Searches and reads medical and life sciences papers from PubMed.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add simple-pubmed --env PUBMED_EMAIL='<PUBMED_EMAIL>' -- npx -y mcp-simple-pubmed~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.simple-pubmed]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-simple-pubmed"]
env = { PUBMED_EMAIL = "<PUBMED_EMAIL>" }
# codex mcp add simple-pubmed --env PUBMED_EMAIL='<PUBMED_EMAIL>' -- npx -y mcp-simple-pubmed~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-simple-pubmed"
],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "<PUBMED_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-simple-pubmed"
],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "<PUBMED_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-simple-pubmed"
],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "<PUBMED_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-simple-pubmed"
],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "<PUBMED_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"simple-pubmed": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-simple-pubmed"
],
"env": {
"PUBMED_EMAIL": "<PUBMED_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
PUBMED_EMAIL
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.