# PubMed: tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-10-07 (UTC)
- From: [smithery.ai/servers/pubmed](https://smithery.ai/servers/pubmed)
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 7
- Average: 51.7 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 1

This page shows how PubMed's tool descriptions scored, the issues found and the names of its tools and parameters. The descriptions are the server's own: read them where the copy came from.

This copy comes from Smithery's registry, which keeps each tool's name, description and input schema, but no output schema, annotations or instructions. Points for return values and for marking destructive tools can come out lower than the server's own tools/list would give.

## Across the server

- Major: 7 tools repeat the same note (123 words). Say it once in the server's instructions, and let each description say what only that tool does. The note does not count toward the tools' scores.

## Tools

- `find_related_articles`: 39 / 100
  - Major: The description only restates the name (7 words).
  - Major: The description is too short (7 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_copyright_status`: 39 / 100
  - Major: The description only restates the name (7 words).
  - Major: The description is too short (7 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `lookup_article_by_citation`: 41 / 100
  - Major: The description is too short (7 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `convert_article_ids`: 46 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `search_articles`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_article_metadata`: 75 / 100
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.
- `get_full_text_article`: 75 / 100
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: No constraints, side effects, auth or rate limits described, and no annotations.

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