Pubmed MCP Server
PubMed database searching and article metadata retrieval for AI models.
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Overview
PubMed MCP Server enables LLMs to interface with the NCBI E-utilities API. It allows AI assistants to perform complex literature searches, retrieve abstracts, and fetch comprehensive article metadata across the PubMed biomedical database. The server supports batch operations and multiple output formats including XML and JSON. It includes built-in rate limiting to manage request volume and supports optional NCBI API key configuration to increase throughput for large-scale data retrieval.
Our verdict
This server carries a high risk level with a security score of 10/100. The repository has not been updated for over a year (last commit 397 days ago) and lacks any legal license, making its usage terms unclear. Due to these maintenance and legal concerns, it should only be used in non-critical or experimental environments by users who have manually audited the codebase.
- Zero direct dependencies reduce supply-chain surface area
- Supports automatic rate limiting for API compliance
- Provides real, functional documentation in the README
- High risk due to 10/100 security score
- Stale repository with no commits for 397 days
- Missing license terms for legal usage
- Limited community presence with only one star
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