pubmed_convert_ids

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Tool of io.github.cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

declared in 2.9.8

Convert between article identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID). Accepts up to 50 IDs of a single type per request. Only resolves articles indexed in PubMed Central — for articles not in PMC, use pubmed_search_articles instead.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "ids",
    "idType"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "maxItems": 50,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "Article identifiers to convert. All IDs must be the same type. DOIs: \"10.1093/nar/gks1195\", PMIDs: \"23193287\", PMCIDs: \"PMC3531190\" (the \"PMC\" prefix is optional — bare digits like \"3531190\" are also accepted)."
    },
    "idType": {
      "enum": [
        "pmcid",
        "pmid",
        "doi"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of IDs being submitted. Required so the API can unambiguously resolve them."
    }
  }
}

What this tool wraps· 1 endpoint

min confidence0.70 0.50

Data resourceNCBI E-utilities
NIH NCBI · scholarly-metadata
env var0.90

Parent server

io.github.cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

https://github.com/cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server

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