europepmc-mcp 1.0.0

package/README.md

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+# Europe PMC MCP
+
+Search Europe PMC life science literature including preprints. No key required.
+
+This file is self contained. It reads public data only and never writes to the machine. All output is bounded and honest about what could not be fetched.
+
+## Tools
+
+
+* `search`  Search articles.
+* `article`  One article.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npm run build
+node dist/index.js
+```
+
+Data comes from the public Europe PMC API, which includes PubMed plus preprints.

package/dist/api.js

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+const BASE = "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest";
+const UA = "mrfentmen-europepmc-mcp/1.0 (https://github.com/mrfentmen)";
+export class EuropepmcError extends Error {
+}
+async function get(url) {
+    const res = await fetch(url, {
+        headers: { "User-Agent": UA, Accept: "application/json" },
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000),
+    });
+    if (!res.ok)
+        throw new EuropepmcError(`Europe PMC returned HTTP ${res.status}`);
+    return (await res.json());
+}
+export async function search(args) {
+    const q = (args.query ?? "").trim();
+    if (!q)
+        throw new EuropepmcError("Provide a search query");
+    const limit = Math.min(args.limit ?? 10, 20);
+    const d = await get(`${BASE}/search?query=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&format=json&pageSize=${limit}`);
+    const results = d?.resultList?.result ?? [];
+    if (!results.length)
+        return `No articles found for \"${q}\"`;
+    return `Europe PMC results for \"${q}\" (${d?.hitCount ?? results.length} total):\n` + results.map((a, i) => {
+        const journal = a?.journalInfo?.journal?.title ?? "";
+        const open = a?.isOpenAccess ? " [open access]" : "";
+        return `${i + 1}. [${a?.source ?? ""}:${a?.id ?? ""}] ${a?.title ?? "n/a"}\n   ${a?.authorString?.slice(0, 100) ?? ""} | ${a?.pubYear ?? ""}${journal ? ` | ${journal}` : ""}${open}`;
+    }).join("\n");
+}
+export async function article(args) {
+    const extId = (args.extId ?? "").trim();
+    if (!extId)
+        throw new EuropepmcError("Provide an article ID");
+    const source = (args.source ?? "MED").trim().toUpperCase();
+    const a = await get(`${BASE}/search?query=EXT_ID:${encodeURIComponent(extId)}%20AND%20SRC:${encodeURIComponent(source)}&format=json&resultType=core&pageSize=1`);
+    const r = a?.resultList?.result?.[0];
+    if (!r)
+        throw new EuropepmcError(`Article not found: ${extId} (${source})`);
+    const journal = r?.journalInfo?.journal?.title ?? "";
+    const lines = [
+        `Title: ${r?.title ?? "n/a"}`,
+        `Authors: ${r?.authorString ?? "n/a"}`,
+        `Journal: ${journal}${r?.journalInfo?.issue?.publicationDate ? ` | ${r.journalInfo.issue.publicationDate}` : ""}`,
+        `Source: ${r?.source ?? ""}:${r?.id ?? ""}`,
+    ];
+    if (r?.abstractText)
+        lines.push(`\nAbstract:\n${r.abstractText.slice(0, 700)}`);
+    if (r?.doi)
+        lines.push(`\nDOI: ${r.doi}`);
+    return lines.join("\n");
+}

package/dist/index.js

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+import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
+import { createServer } from "./server.js";
+const main = async () => { const server = createServer(); await server.connect(new StdioServerTransport()); };
+main().catch((error) => { console.error("Fatal error:", error); process.exit(1); });

package/dist/server.js

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+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { article } from "./api.js";
+import { search } from "./api.js";
+const text = (value) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: value }] });
+const textError = (t) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: t }], isError: true });
+const READ_ONLY = { readOnlyHint: true, openWorldHint: true };
+const error = (e) => `Error: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`;
+export function createServer() {
+    const server = new McpServer({ name: "europepmc-mcp", version: "1.0.0" });
+    server.registerTool("search", {
+        title: "Search",
+        description: "Search Europe PMC articles.",
+        inputSchema: z.object({ query: z.string().describe("Search terms."), limit: z.number().describe("Max results.").optional() }),
+        annotations: READ_ONLY,
+    }, async (args) => {
+        try {
+            return text(await search(args));
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return textError(error(e));
+        }
+    });
+    server.registerTool("article", {
+        title: "Article",
+        description: "One article by ID and source.",
+        inputSchema: z.object({ extId: z.string().describe("Article ID like 32534363."), source: z.string().describe("Source like MED or PMC.").optional() }),
+        annotations: READ_ONLY,
+    }, async (args) => {
+        try {
+            return text(await article(args));
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return textError(error(e));
+        }
+    });
+    return server;
+}

package/package.json

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+{
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/mrfentmen/europepmc-mcp.git"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "europepmc-mcp": "./dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "server.json",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
+    "dev": "npm run build && node dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.0.4",
+    "zod": "^3.23.8"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.6.0"
+  },
+  "name": "europepmc-mcp",
+  "description": "Search Europe PMC life science literature including preprints. No key required.",
+  "mcpName": "io.github.mrfentmen/europepmc-mcp",
+  "keywords": [
+    "mcp",
+    "literature",
+    "life sciences",
+    "preprints",
+    "research"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  }
+}

package/server.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
+  "name": "io.github.mrfentmen/europepmc-mcp",
+  "description": "Search Europe PMC life science literature including preprints. No key required.",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/mrfentmen/europepmc-mcp",
+    "source": "github"
+  },
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "registryType": "npm",
+      "identifier": "europepmc-mcp",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "transport": {
+        "type": "stdio"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}