Pmc Tools

Configuration File: pmc_tools.json Tool Type: Local Tools Count: 1

This page contains all tools defined in the pmc_tools.json configuration file.

Available Tools

PMC_search_papers (Type: PMCTool)

Search for full-text biomedical literature using the PMC (PubMed Central) API. PMC is the free fu…

PMC_search_papers tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: PMC_search_papers

  • Type: PMCTool

  • Description: Search for full-text biomedical literature using the PMC (PubMed Central) API. PMC is the free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine. Uses limit (default 10); accepts retmax as an alias for limit.

Parameters:

  • query (string) (required) Search query for PMC papers. Use keywords separated by spaces to refine your search.

  • limit (integer) (optional) Maximum number of papers to return. This sets the maximum number of papers retrieved from PMC.

  • retmax (integer) (optional) Alias for limit (NCBI eutils naming). If both retmax and limit are provided, limit is used.

  • date_from (string) (optional) Start date for publication date filter (YYYY/MM/DD format). Optional parameter to limit search to papers published from this date onwards.

  • date_to (string) (optional) End date for publication date filter (YYYY/MM/DD format). Optional parameter to limit search to papers published up to this date.

  • article_type (string) (optional) Article type filter (e.g., ‘research-article’, ‘review’, ‘case-report’). Optional parameter to limit search to specific article types.

  • include_abstract (boolean) (optional) If true, attempts to enrich results with an abstract (best-effort) by fetching PubMed abstracts for items that have a PMID.

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "PMC_search_papers",
    "arguments": {
        "query": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)