Europe PMC

live ScienceBiomedical

Europe PubMed Central — biomedical literature search, abstracts, references, citations. Keyless.

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

get_article required: source, id

Full article record by (source, id).

Parameters
Name Type Description
source req string
id req string
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abstract required: source, id

Title + abstract by (source, id).

Parameters
Name Type Description
source req string
id req string
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references required: source, id

References cited by one article.

Parameters
Name Type Description
source req string
id req string
pageSize opt number
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citations required: source, id

Articles citing one article.

Parameters
Name Type Description
source req string
id req string
pageSize opt number
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/europepmc/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("europe pubmed central — biomedical literature search, abstracts, references, citations");