pubmed-mcp-server

pubmed-mcp-server

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research_and_datadatabases

PubMed MCP Server is a FastAPI-based service that provides an interface to access PubMed databases, enabling article search and metadata retrieval. A key feature is the capability to download PDF files of PMC articles, making it a useful tool for research purposes.

Overview

PubMed MCP Server is a service based on fastapi-mcp that provides access interfaces to the PubMed database. This service allows users to search PubMed articles, retrieve article metadata, and download PDFs of PMC articles.

Features

  • Search Articles: Search for articles in the PubMed database using keywords.
  • Retrieve Metadata: Obtain detailed information of articles with a specific PubMed ID, including title, abstract, authors, and keywords.
  • Download PDF: Download PDFs of PMC articles locally.

Installation and Configuration

  1. Clone the repository and navigate into the directory.
  2. Create and activate a virtual environment using uv.
  3. Configure using a .env file to set the download path for PDFs.

Usage

Run the server, which will be available at http://localhost:8977, and configure the endpoint in an MCP client with SSE mode.

Project Structure

  • Includes directories such as app/ for API definition, core/ for core functionalities, and service/ for service layers such as search and file download.