A side-by-side look at the Pubmed MCP Server and Oura MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Pubmed MCP Server for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work as a local process; choose Oura MCP for biology, medicine and bioinformatics over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
pubmed_search_articles, pubmed_fetch_articles, pubmed_fetch_fulltext.OURA_CLIENT_ID, OURA_CLIENT_SECRET, OURA_REDIRECT_URI.oura_get_sleep, oura_get_sleep_detail, oura_get_readiness.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 63/100 · Good | 56/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | OURA_CLIENT_IDOURA_CLIENT_SECRETOURA_REDIRECT_URI |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 161 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 11 | 10 |
| Full listing | View Pubmed MCP Server | View Oura MCP |
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 Converteroura_get_sleep"How did I sleep this week?"oura_get_sleep_detail"When did I fall asleep? How much deep sleep? Night heart rate?"oura_get_readiness"Should I train today? Is my temperature elevated?"oura_get_activity"How many steps and calories yesterday?"oura_get_stress"How stressed was I on Monday?"oura_get_vitals"What's my SpO2, VO2 max, cardiovascular age?"oura_get_workouts"How was my run? Did I meditate this week?"oura_get_tags"Did coffee affect my sleep?" (reads tags you log in the Oura app)oura_get_heartrate"What was my pulse this afternoon?" (hourly aggregates)oura_get_profile"How charged is my ring?"Paste 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": {
"pubmed-mcp-server-2": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server@latest"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"rajskij-oura-mcp": {
"url": "https://your-host/mcp/"
}
}
}