---
title: "PubMed Literature Mining Agent"
description: "Queries the NCBI E-utilities API (esearch, efetch, elink) to retrieve PubMed biomedical literature, extracting MeSH terms, citation networks, and full-text links from PubMed Central via the PMC OAI-PMH service."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/"
author: "NCBI"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "Gemini"
---

# PubMed Literature Mining Agent

Queries the NCBI E-utilities API (esearch, efetch, elink) to retrieve PubMed biomedical literature, extracting MeSH terms, citation networks, and full-text links from PubMed Central via the PMC OAI-PMH service.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/pubmed-literature-mining-agent/)