BioMCP

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Biomedical research over PubMed and Europe PMC articles, clinical trials, genes, variants, drugs and diseases from 30+ open sources. No key needed; optional keys raise rate limits.

Client configuration

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biomcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "biomcp-cli@0.8.25",
        "biomcp",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "your-ncbi-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "biomcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "biomcp-cli@0.8.25",
        "biomcp",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "your-ncbi-api-key-here"
      },
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

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The Cursor JSON also works in Claude Desktop's local MCP configuration. Install the required runtime and local software first.

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Client configuration

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

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