A side-by-side look at the Dicomweb MCP Server and Pubmed MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Dicomweb MCP Server for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work as a local process; choose Pubmed MCP Server for biology, medicine and bioinformatics as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
DICOMWEB_HOST.find-studies, find-series, find-instances.pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 57/100 · Good | 63/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | other | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DICOMWEB_HOST | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 161 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | 11 |
| Full listing | View Dicomweb MCP Server | View Pubmed MCP Server |
find-studiesSearches DICOM studies on the configured DICOMweb server. Results are sorted by study date, newest first.find-seriesSearches DICOM series within a single study. Results are sorted by series date, newest first.find-instancesSearches DICOM instances within a single series. Results are sorted by Instance Number ascending.find-encapsulated-pdf-reportsFinds all Encapsulated PDF instances in a study by looking for DOC-modality series and filtering by the Encapsulated PDF SOP Class UID (`1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.104.1`).get-encapsulated-pdf-report-textRetrieves an Encapsulated PDF DICOM instance and extracts its text content.find-structured-reportsFinds all Structured Report (SR) instances in a study by looking for SR-modality series and filtering by known SR SOP Class UIDs.get-structured-report-textRetrieves a Structured Report instance and converts it to human-readable text.get-instance-metadataRetrieves and formats all DICOM attributes of a single instance as human-readable text. Does not retrieve pixel data.render-instance-frameRenders a specific frame from a DICOM instance and returns it as an inline image (JPEG or PNG).pubmed_search_articlesSearch PubMed with full query syntax, structured filters, date ranges, and optional summariespubmed_fetch_articlesFetch article metadata by PMID: abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, grants, a collective author's investigators on request, linked retraction and correction noticespubmed_fetch_fulltextFetch full text by PMID, PMCID, or DOI, falling back from PMC to Europe PMC to Unpaywallpubmed_europepmc_searchSearch Europe PMC for preprints, patents, Agricola, and open-access records PubMed doesn't carrypubmed_europepmc_fetchFetch complete Europe PMC records, including the untruncated abstract, as `records: [{ source, epmcId }]pubmed_format_citationsFormat citations in APA 7th, MLA 9th, BibTeX, RIS, or Vancouver (ICMJE/NLM), with linked retraction and correction noticespubmed_find_relatedFind similar articles, citing articles, or references for a PMIDpubmed_spell_checkCorrect a misspelled PubMed query via NCBI ESpellpubmed_lookup_meshLook up MeSH headings with tree numbers, scope notes, and entry termspubmed_lookup_citationResolve partial references, up to 25 at a time, to PMIDs via ECitMatchpubmed_convert_idsConvert between DOI, PMID, and PMCID via the PMC ID ConverterPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pantelisgeorgiadis-dicomweb-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dicomweb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"DICOMWEB_HOST": "YOUR_DICOMWEB_HOST_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed-mcp-server-2": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server@latest"
]
}
}
}