io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl
NPM · @PHARMATOOLS/PUBCRAWL
PubMed & Europe PMC literature search, US/UK drug labelling, and clinical trials for AI assistants.
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Last scanned (5 hours ago)
Scores higher than 87% of npm servers
Category Health and Science
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security99
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 33 of 124 dependencies flagged as unhealthy (1 deprecated). View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency48
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability76
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1777 tokens (~126/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 14 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 4 Nov 26 +12
- Known CVEs: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Dependency health: unverified → 0.88 ▲ functional
- 3 Nov 26 −13
- Known CVEs: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Dependency health: 0.88 → unverified ▼ functional
- Security disclosure: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Schema quality: pass → fail ▼ functional
- Stability: pass → 0.93 functional
- Package version: 2.6.4 → 2.8.0 functional
- 26 Oct 26 +1
- Security disclosure: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- 24 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- Security disclosure: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- 23 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 17 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 15 Oct 26 +46
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.93 ▲ functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pharmatools/pubcrawl@2.8.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 124 packages
| Packages resolved | 124 |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | 1 |
| Stale | 32 |
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
compare_labels ~282
Compare US FDA Prescribing Information vs UK/EU SmPC for a drug side-by-side. Maps equivalent sections (e.g., US Indications ↔ UK 4.1) and returns paired verbatim content. A missing side is always explained: us_label/uk_label say whether the label was retrieved, each comparison notes why a section is null, and sections longer than max_chars are flagged truncated with next_offset (read on with get_uspi / get_smpc).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| drug | string | yes | Drug name to compare across US and UK labelling |
| max_chars | integer | – | Maximum characters per side per section (default 4000). Longer sections are cut and flagged truncated with total_chars and next_offset; read on with get_uspi / get_smpc. |
| sections | array | – | Specific topics to compare (e.g., ['indications', 'adverse reactions']). Compares all mapped sections if omitted. |
| uk_drug | string | – | Name to use for the UK lookup when it differs from `drug` — brands often do (Farxiga/Forxiga, Prilosec/Losec). Defaults to `drug`. |
| us_drug | string | – | Name to use for the US lookup when it differs from `drug` (e.g. a US-only brand). Defaults to `drug`. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
find_related ~60
Find related articles for a given PubMed article. Returns similar papers ranked by relevance score using PubMed's neighbor algorithm.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results |
| pmid | string | yes | PubMed ID to find related articles for |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
format_citation ~50
Format a citation for a PubMed article in APA, Vancouver, Harvard, or BibTeX style.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmid | string | yes | PubMed ID |
| style | string | – | Citation style |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_abstract ~66
Get the full structured abstract and metadata for a PubMed article. Returns abstract sections (background, methods, results, conclusions), keywords, MeSH terms, and PMC ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmid | string | yes | PubMed ID |
| structured | boolean | – | Return structured abstract sections |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_full_text ~86
Get the full text of an open-access article from PubMed Central. Returns article sections, figure/table captions, and reference count. Only works for articles available in PMC.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pmcid | string | – | PubMed Central ID (e.g., PMC1234567) |
| pmid | string | – | PubMed ID |
| sections | array | – | Filter to specific section titles |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_smpc ~239
Get UK/EU Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for a drug from eMC (medicines.org.uk). Returns structured labelling sections, verbatim. Long sections are paged: a cut section has truncated: true, total_chars and next_offset — call again with that section and offset to read on. Check drug_name: the best eMC match may be a different product or formulation from the one you meant.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| drug | string | yes | Drug name to look up (e.g., 'metformin', 'atorvastatin') |
| max_chars | integer | – | Maximum characters returned per section (default 6000). Long sections are returned a page at a time: a cut page has truncated: true, total_chars and next_offset. |
| offset | integer | – | Character offset to start each section from (default 0). To read the rest of a truncated section, call again with sections set to that one section and offset set to its next_offset. |
| sections | array | – | Specific sections to retrieve — accepts numbers like '4.1' or names like 'indications'. Returns all sections if omitted. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_trial ~64
