PubMed MCP servers and agent skills
29 MCP servers and 10 agent skills connect AI assistants to PubMed. No official server yet.
Free search engine for biomedical and life sciences literature, with citations and abstracts.
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- pubmed-database
Google DeepMind · PubMed
SkillApache-2.0licenceUpdated Nov 10, 20263,451GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp-server
Casey Hand (cyanheads) · PubMed
MCP serverLocal or remoteApache-2.0licenceUpdated Nov 3, 2026167GitHub stars - PubMed Search
u9401066 · PubMed
MCP serverLocal or remoteApache-2.0licenceUpdated Oct 20, 202629GitHub stars - fetch-pubmed-recent
lyndonkl · PubMed
SkillUpdated Sep 1, 2026194GitHub stars - mcp-simple-pubmed
Andy Brandt · PubMed
MCP serverRuns locallyMITlicenceUpdated Mar 19, 2026171GitHub stars - pubmed_mcp_server2
masa-med-ai · PubMed
MCP serverRuns locallyMITlicenceUpdated Nov 1, 20260GitHub stars - mining-pubmed-literature
Maziyar Panahi (OpenMed) · PubMed
SkillApache-2.0licenceUpdated Nov 9, 20265,797GitHub stars - pubmed-database
jimmc414 · PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Oct 9, 2026607GitHub stars - pubmed-search
Valyu AI · PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Oct 4, 202664GitHub stars - mcp-server-pubmed
JackKuo666 · PubMed
MCP serverRuns locallyMITlicenceUpdated May 8, 2025132GitHub stars - pubmed-search
PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Nov 9, 202610GitHub stars - method-pubmed
PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Oct 31, 20266GitHub stars - pubmed-access-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverApache-2.0licenceUpdated Oct 18, 20261GitHub stars - @djmima/pubmed-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicenceUpdated Nov 7, 20260GitHub stars - pubmed-stream
PubMed
MCP serverRuns locallyUpdated Oct 30, 20260GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp-bundle
masa-med-ai · PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Feb 20, 202636GitHub stars - pubmed-rag-synthesizer
PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Aug 8, 202610GitHub stars - pubmed-database
PubMed
SkillUpdated Jun 18, 20266GitHub stars - pubmed_paper_finder
PubMed
SkillMITlicenceUpdated Apr 1, 20263GitHub stars - ryogena-pubmed-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicenceUpdated May 4, 20260GitHub stars - PubMed-MCP-Server
PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Dec 21, 202515GitHub stars - MCP serverApache-2.0licenceUpdated May 10, 202611GitHub stars
- Pubmed-MCP-Advanced
PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Dec 28, 20258GitHub stars - mcp-pubmed-server
PubMed
MCP serverApache-2.0licenceUpdated Feb 19, 20266GitHub stars - pubmed_search
wavelovey · PubMed
MCP serverRuns locallyMITlicenceUpdated Dec 12, 202446GitHub stars - PubMed-MCP-Server
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicenceUpdated Jun 4, 20250GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicenceUpdated Jun 18, 202510GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Jun 26, 20252GitHub stars - MCP serverUpdated Jun 19, 20252GitHub stars
- MCP serverMITlicence
- suppevo-pubmed-mcp
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicence - MCP serverMITlicence
- MCP serverRemote
- MCP serverRemote
- PubMed Clinical Research
PubMed
MCP serverRemote - pubmed-search-mcp-server
PubMed
MCP serverBSD-3-ClauselicenceUpdated Mar 6, 20257GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp-smithery
PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Mar 22, 20255GitHub stars - pubmed-mcp-server
PubMed
MCP serverMITlicenceUpdated Apr 27, 20253GitHub stars - PubMed-MCP-Server
PubMed
MCP serverUpdated Apr 5, 20252GitHub stars
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How AI connects to PubMed
PubMed is searched programmatically through NCBI's E-utilities, nine server-side programs at eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov that accept URL requests and return XML, covering PubMed and the other Entrez databases. Without an API key a site may send 3 requests per second; a key from an NCBI account, passed as the api_key parameter, raises the default to 10, and higher rates can be requested. NCBI asks that large jobs run at weekends or overnight US Eastern time.
From the vendor's documentation: A General Introduction to the E-utilities
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Questions
- Is there an official PubMed MCP server?
- Not that we have found. Every listing for PubMed on this page comes from the community; we add an official one as soon as the vendor publishes it.
- Can Claude use PubMed?
- Yes, through an MCP server. 29 MCP servers connect Claude and other AI assistants to PubMed; each listing shows how it connects and how to install it.
- Are there agent skills for PubMed?
- Yes: 10 skills are listed. Skills are folders of instructions (and sometimes scripts) that an agent loads when a task needs them.
- Which AI clients do PubMed servers and skills support?
- The listings on this page most often document claude-desktop, claude-code, cursor, cline. Each listing shows the clients its own documentation names.