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pubmed-search-mcp-server
Search and retrieve academic papers from the PubMed database, providing access to titles, authors, journals, abstracts, and DOIs.
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PubMedSearch MCP Server
A Model Content Protocol server that provides tools to search and retrieve academic papers from PubMed database.
Features
- Search PubMed by keywords in title/abstract or author names
- Retrieve detailed information including title, authors, journal, abstract, DOI and more
Installing via Smithery
To install pubmed-search-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @gradusnikov/pubmed-search-mcp-server --client claude
Installing Manually
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Clone this repository:
git clone <repository-url> cd pubmed-search-mcp-server -
Install dependencies:
pip install fastmcp requests python-dotenv -
Create a
.envfile in the project root (if needed for configuration)
Usage
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Start the server in development mode:
mcp dev pubmed_search_mcp_server.py -
or add the server to Claude Desktop app CLAUDE_DIRECTORY/claude_desktop_config.json. For example if you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) it may look like this:
"pubmed-search": {
"command": "wsl.exe",
"args": [
"bash",
"-c",
"source /home/[user]/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate mcp && mcp run /home/[user]/pubmed-search-mpc-server/pubmed_search_mcp_server.py"
]
},
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