An MCP server that provides access to PubMed articles through the Entrez API.
An MCP server that provides access to PubMed articles through the Entrez API. That is what the mcp simple pubmed mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
The server publishes 2 tools. What each one is for:
Tools — The Tools tool exposed by this serverNotes — Please note that the tool returns XML-ized version of full text. It is however more useful for AIs than a "human readable" text would have been as itConfiguration is passed through the environment: PUBMED_EMAIL, PUBMED_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. MCP Simple Pubmed's toolset — Tools, Notes — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by andybrandt; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tools | The Tools tool exposed by this server. |
| Notes | Please note that the tool returns XML-ized version of full text. It is however more useful for AIs than a "human readable" text would have been as it gives them additional information about document's structure. At least |
{
"mcpServers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "mcp_simple_pubmed"],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
"PUBMED_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PUBMED_EMAIL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| PUBMED_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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