How do I connect Pubcrawl MCP Server to Claude?

Run `claude mcp add pubcrawl -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.

Is Pubcrawl MCP Server free?

The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can Pubcrawl MCP Server do?

Pubcrawl MCP Server documents 14 tools to the agent, including compare_labels, find_related, format_citation. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

Pubcrawl

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MCP server giving AI assistants verifiable access to PubMed, Europe PMC, US/UK drug labelling, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Built by PharmaTools.AI.

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01 / Choose your client

02 / Before you connect

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Install the runtime required by the project and make it available to your client.

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Use names from the project instructions, separated by commas. Enter names only, never secret values.

03 / Add the configuration

Source: generated from public install instructions

claude mcp add --transport stdio 'pubcrawl' -- 'npx' '-y' '@pharmatools/pubcrawl'

Run in your terminal after replacing any placeholders.

04 / Check it in your client

Open your client’s MCP settings and confirm the server connects and lists its tools. A copied configuration does not confirm a working connection.

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Documented tools (14)

From project documentation. A server handshake does not verify each tool’s description or behavior.

compare_labels

Side-by-side comparison of US (USPI) and UK (SmPC) labelling for the same drug. Spot regulatory differences in indications, warnings, and dosing.

find_related

Find similar articles using PubMed's neighbor algorithm, ranked by relevance score.

format_citation

Generate a formatted citation in APA, Vancouver, Harvard, or BibTeX style.

get_abstract

Get the full structured abstract for an article — broken into labeled sections (background, methods, results, conclusions) with keywords and MeSH terms.

get_full_text

Retrieve the full text of open-access articles from PubMed Central, with parsed sections, figure/table captions, and reference counts.

get_smpc

Retrieve UK Summary of Product Characteristics from the eMC — the UK equivalent of US prescribing information, with numbered SmPC sections.

get_trial

Get full details for a clinical trial by NCT ID — eligibility criteria, study design, arms, primary/secondary outcomes, locations, and associated PubMed IDs.

get_uspi

Pull US Prescribing Information sections via openFDA (cited to DailyMed) — indications, dosing, warnings, contraindications, and more.

resolve_drug_name

Convert a brand drug name to its generic (or a generic to its US brand names), with drug class and common indications. Deterministic, via RxNorm/openFDA — no AI.

search_by_indication

Find drugs approved for a medical condition. Searches FDA labelling via openFDA, then cross-references UK availability on the eMC.

search_europepmc

Search Europe PMC — a broader corpus than PubMed that also indexes preprints (bioRxiv, medRxiv) and patents. Each result includes an abstract snippet, citation count, open-access status, and a preprint flag. Filter to preprints or open-access only.

search_pubmed

Search PubMed with filters for date range, article type, and sort order. Returns PMIDs, titles, authors, journals, and DOIs.

search_trials

Search ClinicalTrials.gov for clinical trials. Filter by condition, intervention, recruitment status, and phase. Returns NCT IDs, sponsors, enrollment, and links.

trending_papers

Find recent papers on a topic, with optional filtering to high-impact journals (Nature, Science, Cell, NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, etc.).

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Questions about Pubcrawl MCP Server

How do I connect Pubcrawl MCP Server to Claude?: Run `claude mcp add pubcrawl -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.
Is Pubcrawl MCP Server free?: The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can Pubcrawl MCP Server do?: Pubcrawl MCP Server documents 14 tools to the agent, including compare_labels, find_related, format_citation. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.