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Find related articles
An MCP tool from the PubMed server, run by Anthropic (hosted).
Find related articles and resources in PubMed. IMPORTANT - PubMed Database Scope: This server provides access to PubMed, which ONLY indexes biomedical and life sciences literature including: - Medicine, clinical research, public health, epidemiology - Biology, molecular biology, genetics, genomics - Biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology - Pharmacology, toxicology, drug development - Microbiology, virology, immunology - Neuroscience, physiology, anatomy - Biomedical engineering, medical devices PubMed does NOT contain papers from these fields (use other databases): - Physics, astrophysics → use arXiv - Mathematics, pure math → use arXiv or MathSciNet - Computer science, AI/ML → use arXiv, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore - Pure chemistry (non-biomedical) → use ACS publications or SciFinder - Engineering (non-biomedical) → use IEEE Xplore or arXiv - Social sciences, economics, psychology (non-medical) → use other databases Only use tools from this server when the user is clearly asking about biom
Name on the gateway: pubmed__find_related_articles.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
pmids required | array | Array of source PubMed IDs to find related content for. Examples: - Single article: ['35486828'] - Multiple articles: ['34577062', '24475906'] Can provide multiple PMIDs to find resources related to all of them. |
link_type | pubmed_pubmed | pubmed_pmc | pubmed_nucleotide | pubmed_protein | pubmed_gene | Type of related content to find: - 'pubmed_pubmed' (default): Similar articles using word-weighted analysis of titles, abstracts, and MeSH terms. Returns articles ranked by computational similarity, NOT citations. - 'pubmed_pmc': Full-text versions available in PubMed Central (returns PMC IDs) - 'pubmed_gene': Gene IDs associated with the articles - 'pubmed_protein': Protein sequences referenced in articles - 'pubmed_nucleotide': Nucleotide sequences referenced in articles Examples: - Find similar research: link_type='pubmed_pubmed' - Check for full text: link_type='pubmed_pmc' - Find genes: link_type='pubmed_gene' |
max_results | integer | Maximum number of linked items to return. If not specified, returns a default number of results. |
How to call it
Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:
{
"name": "pubmed__find_related_articles",
"arguments": {
"pmids": []
}
}The first call connects PubMed to your account automatically; nothing to set up. About this server.
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Use the find related articles tool with pmids set to ….