Pipeworx pubmed
by @brucegutman
Search PubMed for biomedical articles by keyword, author, or MeSH term; retrieve article metadata and full abstracts with structured section labels.
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PubMed
Search and retrieve biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database. Over 36 million citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Capabilities
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| search_pubmed | Search by keyword, author name, or MeSH term. Returns PubMed IDs. |
| get_summary | Metadata for one or more articles: title, authors, journal, DOI. |
| get_abstract | Full abstract text with section labels (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions). |
Typical workflow
1. Search for articles on a topic with search_pubmed
2. Get metadata for the top results with get_summary
3. Pull the full abstract for the most relevant paper with get_abstract
Example: find CRISPR research
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_pubmed","arguments":{"query":"CRISPR cancer therapy","limit":5}}}'
Query syntax tips
PubMed supports field-tagged searches. Some useful patterns:
"Smith J"[Author] -- search by author"COVID-19"[MeSH] -- search MeSH terms"Nature"[Journal] -- restrict to a journalCRISPR AND (cancer OR tumor)Add to your MCP client
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp"
}
}
}
No API key required. Powered by NCBI E-utilities.