pubmed_search_articles

MCP tool from Pubmed MCP Server by cyanheads

Search PubMed with full query syntax, field-specific filters, date ranges, pagination, and optional brief summaries

How to use it

pubmed_search_articles is exposed by the Pubmed MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the pubmed_search_articles tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

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Other tools in Pubmed MCP Server (11)

abstractSnippet

is capped at 400 characters to keep a page bounded; abstractTruncated says whether it was cut, and pubmedeuropepmcfetch returns the whole abstract for the records worth reading in full

pubmed_convert_ids

Convert between DOI, PMID, and PMCID using the PMC ID Converter API

pubmed_europepmc_fetch

Fetch complete Europe PMC records — including the untruncated abstract — by source + epmcId, the only identifier many preprint, patent, and Agricola records carry

pubmed_europepmc_search

Search Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and EPMC-only OA records that don't surface in PubMed. Cursor-based pagination.

pubmed_fetch_articles

Fetch full article metadata by PMIDs — abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, grants

pubmed_fetch_fulltext

Fetch full-text articles via a chain: NCBI PMC EFetch → Europe PMC fullTextXML → Unpaywall. Accepts PMIDs, PMCIDs, or DOIs.

pubmed_find_related

Find similar articles, citing articles, or references for a given PMID

pubmed_format_citations

Generate formatted citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM)

pubmed_lookup_citation

Resolve partial bibliographic references to PubMed IDs via ECitMatch

pubmed_lookup_mesh

Search and explore MeSH vocabulary — tree numbers, scope notes, entry terms

pubmed_spell_check

Spell-check biomedical queries using NCBI's ESpell service