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PubMed MCP. Access 37M+ biomedical articles from your chat.

PubMed MCP gives your AI client direct access to the National Library of Medicine's database, pulling 37 million+ biomedical articles. Use it to search research by keyword or disease, instantly grab full article details from a PMID, and trace which papers cite specific research. It’s deep scientific literature retrieval, built for researchers and clinical writers.

PubMed MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
PubMed MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
PubMed MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
PubMed MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
PubMed MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
PubMed MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
PubMed MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
PubMed MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Search literature by topic

Your agent executes targeted searches across millions of articles using keywords, disease names, and complex boolean logic.

Retrieve full article metadata

You get a comprehensive data dump for any specific paper, including the abstract, journal name, DOI, and author list.

Track research impact

The MCP identifies all later papers that built on or referenced a foundational piece of science.

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What AI agents can do with PubMed: Literature Search Tools (3)

These three tools let you find specific research papers, pull complete article data, or map out the academic lineage of a scientific finding.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Get Pubmed Article

Retrieves all detailed metadata for a specific article when you provide its unique PMID number.

Get Pubmed Citations

Finds and lists articles that reference or cite a given PubMed paper, mapping the...

Search Pubmed

Search PubMed for biomedical articles, returning titles, abstracts, DOIs, and MeSH...

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Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

PubMed MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

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Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The PubMed integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with PubMed, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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Manually tracking scientific literature is a brutal time sink.

Today, finding reliable medical evidence means hopping between databases. You pull up PubMed, run your search, then you get a list of titles and authors. To read the abstract, you click through; to find the MeSH terms, you hit another tab. If you need citation data, you have to manually track down the PMID for every single one and check if it was cited elsewhere.

With this MCP, your AI client handles all that clicking behind the scenes. You just state your query—'Show me all papers on X related to Y.' The agent returns structured data containing abstracts, full author lists, DOI, and citation tracking, giving you a comprehensive analysis without leaving your chat.

PubMed MCP delivers verifiable scientific evidence.

The most frustrating parts of the manual process are the small details: figuring out which papers cite a key work, or finding the specific MeSH terms that properly categorize a disease. You're constantly copying and pasting PMIDs just to check context.

Now you get structured data for free. Whether you use search_pubmed to find initial hits, or get_pubmed_citations to map influence, your agent gives you clean, reliable data ready for immediate analysis.

What PubMed MCP does for your AI

This MCP connects your AI agent directly to PubMed, the gold standard source for biomedical and life sciences literature. You can ask your client to find primary research using complex search terms like boolean operators (AND/OR/NOT) across tens of millions of articles. When you find a key paper, you don't have to navigate separate web pages; you simply request the full details, getting abstracts, all authors, and specific MeSH descriptors right away.

Better yet, if that article is foundational, your agent can track down every subsequent study that cited it, mapping out how research evolves over time. It’s a massive shortcut for anyone who needs reliable scientific evidence quickly, giving you access to the entire catalog of tools hosted on Vinkius without needing an API key or manual data extraction.

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Frequently asked questions about PubMed MCP

How do I use the PubMed MCP to find papers on a specific disease? +

Use search_pubmed and include keywords like 'Disease Name AND Gene Symbol'. The tool supports powerful boolean operators, so you can narrow down results precisely.

Can I get all author names from PubMed using the MCP? +

Yes. After finding a relevant PMID, calling get_pubmed_article retrieves comprehensive metadata that includes every contributing author and their affiliation.

What is the difference between search_pubmed and get_pubmed_article? +

search_pubmed finds many articles based on keywords. get_pubmed_article pulls all the granular details for one specific article if you already have its PMID.

How do I check which papers cite a landmark study? +

Use get_pubmed_citations, passing in the foundational paper's PMID. This tool maps out the entire impact chain and shows follow-up research.

Do I need to provide an API key for PubMed MCP? +

No. Since this is hosted on Vinkius, you connect your preferred AI client once, and no keys or complex setup are required to access the database.