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io.github.nickjlamb/pubcrawl

NPM · @PHARMATOOLS/PUBCRAWL · SCANNED AUG 3

PubMed & Europe PMC literature search, US/UK drug labelling, and clinical trials for AI assistants.

+20 this week 66 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

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 →

Supply Chain Security78
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • CVE check failed: a known medium-severity CVE affects fast-xml-parser 4.5.7, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (120 of 125), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability77
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1311 tokens (~93/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
  • Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
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
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

npm · @pharmatools/pubcrawl

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add nickjlamb-pubcrawl -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add nickjlamb-pubcrawl -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "nickjlamb-pubcrawl": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add nickjlamb-pubcrawl --command npx --arg -y --arg @pharmatools/pubcrawl
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  nickjlamb-pubcrawl:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"]
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nickjlamb-pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

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.

  • 2 Aug 26 +61
    • CVE-2026-41650 affects this package: medium security
    • Provenance: unverified → fail security
    • Known CVEs: unverified → fail security
    • Install scripts: unverified → pass security
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
    • Schema quality: unverified → excellent functional
    • License: unverified → pass functional
    • Dependency health: unverified → partial functional
    • Stability: unverified → 0.20 functional
    • Maintenance: unverified → pass functional
    • MCP protocol: unverified → pass functional
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 functional
    • Licence: MIT functional
  • 1 Aug 26 −16
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
  • 31 Jul 26 +15
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 −40
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
    • First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
    • Package version: 2.0.0 → 2.5.0 functional
  • 27 Jul 26 46

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

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 3 Aug 2026 · Analysed npm/@pharmatools/[email protected]

Provenance none

Ecosystem: npm · Outcome: none

Vulnerabilities 1 finding
ID CVE Severity Vector Fix available
GHSA-gh4j-gqv2-49f6 CVE-2026-41650 medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N yes
Dependencies 120 packages

120 packages in the resolved dependency tree · 119 deprecated · 31 stale · 1 without a linked repository.

The dependency tree was only partially resolved, so these counts may be incomplete.

MCP tools — 14 exposed · ~1,311 tokens

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.

Tool Tokens
compare_labels ~98

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 content.

NameTypeReqDescription
drugstringyesDrug name to compare across US and UK labelling
sectionsarraySpecific topics to compare (e.g., ['indications', 'adverse reactions']). Compares all mapped sections if omitted.

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.

NameTypeReqDescription
maxResultsnumberMaximum number of results
pmidstringyesPubMed 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
pmidstringyesPubMed ID
stylestringCitation 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
pmidstringyesPubMed ID
structuredbooleanReturn 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
pmcidstringPubMed Central ID (e.g., PMC1234567)
pmidstringPubMed ID
sectionsarrayFilter to specific section titles

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_smpc ~97

Get UK/EU Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for a drug from eMC (medicines.org.uk). Returns structured labelling sections.

NameTypeReqDescription
drugstringyesDrug name to look up (e.g., 'metformin', 'atorvastatin')
sectionsarraySpecific 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
nctIdstringyesClinicalTrials.gov NCT identifier (e.g., NCT03086486)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_uspi ~101

Get FDA US Prescribing Information (USPI) for a drug from openFDA (cited to DailyMed). Returns structured labelling sections with LOINC codes.

NameTypeReqDescription
drugstringyesDrug name to look up (e.g., 'metformin', 'atorvastatin')
sectionsarraySpecific 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
drugstringyesBrand 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
conditionstringyesMedical condition or indication to search for (e.g., 'type 2 diabetes', 'hypertension')
maxResultsnumberMaximum 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
maxResultsnumberMaximum number of results
openAccessOnlybooleanRestrict to open-access articles
preprintsOnlybooleanRestrict to preprints (bioRxiv, medRxiv, etc.)
querystringyesSearch query (Europe PMC query syntax supported, e.g. field tags like AUTH, TITLE, JOURNAL)
sortstringSort 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
articleTypestringArticle type filter (e.g., review, clinical trial)
dateFromstringStart date (YYYY/MM/DD)
dateTostringEnd date (YYYY/MM/DD)
maxResultsnumberMaximum number of results
querystringyesPubMed search query
sortstringSort 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
conditionstringDisease or condition (e.g., 'breast cancer', 'diabetes')
interventionstringDrug or therapy (e.g., 'pembrolizumab', 'radiation')
maxResultsnumberMaximum number of results (1-100)
phasestringTrial phase filter
sortstringSort order for results
statusstringTrial recruitment status filter
termstringGeneral 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.

NameTypeReqDescription
daysnumberNumber of days to look back
highImpactOnlybooleanFilter to high-impact journals only
maxResultsnumberMaximum number of results
topicstringyesTopic or search term

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.