Simple PubMed

Access PubMed's medical research database via the Entrez API for biomedical literature search and analysis.

→ andybrandt/mcp-simple-pubmed· pypi: mcp-simple-pubmed· 17K installs· listed on pulsemcp

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2 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

2 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: PUBMED_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configPUBMED_EMAIL— Your email address (required by NCBI)

configPUBMED_TOOL

🔐 secretPUBMED_API_KEY— Optional API key for higher rate limits

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commit: 117149e10614e89afc2c8725028702617320df48

code hash: 0c7ab485e84c062d97aecefb62e34810d84e131ce5817f67adb91b153592ad9b

verified: 6/15/2026, 3:10:12 PM

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