Biolit MCP Server

LLM-assisted biomedical literature screening and extraction for PubMed, GEO, and preprints.

Local serverstdio

What is the Biolit MCP Server?

Biolit is an MCP integration. LLM-assisted biomedical literature screening and extraction for PubMed, GEO, and preprints.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is biolit, version 0.1.25. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: Anthropic API key (required when using the default Anthropic provider); OPENAI_API_KEY: OpenAI API key (required when using LLM_PROVIDER=openai); LLM_PROVIDER: LLM provider: anthropic (default), openai, or ollama; LLM_MODEL: Model name override (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-6, gpt-4o); SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY: Semantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits on citation lookup (optional); UNPAYWALL_EMAIL: Email address for Unpaywall API access to improve PDF retrieval (optional).

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.1.25 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYAnthropic API key (required when using the default Anthropic provider)Optional
OPENAI_API_KEYOpenAI API key (required when using LLM_PROVIDER=openai)Optional
LLM_PROVIDERLLM provider: anthropic (default), openai, or ollamaOptional
LLM_MODELModel name override (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-6, gpt-4o)Optional
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYSemantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits on citation lookup (optional)Optional
UNPAYWALL_EMAILEmail address for Unpaywall API access to improve PDF retrieval (optional)Optional