Get detailed information about a specific clinical trial from ClinicalTrials.gov. Returns eligibility criteria, study design, arms, outcomes, locations, and associated PubMed IDs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| nctId | string | yes | ClinicalTrials.gov NCT identifier (e.g., NCT03086486) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_uspi ~241
Get FDA US Prescribing Information (USPI) for a drug from openFDA (cited to DailyMed). Returns structured labelling sections with LOINC codes, verbatim. Long sections are paged: a cut section has truncated: true, total_chars and next_offset — call again with that section and offset to read on. Check drug_name: the best openFDA match may be a different product from the one you meant.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| drug | string | yes | Drug name to look up (e.g., 'metformin', 'atorvastatin') |
| max_chars | integer | – | Maximum characters returned per section (default 6000). Long sections are returned a page at a time: a cut page has truncated: true, total_chars and next_offset. |
| offset | integer | – | Character offset to start each section from (default 0). To read the rest of a truncated section, call again with sections set to that one section and offset set to its next_offset. |
| sections | array | – | Specific sections to retrieve (e.g., ['indications', 'adverse reactions', 'contraindications']). Returns all sections if omitted. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
resolve_drug_name ~77
Convert a brand drug name to its generic name (or a generic to its US brand names), with drug class and common indications. Deterministic — sourced from RxNorm/openFDA, no AI.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| drug | string | yes | Brand or generic drug name to resolve (e.g., 'Lipitor' or 'atorvastatin') |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_by_indication ~82
Find drugs approved for a medical condition. Searches US FDA labelling for the condition, then checks UK (eMC) availability for each drug found.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| condition | string | yes | Medical condition or indication to search for (e.g., 'type 2 diabetes', 'hypertension') |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of drug results to return |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_europepmc ~185
Search Europe PMC — a broader biomedical corpus than PubMed that also indexes preprints (bioRxiv, medRxiv), patents, and agricultural/biomedical databases. Unlike search_pubmed, each result includes an abstract snippet, citation count, open-access status, and whether a preprint. Use preprintsOnly to surface work ahead of formal publication.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results |
| openAccessOnly | boolean | – | Restrict to open-access articles |
| preprintsOnly | boolean | – | Restrict to preprints (bioRxiv, medRxiv, etc.) |
| query | string | yes | Search query (Europe PMC query syntax supported, e.g. field tags like AUTH, TITLE, JOURNAL) |
| sort | string | – | Sort order: relevance, date (newest first), or cited (most cited first) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_pubmed ~112
Search PubMed for biomedical literature. Returns article summaries with PMIDs, titles, authors, journals, and DOIs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| articleType | string | – | Article type filter (e.g., review, clinical trial) |
| dateFrom | string | – | Start date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
| dateTo | string | – | End date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results |
| query | string | yes | PubMed search query |
| sort | string | – | Sort order |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_trials ~152
Search ClinicalTrials.gov for clinical trials. Filter by condition, intervention, status, and phase. Returns trial summaries with NCT IDs, status, sponsors, and enrollment info.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| condition | string | – | Disease or condition (e.g., 'breast cancer', 'diabetes') |
| intervention | string | – | Drug or therapy (e.g., 'pembrolizumab', 'radiation') |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results (1-100) |
| phase | string | – | Trial phase filter |
| sort | string | – | Sort order for results |
| status | string | – | Trial recruitment status filter |
| term | string | – | General search term (searches all fields) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trending_papers ~81
Find recent/trending papers on a topic. Sorted by date, with optional filtering to high-impact journals.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| days | number | – | Number of days to look back |
| highImpactOnly | boolean | – | Filter to high-impact journals only |
| maxResults | number | – | Maximum number of results |
| topic | string | yes | Topic or search term |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pharmatools/pubcrawl
claude mcp add nickjlamb-pubcrawl -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl
What is the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl. PubMed & Europe PMC literature search, US/UK drug labelling, and clinical trials for AI assistants. This page covers its npm package (@pharmatools/pubcrawl).
Is the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server safe to use?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl scores 85 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server expose?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl exposes 14 tools: search_pubmed, search_europepmc, get_abstract, get_full_text, find_related, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,777 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server still maintained?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl MCP server under?
io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.