MCP SDK v2 server for PubMed and multi-source biomedical research, with resilient search, full text, citations, and tenant-safe deployment.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add pubmed-search-u9401066 --env NCBI_API_KEY='<NCBI_API_KEY>' -- uvx pubmed-search-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pubmed-search-u9401066]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pubmed-search-mcp"]
env = { NCBI_API_KEY = "<NCBI_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add pubmed-search-u9401066 --env NCBI_API_KEY='<NCBI_API_KEY>' -- uvx pubmed-search-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed-search-u9401066": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pubmed-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"pubmed-search-u9401066": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pubmed-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed-search-u9401066": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pubmed-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed-search-u9401066": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pubmed-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed-search-u9401066": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pubmed-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NCBI_API_KEY": "<NCBI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
NCBI_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.