PubMed & Europe PMC literature search, US/UK drug labelling, and clinical trials for AI assistants.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add pubcrawl -e NCBI_API_KEY=<NCBI_API_KEY> -- npx -y @pharmatools/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"pubcrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pharmatools/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"pubcrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pharmatools/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"pubcrawl": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pharmatools/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
NCBI_API_KEYOptional, secret | NCBI API key for higher rate limits (10 req/s vs 3 req/s). Optional — get one free at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/ |
Details
| Package | @pharmatools/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl |
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