Can Claude Code use PubMed?
Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology
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Remote PubMed servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pubmed MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 12 | A |
| Pubmed Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | — | B |
| HerStack Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 5 | B |
| Biolab MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 30 | B |
| PubMed / MEDLINE Literature Search Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 5 | B |
| Academic Research MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live · sign-in | API key | — | B |
| Paper MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 41 | B |
| PubMed Biomedical Papers — new research articles ($0.01/query) Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 16 | B |
| Health & medicines Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 29 | B |
| Research papers Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 38 | B |
| Academic Research Search Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 3 | B |
| 水素分子医学文献データベース — Molecular hydrogen medical literature (H2 Papers) Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 6 | B |
Local PubMed servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pubcrawl Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| PubMed Search Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| paper-preflight Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| Agentic Target Evidence Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| Find Research Papers Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| pubmed-stream Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| Aria MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| Biolit Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
How to add PubMed to Claude Code
- Remote server: run
claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. - Local server: run
claude mcp add <name> -- <command>with the install command from the server page. - Run
/mcpinside Claude Code to sign in.
Example for Pubmed MCP Server (from the table above):
claude mcp add --transport http pubmed https://pubmed.caseyjhand.com/mcpMenus change, so check Anthropic's Claude Code MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Claude Code.
Is it safe to connect PubMed to Claude Code?
Check the publisher and trust grade first. PubMed doesn't run an official MCP server we can verify, so every server here comes from a third party and can see whatever your account can.
Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to PubMed?
See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/pubmed/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/pubmed/
Does PubMed have an official MCP server?
Not that we can verify: it isn't in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-27, and we haven't found a server hosted by PubMed itself. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/pubmed/
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