PubMed Database

Use this skill when a task needs biomedical literature from PubMed rather than general web search.

When to Use

• Searching MEDLINE or life-sciences literature.
• Building PubMed queries with MeSH terms, field tags, dates, or article types.
• Looking up PMIDs, abstracts, publication metadata, or related citations.
• Running systematic-review search passes that need repeatable search strings.
• Using NCBI E-utilities directly from Python, shell, or another HTTP client.

Query Construction

Start with the research question, split it into concepts, then combine concepts with Boolean operators.