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.
We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
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.
masks = model.eval(img, diameter=diameter, channels=channels)[0]
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.
result = subprocess.run(
output_file = os.path.join(output_dir, filename)
cache_data = pickle.load(f)
exec(source_code, module.__dict__)
"sequence": "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…
Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.
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.
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.
claude mcp add tooluniverse -- uvx tooluniverse
{
"mcpServers": {
"tooluniverse": {
"args": [
"tooluniverse"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.tooluniverse]
command = "uvx"
args = ["tooluniverse"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tooluniverse": {
"args": [
"tooluniverse"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"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.
Literature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents.
Scientific literature analyzer and clinical search aggregator.
Metalift MCP for AI agents: web search (2 credits), scrape, crawl, and map tools
Ground answers in scientific literature. Search full text, evaluate trust, access full-text articles
Academic peer-review, research-gap finding, journal recommender, and article writer tools.
Local-first graph memory for AI assistants with SQLite, semantic search, and MCP tools.
MCP server providing Google Search, web scraping, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants
Product Lock tools for AI agents: generate, review, validate, and score locks.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.