europepmc.literature.search
Search the Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) database of 42M+ biomedical articles, preprints, books, and patents from PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central, and bioRxiv/medRxiv. Supports rich query syntax: free-text terms, field-specific filters (TITLE:"breast cancer", AUTH:"Smith J", JOURNAL:"Nature",...
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What europepmc.literature.search does on Apibase
AI agents call europepmc.literature.search to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
page | integer | — | Page number for pagination (default 1). |
sort | string | — | Sort order for results. "RELEVANCE" (default) ranks by relevance score. "DATE" returns newest first. "CITED" returns most-cited first. |
query | string | Yes | Europe PMC search query. Supports full-text search and field-specific syntax: TITLE:"breast cancer", AUTH:"Smith J", JOURNAL:"Nature", DISEASE:"diabetes", MH:"n |
page_size | integer | — | Number of results to return per page (1–100, default 10). |
result_type | string | — | Detail level of results. "lite" returns basic bibliographic fields (title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PMID). "core" adds abstract, keywords, MeSH terms, affil |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
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Tool queries and retrieves published scientific literature metadata with no data modification or side effects.
From the tool's definition Search the Europe PubMed Central database of 42M+ biomedical articles, returns article metadata
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The rule that runs europepmc.literature.search safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For europepmc.literature.search, this is the rule to start with:
europepmc.literature.search is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every europepmc.literature.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about europepmc.literature.search
Search the Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) database of 42M+ biomedical articles, preprints, books, and patents from PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central, and bioRxiv/medRxiv. Supports rich query syntax: free-text terms, field-specific filters (TITLE:"breast cancer", AUTH:"Smith J", JOURNAL:"Nature", DISEASE:"diabetes", MH:"neoplasms" for MeSH, GRANT_AGENCY:"Wellcome Trust", OPEN_ACCESS:Y), and Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT). Sort by relevance, date, or citation count. Returns article metadata including PMID, DOI, title, authors, journal, year, abstract (with result_type=core), open-access status, and citation count. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
europepmc.literature.search accepts 5 parameters: page, sort, query, page_size, result_type. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for europepmc.literature.search: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
europepmc.literature.search is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the europepmc.literature.search rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for europepmc.literature.search. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
europepmc.literature.search is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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