pubmed-search

name	pubmed-search
description	Search PubMed and display structured paper metadata. Use when the user wants literature search results with titles, authors, abstracts, DOIs, and PubMed links.

PubMed Search

Search PubMed via NCBI Entrez and print structured results for the top matches.

Bundled Script

Run search_pubmed.py in this directory:

python search_pubmed.py --query "your search terms here"

Prerequisites

pip install biopython

Set Entrez.email in the script (or override via env) to a valid contact email — NCBI requires this for Entrez API access.

Behavior

• Returns up to 3 results by default (MAX_RESULTS in the script).
• Prints title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PubMed URL, and abstract for each paper.
• Uses structured logging with emoji prefixes.

When to Use

• Quick literature scans during research or writing tasks
• Verifying paper metadata before citing
• Gathering abstracts for summarization or critique workflows