`esummary`

Pack: ncbi-eutils · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/esummary for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Fetch document summaries for one or more Entrez UIDs in a given database (e.g. pubmed), returning title, authors, journal, and publication date without the full record body.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`db`	string	yes
`ids`	array	yes
`items`	string	no
`retstart`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "db": "pubmed",
  "ids": [
    "35897812",
    "35897813"
  ]
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ncbi-eutils/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"esummary","arguments":{"db":"pubmed","ids":["35897812","35897813"]}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('esummary', {
  "db": "pubmed",
  "ids": [
    "35897812",
    "35897813"
  ]
});

More examples

{
  "db": "protein",
  "ids": [
    "NP_009055.1",
    "NP_000546.1"
  ],
  "retstart": 0
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "NCBI esummary response - summary records for given UIDs"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the ncbi-eutils pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ncbi-eutils": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ncbi-eutils/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

esummary