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Search articles
An MCP tool from the PubMed server, run by Anthropic (hosted).
Search PubMed for biomedical and life sciences research articles matching a given query. 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
Name on the gateway: pubmed__search_articles.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query required | string | Search query using PubMed syntax or natural language. Supports: - Simple keywords: 'asthma', 'breast cancer' - Field tags: [Title], [Author], [Journal], [Publication Type], [MeSH Terms], [orgn] - Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT Examples: - Keyword: 'CRISPR gene editing' - Author: 'Smith J[Author]' - Title: 'mRNA vaccine[Title]' - Combined: 'Nature[journal] AND artificial intelligence' - Publication type: 'asthma AND Clinical Trial[Publication Type]' Cannot be an empty string nor use wildcard symbols like "*". |
max_results | integer | Maximum number of results to return (default: 20) |
sort | relevance | pub_date | author | journal_name | title | Sort order for results |
date_from | string | Start date for filtering results. Format: YYYY/MM/DD, YYYY/MM, or YYYY. Example: "2023" or "2023/01/15" |
date_to | string | End date for filtering results. Format: YYYY/MM/DD, YYYY/MM, or YYYY. Example: "2024" or "2024/12/31" |
retstart | integer | Index of first result to return for pagination. Use 0 for first page, 20 for second page (with max_results=20), etc. |
datetype | pdat | edat | mdat | Which date field to use for filtering. 'pdat' = publication date (default), 'edat' = entry date (when article was added to PubMed), 'mdat' = modification date (when article was updated/corrected) |
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__search_articles",
"arguments": {
"query": "…"
}
}The first call connects PubMed to your account automatically; nothing to set up. About this server.
Try asking
Use the search articles tool with query set to ….