{
  "name": "pubmed-mcp",
  "title": "HealthMesh · PubMed MCP",
  "version": "0.1.1",
  "description": "Live PubMed / MEDLINE literature from NCBI (U.S. National Library of Medicine) E-utilities: search articles with date, publication-type, MeSH, journal and free-full-text filters; fetch abstracts, authors, MeSH headings, grants and identifiers; open-access full text from PubMed Central; related, citing and cited articles; MeSH descriptor lookup with tree numbers and scope notes; and formatted citations (AMA, APA, MLA, NLM, RIS, MEDLINE). No key.",
  "healthmesh_domain": "Research, Trials & Genomics",
  "datasets": [
    "RES-02"
  ],
  "mcp_endpoint": "https://pubmed.healthmesh.ai/mcp",
  "transport": "Streamable HTTP (stateless, JSON responses)",
  "authorization": "none",
  "auth_mode": "off",
  "docs": "https://github.com/HendrikK/healthmesh/tree/main/servers/pubmed-mcp#readme",
  "contact": "hendrik.kleine@gmail.com",
  "data_source": {
    "name": "NCBI E-utilities (PubMed/MEDLINE, MeSH), PMC Open Access (BioC API), NCBI Literature Citation Exporter, U.S. National Library of Medicine",
    "url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501/",
    "license": "NCBI policies; PubMed citations free to use; abstracts/full texts under publisher/author copyright or the article's open license",
    "refresh": "live (6 h edge cache; PubMed updated daily)"
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "pubmed_search_articles",
      "title": "Search PubMed",
      "description": "Searches PubMed (live NCBI E-utilities) with full PubMed query syntax plus optional filters: publication date range, publication types (e.g. Randomized Controlled Trial, Review, Meta-Analysis), MeSH terms, journal, language, free full text, humans. Returns total count, NCBI's query translation and article summaries (PMID, title, journal, date, authors, DOI, PMCID, publication types)."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_fetch_articles",
      "title": "Fetch PubMed records",
      "description": "Fetches full PubMed records for up to 20 PMIDs: title, journal, date, volume/issue/pages, authors (with first affiliation and ORCID), abstract (structured sections kept), DOI, PMCID, publication types, MeSH headings (major topics and qualifiers), keywords, chemicals, grants, linked trial registrations (e.g. NCT IDs) and errata/retraction links."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_fetch_fulltext",
      "title": "Open-access full text from PubMed Central",
      "description": "Returns the full text of an article in the PubMed Central Open Access subset (by PMCID or PMID) as sections (title, abstract, intro, methods, results, discussion, ...), with the article's license. Articles that are not in the PMC OA subset return available:false and links. Use sections and max_chars to keep it small."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_find_related",
      "title": "Related, citing and cited articles",
      "description": "For one PMID returns similar articles (PubMed's 'similar articles', ranked by relatedness), articles citing it (cited_by, from PubMed Central citations), its references (when deposited) or related reviews, with summaries."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_lookup_mesh",
      "title": "Look up MeSH descriptors",
      "description": "Searches the NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary and returns descriptors with MeSH UI, preferred heading, tree numbers, and optionally scope note, entry terms (synonyms), allowable qualifiers and year introduced. Use the heading in pubmed_search_articles mesh_terms."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_format_citations",
      "title": "Formatted citations",
      "description": "Formats citations for up to 20 PMIDs in AMA, APA, MLA or NLM style (from NCBI's Literature Citation Exporter), or as RIS / MEDLINE / BibTeX for reference managers."
    },
    {
      "name": "pubmed_describe_dataset",
      "title": "Describe the PubMed sources",
      "description": "Explains the NCBI sources (PubMed/MEDLINE via E-utilities, MeSH, PubMed Central OA via BioC, Literature Citation Exporter), live record count, update frequency, rate limits, query syntax tips, licensing and caveats."
    }
  ]
}