MCP Server

io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP Server

Name: io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP Server
Author: io.github.nickjlamb

io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl

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What is the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server?

PubMed literature search and US/UK drug labelling for AI assistants.

How to install io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

NCBI_API_KEY
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/

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add pubcrawl --env NCBI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY> -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl

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