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PubMed API

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Read-only access to PubMed article search, advanced fielded queries, journal searches, clinical-query filters, and full article metadata including abstracts and related PMIDs. Results are fetched live from NCBI E-utilities, the public data service used for PubMed.

  • health
  • pubmed
  • biomedical
  • articles
  • research
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Setup guide

Add the server from your terminal.

Claude Code · terminal
claude mcp add --transport http agent-data https://agent-data.motie.dev/mcp

In Claude Code, run /mcp, select agent-data, then Authenticate. Sign in to your agent-data account in the browser.

Then ask your agent to use the PubMed API for your task.

Call it over HTTP

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Search PubMed articles

Search keyword or PubMed query string.

Optional parameters 3

One-based result page.

PubMed result ordering.

Number of articles to return.

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cURL · Articles search
curl --request GET --get 'https://api.agent-data.dev/pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov/v1/articles/search' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $AGENT_DATA_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query=machine learning'

Endpoints

Inputs and response fields for every endpoint in this API.

GETArticles by journal/v1/articles/by-journal

Search PubMed articles by journal

Input

journalRequiredQuery · string

Journal name as indexed by PubMed.

Example: Nursing

limitOptionalQuery · integer, min: 1, max: 100, default: 20

Number of articles to return.

Example: 2

queryOptionalQuery · string | null

Optional additional PubMed query combined with the journal filter.

Example: 2024[PDAT]

Response

totalinteger, min: 0
articlesobject[]
articles[].doi?string | null
articles[].urlstring
articles[].pmidstring
articles[].pmcid?string | null
articles[].titlestring
articles[].authorsstring[]
articles[].journal?string, default:
articles[].abstract?string | null
articles[].publication_date?string, default:

Fields marked ? are optional.

GETArticles clinical queries/v1/articles/clinical-queries

Search PubMed with Clinical Queries filters

Input

queryRequiredQuery · string

Search keyword for a clinical PubMed query.

Example: diabetes

scopeOptionalQuery · "broad" | "narrow"

Clinical Queries scope.

Example: broad

categoryOptionalQuery · "therapy" | "clinical prediction guides" | "diagnosis" | "etiology" | "prognosis" | "general"

Predefined Clinical Queries category.

Example: therapy

limitOptionalQuery · integer, min: 1, max: 100, default: 20

Number of articles to return.

Example: 2

Response

totalinteger, min: 0
articlesobject[]
articles[].doi?string | null
articles[].urlstring
articles[].pmidstring
articles[].pmcid?string | null
articles[].titlestring
articles[].authorsstring[]
articles[].journal?string, default:
articles[].abstract?string | null
articles[].publication_date?string, default:

Fields marked ? are optional.

GETArticles by pmid/v1/articles/{pmid}

Get full PubMed article details

Input

pmidRequiredPath · integer, min: 1, max: 999999999

PubMed ID of the article.

Example: 38595734

Response

doi?string | null
urlstring
pmidstring
pmcid?string | null
titlestring
authorsstring[]
journal?string, default:
abstract?string | null
keywordsstring[]
copyright?string | null
similar_pmidsstring[]
publication_date?string, default:

Fields marked ? are optional.

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