# Europe PMC literature search

Searches 45M+ life-science articles, preprints, patents and guidelines (PubMed, PMC, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Agricola) with Europe PMC syntax. Needs query.

Searches 45M+ life-science articles, preprints, patents and guidelines (PubMed, PMC, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Agricola) with Europe PMC syntax (TITLE:, AUTH:, OPEN_ACCESS:y, FIRST_PDATE:[2024 TO 2025]). 'lite' rows give ids, title, authors, journal, year, citation count; 'core' adds abstract, MeSH and grants.

- Tool ID: `europepmc/search`
- Provider: [Europe PMC](/providers/europepmc.md)
- Capability: [Scientific papers](/tools/knowledge/papers.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 1000,
      "description": "Europe PMC query, e.g. 'semaglutide AND OPEN_ACCESS:y AND FIRST_PDATE:[2024 TO 2025]'"
    },
    "result_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "lite",
        "core",
        "idlist"
      ],
      "default": "lite",
      "description": "Row detail: 'lite', 'core' (with abstract) or 'idlist'"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z_]+ (asc|desc)$",
      "description": "Sort, e.g. 'CITED desc' or 'P_PDATE_D desc' (default: relevance)"
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25,
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Results per page, e.g. 10"
    },
    "cursor_mark": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "default": "*",
      "description": "Paging cursor: '*' for the first page, then nextCursorMark, e.g. 'AoIIQIU4Hig1Njc5OTg0MQ=='"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "europepmc/search",
  "input": {
    "query": "semaglutide AND OPEN_ACCESS:y",
    "page_size": 3
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: EMBL-EBI terms of use (metadata free to reuse; abstracts remain under publisher copyright).

Attribution: Data from Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI).

[Provider documentation](https://europepmc.org/RestfulWebService)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/europepmc/search) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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[HTML page](/providers/europepmc/search) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)