18 tools that work with PubMed: 13 MCP servers, 5 Agent Skills and 0 Claude Code plugins. 3 of the remote servers answered our live check, 1 worked without an API key, and 2 come from an official or verified publisher. Ranked by GitHub stars plus official, live and free-to-try signals.
Most common uses: Research, papers & reference data (5), Health, fitness & medical (4), Multi-agent, orchestration & workflows (3), Web search engines & search APIs (3).
| Tool | Stars | Last update | License | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searching Scientific Literature PubMed search with keyword optimization, result parsing, and metadata extraction SkillInstall · skills CLI | 5,013 | — | ||
| pubmed-database Direct REST API access to PubMed. Advanced Boolean/MeSH queries, E-utilities API, batch processing, citation management. For Python workflows, prefer SkillInstall · skills CLI | 3,816 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| pubmed-database Search PubMed for scientific literature, including published clinical trials. Fetch abstracts and full text. Link published research to biological dat SkillInstall · skills CLI | 3,472 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| medical-review-writer-architect A multi-stage workflow for writing long-form medical reviews; used when the user needs to build an outline based on PubMed literature, write chapter b SkillInstall · skills CLI | 2,054 | MIT | ||
| molecular-review-workflow Generates academic reviews for molecules in diseases using PubMed research. Invoke when user needs biomedical literature review with Vancouver citatio SkillInstall · skills CLI | 2,054 | MIT | ||
| PubMed / MEDLINE Literature Search Search biomedical literature, get article details, find related articles, and explore MeSH terms MCP serverVerified domain · olyport.comRemote● LiveFree to try | — | — | ||
| PubMed Biomedical Papers — new research articles ($0.01/query) PubMed biomedical papers: new research daily. $0.01/query. Be born in one call — free testnet funds. MCP serverVerified domain · a2awire.comRemote● LiveAPI key needed | — | — | ||
| PubMed Search Multi-source biomedical literature search: PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, full text, citations MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 29 | — | ||
| RBAi Scholar Search 17M+ biomedical journal abstracts (13M+ in PubMed) by meaning or by exact terms. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemote● LiveAPI key needed | — | — | ||
| io.github.pkotecha-eng/aria-mcp-server Search 35M+ PubMed, 400K+ ClinicalTrials.gov & ISRCTN trials. Prompts included. No API key. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 3 | MIT | ||
| io.github.rachadele/biolit LLM-assisted biomedical literature screening and extraction for PubMed, GEO, and preprints. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 2 | — | ||
| Biolab MCP Server Auditable MCP server for PubMed, Europe PMC, ClinicalTrials.gov, and bioRxiv/medRxiv queries MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteDown | 0 | MIT | ||
| BioMCP 50+ biomedical data sources in one MCP server — PubMed, ClinVar, gnomAD, KEGG, and more MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · Docker | — | — | ||
| Forever Healthy Evidence MCP Medical literature research for agents: source library, claim verification, PubMed, trials, fetch MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · npm | — | — | ||
| Panda Research Tools Scholarly integrity — citations, literature/PubMed, experts, PDF tables, Wayback, trends (8 tools). MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 0 | MIT | ||
| PubMed Clinical Research Search 36M+ PubMed biomedical articles and ClinicalTrials.gov studies. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteSign-in needed | — | — | ||
| Tekmeria Biomedical evidence from PubMed, trials and FDA labels, with citations an audit can check. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 0 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| 水素分子医学文献データベース — Molecular hydrogen medical literature (H2 Papers) PubMed molecular-hydrogen medical literature with delivery-aware safety notes inline. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · npm | 0 | MIT |