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Tooluniverse MCP Server

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Tooluniverse runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 6 973 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 17 Sep 2026.

2,500+ scientific tools for AI scientists: life science, research, literature, and more.

Installs per day peak 69 752 · avg 4 757 · -44% w/w
a month agotoday
6 973
Installs / week
pypi · tooluniverse
1690
Stars
8 open issues
17 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call USCensus_get_population.get → src/tooluniverse/cellpose_tool.py:239, convert_to_markdown.uri → src/tooluniverse/markitdown_tool.py:93, python_script_runner.script_path → src/tooluniverse/python_executor_tool.py:889
            masks = model.eval(img, diameter=diameter, channels=channels)[0]
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add tooluniverse -- uvx tooluniverse
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tooluniverse]
command = "uvx"
args = ["tooluniverse"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key for LLM-based tool finding and embedding features), ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key for Claude-based features), GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key for Gemini-based features), OPENROUTER_API_KEY (OpenRouter API key for accessing 100+ LLM models), AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY (Azure OpenAI API key (alternative to OpenAI)), HF_TOKEN (HuggingFace token for accessing models and datasets), NCBI_API_KEY (NCBI/PubMed API key for higher rate limits (10 req/sec vs 3 req/sec). Register at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/), SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY (Semantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits (100 req/sec vs 1 req/sec). Register at https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api), BIOGRID_API_KEY (BioGRID API key for protein-protein interaction queries. Register free at https://webservice.thebiogrid.org/), DISGENET_API_KEY (DisGeNET API key for gene-disease association data. Register free at https://www.disgenet.org/), OMIM_API_KEY (OMIM API key for Mendelian disease data. Register at https://omim.org/api), ONCOKB_API_TOKEN (OncoKB API token for precision oncology annotations. Register at https://www.oncokb.org/apiAccess), NVIDIA_API_KEY (NVIDIA NIM API key for AlphaFold2 structure prediction, molecular docking, and genomics tools. Get key at https://build.nvidia.com), USPTO_API_KEY (USPTO API key for patent data access. Register at https://developer.uspto.gov/), UMLS_API_KEY (UMLS API key for medical terminology and concept mapping. Register at https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/), BRENDA_EMAIL (BRENDA enzyme database login email. Register at https://www.brenda-enzymes.org/), BRENDA_PASSWORD (BRENDA enzyme database login password). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Tooluniverse — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Tooluniverse?
Tooluniverse runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package tooluniverse was installed 6 973 times last week.
How do I connect Tooluniverse?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls tooluniverse straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Tooluniverse?
The pypi package tooluniverse was installed 6 973 times in the last week. Week over week that is -44%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Tooluniverse open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 1 690 stars on GitHub and 8 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.