Pubcrawl

What you can do with Pubcrawl

Pubcrawl is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by nickjlamb. It ranks #4,009 of 144,396 active servers on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 14 GitHub stars. Pubcrawl is listed across 3 registries — Official MCP, PulseMCP and Glama, with 7 tracked versions. It was first listed on Feb 15, 2026 and most recently updated on Oct 6, 2026.

What Pubcrawl can and cannot do

Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not catalogued this server's tools or limitations. The repository README lists them.

What you need before using Pubcrawl

Connect Pubcrawl and confirm it works

claude mcp add pubcrawl -e "NCBI_API_KEY=<your NCBI_API_KEY>" -- npx -y @pharmatools/pubcrawl

[mcp_servers.pubcrawl]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"]

[mcp_servers.pubcrawl.env]
NCBI_API_KEY = "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubcrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pharmatools/pubcrawl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<your NCBI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

When to choose another server

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No task-specific alternatives are catalogued for Pubcrawlyet; the list above is its publisher's other servers.

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Feb 15, 2026

Latest version published

Oct 6, 2026

Version history

7 versions tracked (below)

Requirements evidence

Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 16, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.

Profile checked

Not yet — purpose, capabilities and requirements above come from registry data only

Ranking data as of

Oct 16, 2026

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