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mcp/cyanheadspubmed-mcp-server/install

install @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

pick your MCP client below. snippets, file paths and reload steps included.

source: extracted from upstream README — github.com/cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

paste into

macos: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.

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