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

Tools

• get_abstract ~210 tokens
  Full abstract text for one PubMed article by ID. Returns the abstract with structured sections (background, methods, results, conclusions) when the journal published it that way, otherwise the unstructured abstract. Use when summarizing a single paper or answering "what does paper X actually say". F
• get_citations ~140 tokens
  DEPRECATED ALIAS for pubmed_get_citations — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use pubmed_get_citations.
• get_full_text ~108 tokens
  DEPRECATED ALIAS for pubmed_get_full_text — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use pubmed_get_full_text.
• get_related_articles ~146 tokens
  DEPRECATED ALIAS for pubmed_get_related_articles — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use pubmed_get_related_articles.
• get_summary ~297 tokens
  Resolve PubMed IDs (from search_pubmed) to citation metadata: title, authors (plain name strings), journal, publication date, DOI, and author_details[] with per-author detail (name, affiliations[] verbatim from the MEDLINE record, and any emails[] found inside those affiliation strings — empty array
• pubmed_evidence_landscape ~265 tokens
  Profile the composition of a biomedical evidence base by counting PubMed publication types for a topic: clinical trials, randomized trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, observational studies, and case reports. Use for evidence diligence and questions like "what kinds of studies exist on this t
• pubmed_get_citations ~267 tokens
  Find papers that CITE a given article — forward citation search. Pass one PMID; returns citing papers (most recent first) with full citation metadata. Use for "who cited this", "has this finding been replicated or challenged", or tracking a paper's downstream impact. NOTE: coverage is the PubMed Cen
• pubmed_get_full_text ~206 tokens
  Fetch the FULL TEXT of a biomedical paper from PubMed Central (the open-access subset) by PubMed ID. PREFER OVER get_abstract when you need methods/results/discussion, not just the abstract — "read the full paper", "what methods did <PMID> use", "extract details from the paper". Resolves the PMID to
• pubmed_get_related_articles ~246 tokens
  Find papers SIMILAR to a given article — NIH PubMed's own computed 'related articles' (pubmed_pubmed neighbors), ranked by relevance using shared terms/MeSH/citations. Pass one PMID; returns the top related papers with full citation metadata (title, authors, journal, date, DOI). Use for "more papers
• pubmed_integrity_check ~158 tokens
  Check one PubMed citation for NLM-indexed retraction, expression-of-concern, erratum, update, duplicate-publication, and republished-article links. Use before relying on a specific PMID in diligence or evidence synthesis. Reports only relationships present in PubMed; absence of a flag is not an inde
• pubmed_publication_trend ~231 tokens
  Count PubMed publications by year for a biomedical topic. Use for publication momentum, emerging-target activity, or whether a field is accelerating or cooling. Returns exact PubMed search counts for up to 10 calendar years; volume can reflect indexing and terminology changes and is not evidence qua
• search_pubmed ~857 tokens
  PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for biomedical / clinical / life-sciences research. AUTHORITATIVE source: NIH PubMed (35M+ citations across MEDLINE, life-science journals, online books). Finds PUBLISHED peer-reviewed papers and completed study results — NOT for browsing registered/ongoing/future clinical tri

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