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Get copyright status
An MCP tool from the PubMed server, run by Anthropic (hosted).
Get copyright information for articles 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 b
Name on the gateway: pubmed__get_copyright_status.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
pmids required | array | Array of PubMed IDs to check copyright and licensing information. Examples: - Single article: ['35891187'] - Multiple articles: ['35891187', '34375400'] Use cases: - Determine if articles are open access for free reuse - Check license requirements before reproducing content - Identify CC BY 4.0 articles for systematic reviews - Verify copyright holders for permission requests - Batch check copyright for bibliographies Note: Not all articles have copyright metadata in PubMed/PMC APIs. For articles without API metadata (source='not_available'), check the publisher's website or article PDF. |
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__get_copyright_status",
"arguments": {
"pmids": []
}
}The first call connects PubMed to your account automatically; nothing to set up. About this server.
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Use the get copyright status tool with pmids set to ….