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Use PubMed Central with your AI.

Connect your account once and let the AI you already use work with it, without building another integration. Search and retrieve full-text biomedical and life sciences literature from PubMed Central (PMC).

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Complete set · 7 capabilities

The complete PubMed Central capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with PubMed Central.

Capability set01 / 02

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 7 available through PubMed Central.

  1. 01

    Get citing articles

    Find PMC articles that cite a specific PubMed ID

  2. 02

    Get oa record

    Find citation data, license info, and file locations for OA articles

  3. 03

    Search articles

    Search for articles in PubMed Central

  4. 04

    Convert ids

    Convert between article identifiers (PMCID, PMID, DOI)

Capability set02 / 02

05-07

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 7 available through PubMed Central.

  1. 05

    Get article summary

    Get metadata summaries for PMC articles

  2. 06

    Get bioc article

    Retrieve full-text articles via the BioC API

  3. 07

    Oai pmh request

    Harvest metadata via the PMC OAI-PMH Service

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855ms average. Fast in production.

PubMed Central is checked daily against the live service.

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One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 7 capabilities arrive ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of PubMed Central, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with PubMed Central. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

PubMed Central Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_U9ekHpIXBEbNwNHsdwHGddpNGYPUoyZeaXWyzTn8/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — PubMed Central capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed-central-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_U9ekHpIXBEbNwNHsdwHGddpNGYPUoyZeaXWyzTn8/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

FAQ

Questions PubMed Central owners ask.

  • 01

    How do I convert a DOI or PMID into a PMCID for full-text access?

    Use the convert_ids capability. Provide a comma-separated list of identifiers, and the agent will return the mapped PMCID, which is required for many other PMC retrieval capabilities.

  • 02

    Can I retrieve the actual content of an article, not just the abstract?

    Yes. If the article is in the Open Access subset, use get_bioc_article with the PMCID. You can specify 'json' or 'xml' format to get the full-text sections.

  • 03

    How can I find which papers have cited a specific study?

    Use the get_citing_articles capability by providing the PubMed ID (PMID) of the study. It will return a list of PMC articles that reference that specific work.

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